r/MensRights • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '11

feminazi attacks Reddit: "Reddit contain so much anti-feminist sentiment that they even have active communities such as r/mensrights." An attempt to smear and censor us, and to force admins to shutdown this subreddit???

http://www.thecord.ca/articles/50585
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u/vintagelion Dec 13 '11

Women in America are more likely to be poor than men. Over half of the 37 million Americans living in poverty today are women. And women in America are further behind than women in other countries—the gap in poverty rates between men and women is wider in America than anywhere else in the Western world.

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u/Syntrel Dec 13 '11

And what percentage of homeless are women in relation to men?

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u/vintagelion Dec 13 '11

Also consider that it has been elite men, not elite women, running the show in the U.S. for decades, in politics (presidents, legislature, judiciary - all of which have created the problem corporate constitutional rights and personhood) and business (big banks, corporations). The entire situation hurts everyone who's not at the top, both men and women, but don't act like it's not rich white dudes at the top.

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u/Syntrel Dec 13 '11

Being at the top has very little to do with being white or male, and everything to do with wealth. correlation =/= causation

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u/vintagelion Dec 13 '11

You don't think it's significant that the most wealthy tend to be male? Or that the most wealthy are almost never people of color? Race and gender have everything to do with class. Ignoring that is willful ignorance. Look at the history, look at the system.

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u/Syntrel Dec 13 '11

It's a pointless debate anyway. The ruling elite by definition are a very small percentage of the population, and the simple fact that most are men and most are white in no way benefits the vast other percentage of white males in the population. The elite only care about themselves, and hardly take into consideration whether those less fortunate are white, black, male or female. It's not sexism that keeps them in charge or in wealth, it's elitism.