"Patriarchy is a men's privilege movement"

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2014-10-13 17:51

Letter here.  Excerpt:

'Men's Rights Activists of the world, prepare yourselves for the next couple of words, because you’re never going to hear them from me again: you're right. Feminism is not about men's problems.

Women are the direct targets and primary victims of a patriarchal society in which misogyny and male domination wins the day. The ways in which this system harms men are incidental and self-inflicted by men as a class. Men could be much more free if they were willing to reject their attachment to masculinity. But I won’t lie to you: as long as patriarchy runs our society and masculinity continues to be worshiped, men who reject these norms, or even those who accept them yet aren’t able to perfectly perform them, will continue to face insult and exclusion. So, congratulations. If and when that happens, you’ll have the slightest peek into what women’s lives are like every day. How does it feel?
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Which "rights" is Mr. D’Emic concerned that feminism is taking away from men – perhaps the right to rape and exploit women with virtual impunity? Men's rights are covered under human rights. But patriarchy is a men's privilege movement, not a rights movement – social privileges are built on the domination of other groups. The so-called Men's Rights movement recapitulates these privileges. Effective feminism does, in fact, require that women be raised out of their lowered circumstances at the expense of privileges enjoyed by men – privileges that are gained by unjustly disenfranchising women of basic human rights.'

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This is why.

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2014-10-15 00:57

Wow, the simple fact that you could believe that "98% of rapists are male" really outs you for the bigot you are. By the way, when you mention "statistics" that large, they are huge red flags, as they sound made up. This instance is no exception. I invite you to check out the latest available CDC statistics, which clearly show that the number of women who were sexually assaulted, is roughly equal to the number of men who were sexually assaulted by women for the last reporting year. It's just the CDC calls men being sexually assaulted by women "made to penetrate", and counts it as a separate category. How 50 percent gets transmogrified into 98 percent is very telling on your part. Clearly you are an ideologue with a hatred for truth, and an axe to grind.

I also wish you could spend one day as a man, if for nothing more than the fact that you could feel the hatred against men which you fuel with your drama queen antics. You would see that the patriarchy is a giant load of crap, and the benefits to being a man are zilch, if not negative.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Wed, 2014-10-15 05:21

That's right! Except the Twitter feed is called "Patriarchy Central". This is the place for men around the world to receive their edicts and to learn about the Male Privileges™ program which benefits males everywhere! (Certain restrictions and limitations apply to Male Privileges™ for men, but that's in the fine print).

Why, an example of the cradle to grave Male Privileges™ program can be found here:

https://twitter.com/MalePositive/status/443538264029278208

Patriarchy Central can be found at this web address:

https://twitter.com/PatriarchyCtrl

We do need to reach more men and boys around the world, as with 3.5 billion males in the world there are less than 100 followers so far. We need to reach a worldwide audience of men so they can benefit from oppressing women ... somehow.

Note: Such satire helps keep me from going crazy (unless it's a sign of it). But then again, the feminism of the mainstream media already does that.

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Submitted by mens_issues on Wed, 2014-10-15 16:46