Poor Turnout For Men's Group Symposium

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2012-02-12 00:32

Article here. Excerpt:

'BOZEMAN, Mont. -- An MSU men's group says they're disappointed but not surprised by a lack of attendance at their "Men's Issue's" event, Thursday night.

The MSU chapter of the National Coalition for Men organized a symposium to raise awareness of problems in men's lives.

The group geared the event towards fraternity students at the college and invited speakers to talk about things like men's rights when it comes to sexual misconduct investigations on-campus.

No one showed up to the event but organizers say the lack of attendence is not due to a lack of interest.

"One of the fraternity boys, I was working out at the gym, and he walked up to me, 'Hey, hey, you're the guy that did the presentation on the men's group, right?' He didn't want anyone to hear that he was talking about this in public. He was very interested in it, but didn't want anyone to know that he was interested in men's rights, men's issues. So, that kind of shows why no one turned out," says President of the MSU chapter of the National Coalition for Men Chris Thompson.
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"Just this strong, strong, social condemnation of men standing up for themselves. They're supposed to stand up for other people but not for themselves," says Straughan.'

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I've often wondered why there's so much reluctance when it comes to speaking about men's issues. I think it comes down to three things. 1) A lack of awareness 2) Reluctance of people to accept the truth 3) A lack of persistence of MRAs. When I first became an MRA and spoke about issues with my family and friends, I was surprised at their indifference to how men get mistreated by the family courts. They justified this indifference by believing that it happens extremely rarely. It happens often, because there is no way to hold the person abusing the system (in most cases, the woman) accountable.

They eventually caved though. I just kept presenting them with new information to back up my previous claims. I've also made my family and friends aware of how violence against males is promoted through the media.

MRAs just have to keep at it, and not give up. More people will listen and realize the truth.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Mon, 2012-02-13 17:27