4 ways men’s rights activists actually hurt men

[La Lioness Priyanka]

I found this article on my facebook feed today, and thought it was worth a read

One of the weirder developments of the online publishing era is the way a loose confederation of embittered anti-feminists has formed, across social media and the blogging world, under the banner of “men’s rights activism.” MRA is an attempt to reframe old-fashioned misogyny as if it’s some kind of human rights movement, much like organized racism has periodically tried to reframe itself as a “white pride” movement. MRAs, who spend most of their “activist” energy roaming around the Internet, harassing feminists and pushing misogynist myths about false accusers and gold-diggers, are clearly bad for women. But while they claim to speak for men, their rhetoric is just as bad for men as it is for women. Here are some of the reasons why.

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/17/4_ways_mens_rights_activists_actually_hurt_men_partner/

[Novara]

1. Seems a lot of self-fulfilling prophecy there

They set themselves up to be failures and victims and then they whine about it.

[arcane1]

2. That was a good read! Thanks for posting this. I liked the closer:

"Most women who encounter them already know they’re trouble. But men should detest them just as much, if not more." I've known women who have experienced item 4, justifiably assuming that everyone is an asshole. And of course, there's always the possibility that someone will have that assumption about me. Everyone loses.

[eallen]

3. It didn't list the first thing that came to my mind...

They are an embarrassment.