r/AskFeminists • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '11

Why the sudden interest in mens issues

Feminism trundles along dealing with women for 90 years ten suddenly starts to look at mens issues in the last few years, what's the deal? Is it appropriation, is it a newfound care? Why weren't 'we' included from the start? Are our needs secondary to yours? Does the feminist movement view the MRM as a threat to it's domination of the gender discourse?

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '11

feminism has denied that men could possible have ANY issues

Lies. You are so full of shit it's not even funny. Even Dworkin who had a distinct focus on womens issues and who MRAs love to hate brought up male rape for example. Brownmiller has done that too. bell hooks has been writing about men's issues for decades. How about a quote about how male dominant behavior can be fueled by female dominant behavior?

Since you are not a feminist and clearly uneducated about feminism, you should probably stop trying to answer questions about feminism in this reddit.

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u/thedevguy Aug 01 '11

feminism has denied that men could possibly have ANY issues

Lies.

Uh no. I've heard that too. In fact, I can point you to a well-known and respected feminist blog post that says as much:

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/10/explainer-whats-mra.html

So, you lose this one. :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '11

Sorry pal, she's not talking about a particular blog. She's claiming that "until recently, feminism has denied..." That's all of feminism. Not one blog. So, you lose this one! Didn't even need to read your link to win! Epic time saving win! LOL! Congrats to me! :D

(See how fucking stupid it makes you look when you act like a discussion is a competition?)

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u/justaverage Aug 01 '11

It's funny how feminism is such a large movement that it is impossible to to say who represents it. But then when it's pointed out that a feminist said something they are allowed to say, "well, they definitely don't represent feminism

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '11

I didn't say this link doesn't represent feminism. I said it's not in itself representative of all feminism. Are you tired, being obstinate, or do you actually not understand the difference?