“Men’s rights activism”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 22 year old son has joined a couple groups and is now a “men’s rights activist”. He’s an adult, I cannot change his beliefs, but I’m not sure how to deal with the constant talk about men’s rights when he’s at home around family or on the phone. Is there anything that I should do? I also have have 18 and 17 year old sons to worry about.

If he learned well by observing you and your husband, he'll not stay in these groups for long. Sometimes kids fall for peer pressure but if their core is strong, they figure things out on their own.

[Anonymous]

Men’s rights is just a less socially accepted version of feminism. You have some very extreme people just like with feminism but not everyone’s like that. There are legit issues facing men that have been made worse over the past 40-50 years. For example, education. It’s overwhelmingly female which can lead to men not having a positive role model if they aren’t getting it at home. And also in the education system, female teachers tend to be a bit biased against boys in favor of the girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is he failing in life? That seems why most men join men’s’ rights groups.

Yeah...I mean I have two sons of 20 and 22 and neither has time for this shit, because they are out doing things in the real world. One has started his own company, raised VC funding and is working like crazy. The other a college athlete around lots of testosterone, but stays very busy and also has no time for this nonsense (and it seems, none of his teammates are also into this nonsense).

Both have girlfriends...that's probably another disqualifier for a Men's rights activist.

Most people with very strong political views in general aren’t very successful. Nobody with a demanding career has time to be an activist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Men’s rights is just a less socially accepted version of feminism. You have some very extreme people just like with feminism but not everyone’s like that. There are legit issues facing men that have been made worse over the past 40-50 years. For example, education. It’s overwhelmingly female which can lead to men not having a positive role model if they aren’t getting it at home. And also in the education system, female teachers tend to be a bit biased against boys in favor of the girls.

This is so true, lack of parental and educational role models due to broken families and low salaries for teachers leads to boys growing up with single moms and female teachers.

[Anonymous]

What specifically is he fighting for? Job equality?

[Anonymous]

It's a toxic movement focused on being anti-women, or women-less for the most part. Incels and losers are attracted to it because rather than blame things going wrong on their own shortcomings, they get to blame women. The Idaho killer was like that: hyperfocused on how wrong it was for women to be in academia as professors and students, while ironically a woman professor was the one who had recommended him for his grad program. But everything wrong was women's fault. It's a very dangerous slippery slope and he should disengage from it through self-esteem and personal work outside of that gross manosphere: find him some good real life role models!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 22 year old son has joined a couple groups and is now a “men’s rights activist”. He’s an adult, I cannot change his beliefs, but I’m not sure how to deal with the constant talk about men’s rights when he’s at home around family or on the phone. Is there anything that I should do? I also have have 18 and 17 year old sons to worry about.

Tell him to drop this like a hot potato if he hopes to ever get laid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with Men's rights activism? We got everything else going on too - women's rights, minority rights, animal rights, environment,...etc. Let him be.

You really need this explained to you?

Start by considering how society is geared to men and their power and privilege.

Are you also white and need to proclaim pride in being white?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Men’s rights is just a less socially accepted version of feminism. You have some very extreme people just like with feminism but not everyone’s like that. There are legit issues facing men that have been made worse over the past 40-50 years. For example, education. It’s overwhelmingly female which can lead to men not having a positive role model if they aren’t getting it at home. And also in the education system, female teachers tend to be a bit biased against boys in favor of the girls.

Except to buy this you have to accept the premise that men lack certain rights and need to fight for them. They don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Men’s rights is just a less socially accepted version of feminism. You have some very extreme people just like with feminism but not everyone’s like that. There are legit issues facing men that have been made worse over the past 40-50 years. For example, education. It’s overwhelmingly female which can lead to men not having a positive role model if they aren’t getting it at home. And also in the education system, female teachers tend to be a bit biased against boys in favor of the girls.

Except to buy this you have to accept the premise that men lack certain rights and need to fight for them. They don’t.

And what rights do women lack in 2026 in the US?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Men’s rights is just a less socially accepted version of feminism. You have some very extreme people just like with feminism but not everyone’s like that. There are legit issues facing men that have been made worse over the past 40-50 years. For example, education. It’s overwhelmingly female which can lead to men not having a positive role model if they aren’t getting it at home. And also in the education system, female teachers tend to be a bit biased against boys in favor of the girls.

