I am a right-wing feminist, so reddit has banned me on a number of fronts.

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[–][deleted] 24 insightful - 2 fun24 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I don't think there's anything there I disagree with, and I say that as someone that 5 years ago was posting almost exclusively in /r/mensrights. When it comes to things like muslim rape gangs, eastern european trafficking, celebrity paedophile rings, treatment of women by other cultures and the tiny subset of angsty misogynists that still exists in mine, I find myself fully onboard with the feminist cause. But it's truly alarming that issues that should be at heart of modern feminism are actually defended by the wave of intersectionalists and marxists that have infected the cause. Just like BLM has clearly been hijacked by a bunch of white middle class communists that have tacked on a list of bullshit demands to the cause, feminism had the same happen years ago.

[–]ech[S] 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

But it's truly alarming that issues that should be at heart of modern feminism are actually defended by the wave of intersectionalists and marxists that have infected the cause

This is 100% true. I identify as a feminist in the ways discussed above, but I truly loathe what "feminism" has become.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Don't know too much about MRA, but I agree that sometimes men are left behind in some places. In a Japanese documentary, I saw, they were saying how there were almost no homeless women because society intervenes before or quickly after it gets to that point while men have less resources and are seen as failures. This isn't the case for the US, because young, old, male, female all have equal opportunity to be homeless. I disagree with what I know about the MRA paternal rights though. I don't doubt that there are men who get the short end of the stick against terrible women, but the converse is true as well of men with more resources weaponizing the court against women. Two examples being, Bode Miller and Christopher Savoie

[–]motionlessoracle 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Point of order, I spent quite some time volunteering at homeless shelters. Most of our customers were men. Poor women in the USA know they can have a kid and get housing, health care, and some money from the government. Poor men, often with severe mental illness, are just out there on the street.

ETA: I'm no MRA, but I felt it was unfair not to help the men out, too.

[–]Papitas 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just like the "feminicide" problem is in fact a security problem that affects us all, the weaponized family courts is a problem of shitty people abusing the system that needs to be addressed in a non sexist way.