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    Miss_Teacher: In the past 10 years that I've been teaching teenagers I've noticed that girls are being extremely aggressive physically towards boys and when it esca... more »
    seedypete: In theory a "men's rights" group is probably not a bad idea. In practice I have never in my life seen or heard of one that wasn't populated entirely b... more »
    Ariadne27: This idea that society sides with abused women is a complete myth. My mother was in an abusive relationship with my father, and during their recent d... more »
    gail.coover: Um. Don't these folks read the newspaper? Watch the news? Get it? Since when have law enforcement and the legal system been anyone's lap dogs? These p... more »
    TallyCola: Feminism should be about gender equality. There are some - very, VERY few - ways in which women are priviledged in our society, but frankly most of th... more »
    paradisefound25: Men's Rights: Yes. I believe in equal rights for all people. Men's Rights Groups: No. It's a misnomer that sucks in some guys that have had actual p... more »
    Cimorene: Aw, come on ladies! Fuck this "equality" bullshit. I don't want equality. I want some fucking LIBERATION! I want to be liberated from: double standar... more »
    hollymar: This movement reminds me of "The White Man's Burden", only minus the "white". I'm sorry, I find it very difficult to fee sorry for men. I don't HATE... more »
    bumbleleaf: There are many things that don't make sense about the MRA "movement," but the big paradox is that we should be on the same team. These men are realiz... more »
    Jenloveshercurves: Thanks for posting this Anna, I got so much crap on here for saying that in my position as a college administrator, I and my colleagues are really wor... more »
    Valkyrie607: When I was growing up, I received strong messages from my family and school and society that anger was not an appropriate emotion for girls to feel. S... more »
    SgtMelbaToast: I absolutely think that men should be included in feminism in as many ways as possible and that fighting the patriarchy necessarily benefits them as w... more »
    ninles: I always thought of feminism as a struggle to get both sexes on the same level, not as some people seem to think, some kind of misandric effort for wo... more »
    JillJitsu: maybe a word other than feminism needs to be enacted to reestablish the main ideal of the movement, which was EQUALITY... which can be applied to ever... more »
    roguen61: The divisiveness of mainstream ("middle-class white") feminism is exactly what has spurred emerging men's rights groups. And rightfully so. Although ... more »
  • #feminisms

    Should Feminism Be "About Equality For Males?"

    Cathy Young defends men's rights groups in Reason, and her article's subhead reads, "Feminism should be about equality for males, too." So should it? More »
  • #sarahpalinsexism

    Conservatives Use Sexism To Attack, Undermine Feminists