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| − | '''Men's rights advocacy''' (MRA) is an anti-feminist movement centered around a group of [http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/spring/misogyny-the-sites misogynistic blogs and forums] usually dubbed as the "manosphere". |
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| + | The Men's Rights Movement (MRM), better known as '''Men's Rights Advocacy''' (MRA), is a civil rights movement that seeks equal treatment between the sexes, with a focus on the ways legal and social structures place men at a disadvantage. Those acting in good faith understand that their central philosophy and topics are covered by feminism, that feminists aren't female supremacists, and [[Patriarchy hurts men too|discrimination against men is usually a side-effect of significantly larger anti-woman power structures]], so they're usually acknowledged with the term "male feminists" to distance them from the connotations of the phrase "men's rights advocate". |
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| ⚫ | What most people refer to with the term are the men's rights advocates acting in bad faith to further solidify their [[privilege]]. Just like how Ayn Rand's philosophy allows billionaires to feel like victims, |
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| ⚫ | What most people refer to with the term are [http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/spring/misogyny-the-sites the self-described "men's rights advocates" acting in bad faith] to further solidify their [[privilege]] and push an anti-feminist, misogynistic agenda. Just like how Ayn Rand's philosophy allows billionaires to feel like victims, bad faith MRA does the same for (almost exclusively white, heterosexual, cisgendered, first world) men within the very few places that discrimination may happen. Their arguments are tone-deaf towards anybody that isn't male, and criticism is met with accusations of power grabbing by a "feminist conspiracy" to "emasculate" them. |
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| ⚫ | MRAs often crop up in feminist forums to [[Derailment|derail]] topics to focus on men regardless of severity (for example, derailing a discussion on rape to deliberately conflate the issue with the tiny number of false accusations, or a discussion about street harassment to focus on how men have their feelings hurt by female strangers avoiding them on the street). To them, men and the few injustices against them are the only important topic worth discussing. |
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| ⚫ | Bad faith MRAs often crop up in feminist forums to [[Derailment|derail]] topics to focus on men regardless of comparable severity (for example, derailing a discussion on rape to deliberately conflate the issue with the tiny number of false accusations, or a discussion about street harassment to focus on how men have their feelings hurt by female strangers avoiding them on the street). To them, men and the few injustices against them are the only important topic worth discussing. |
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==Topics== |
==Topics== |
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* [[Nice guy syndrome]] |
* [[Nice guy syndrome]] |
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* [[Objectification|But men are objectified too!]] |
* [[Objectification|But men are objectified too!]] |
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==Incidents== |
==Incidents== |
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Revision as of 04:20, 22 September 2013
The Men's Rights Movement (MRM), better known as Men's Rights Advocacy (MRA), is a civil rights movement that seeks equal treatment between the sexes, with a focus on the ways legal and social structures place men at a disadvantage. Those acting in good faith understand that their central philosophy and topics are covered by feminism, that feminists aren't female supremacists, and discrimination against men is usually a side-effect of significantly larger anti-woman power structures, so they're usually acknowledged with the term "male feminists" to distance them from the connotations of the phrase "men's rights advocate".
What most people refer to with the term are the self-described "men's rights advocates" acting in bad faith to further solidify their privilege and push an anti-feminist, misogynistic agenda. Just like how Ayn Rand's philosophy allows billionaires to feel like victims, bad faith MRA does the same for (almost exclusively white, heterosexual, cisgendered, first world) men within the very few places that discrimination may happen. Their arguments are tone-deaf towards anybody that isn't male, and criticism is met with accusations of power grabbing by a "feminist conspiracy" to "emasculate" them.
Bad faith MRAs often crop up in feminist forums to derail topics to focus on men regardless of comparable severity (for example, derailing a discussion on rape to deliberately conflate the issue with the tiny number of false accusations, or a discussion about street harassment to focus on how men have their feelings hurt by female strangers avoiding them on the street). To them, men and the few injustices against them are the only important topic worth discussing.
Topics
- Patriarchy hurts men too
- Reverse sexism
- Essentialism
- Evolutionary psychology
- Nice guy syndrome
- But men are objectified too!
- Anita's Irony