This is so true, lack of parental and educational role models due to broken families and low salaries for teachers leads to boys growing up with single moms and female teachers.

Wild to turn chronic underpay of women into a men's rights issue.

Reminds me of a dude whining that there are women's only shelters. I asked him who they are running from and he shut up real quick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Men’s rights is just a less socially accepted version of feminism. You have some very extreme people just like with feminism but not everyone’s like that. There are legit issues facing men that have been made worse over the past 40-50 years. For example, education. It’s overwhelmingly female which can lead to men not having a positive role model if they aren’t getting it at home. And also in the education system, female teachers tend to be a bit biased against boys in favor of the girls.

Except to buy this you have to accept the premise that men lack certain rights and need to fight for them. They don’t.

And what rights do women lack in 2026 in the US?

Let's see. Bodily autonomy. Sexual assault is the least convicted violent crime.
Women (and children) are systemically abused. The hospital where I gave birth had an anesthesiologist SAing women while they were in surgery. The hospital disappeared 5 complaints and he wasn't dealt with until one of the women went to the police.
Women have immense unpaid caregiving shoved on them. My son's teacher works all day then does unpaid overnight care for her mom with dementia and a hip replacement
There are wild new forms of SA thanks to drugs and social media
Men have fried their brains watching corn and treat women like meat puppets
Infecting people with STDs is being criminalized. Women are more susceptible to STDs because of anatomy
Contrary to popular opinion, the rate of alimony being paid out has steadily declined from the 1960s
Being a custodial caregiver for kids is a risk for old age poverty in women but not men
Divorce is a risk factor for old age poverty for women but not for men
1/3 of child support paid in full, on time, 1/3 late, 1/3 not at all
50/50 expenses is an absolute scam because women still do the lion's share of child care and house work. It also causes the household to be doubly exposed to job loss and increases long term financial problems
Married men steal 30-60 minutes of leisure time from their wives and that is before kids
Abortion rights being marched back
Women are getting a laptop on wheels wheeled into their L+D room and being forced with emergency judge court order to get C-section against their consent (i.e. assault)
Marital rape is still defacto legal. It is almost impossible to get police to charge your husband. It is a statistical zero

I could go on for hours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Men’s rights is just a less socially accepted version of feminism. You have some very extreme people just like with feminism but not everyone’s like that. There are legit issues facing men that have been made worse over the past 40-50 years. For example, education. It’s overwhelmingly female which can lead to men not having a positive role model if they aren’t getting it at home. And also in the education system, female teachers tend to be a bit biased against boys in favor of the girls.

Except to buy this you have to accept the premise that men lack certain rights and need to fight for them. They don’t.

They have problems but they totally mis-identify what they are

I would point to issues like
Sperm counts dropping every year
Kids are fatter every year and some of them complete puberty with hypogonadism, which is irreversible
Prisons are torture chambers and make no effort to re-habilitate people or give mental health treatment. A black man with schizophrena died from being eaten by bud bugs while in prison a few years ago
Education sucks, more boys are graduating functionally illiterate and ill equipped to support themselves financially
Corn and video games are frying vulnerable young male brains

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Men’s rights is just a less socially accepted version of feminism. You have some very extreme people just like with feminism but not everyone’s like that. There are legit issues facing men that have been made worse over the past 40-50 years. For example, education. It’s overwhelmingly female which can lead to men not having a positive role model if they aren’t getting it at home. And also in the education system, female teachers tend to be a bit biased against boys in favor of the girls.

Except to buy this you have to accept the premise that men lack certain rights and need to fight for them. They don’t.

They have problems but they totally mis-identify what they are

I would point to issues like
Sperm counts dropping every year
Kids are fatter every year and some of them complete puberty with hypogonadism, which is irreversible
Prisons are torture chambers and make no effort to re-habilitate people or give mental health treatment. A black man with schizophrena died from being eaten by bud bugs while in prison a few years ago
Education sucks, more boys are graduating functionally illiterate and ill equipped to support themselves financially
Corn and video games are frying vulnerable young male brains

All of these issues aside from sperm count are across gender.

[Anonymous]

What sort of “activism” is he doing? Pickets? Protests?

Or is his idea of “activism” just to grouse and have grievances that he spews to anyone who will listen, in person and online?

Because an “activist” does shit. They don’t just whine.