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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: What's the tell that lets you know you are dealing with an MRA? [View all]redqueen
(115,186 posts)87. Men have a biological need to have sex with women.
        The need for human contact is for touch. Not to use women's bodies as masturbatory aids. This fact is lost on MRAs.
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        lol.  so you do not want them all in individual posts?  cause i can keep going.  lmao
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #26
      
        
        men right activist that is spreading pretty hard, fast.  a lot of the net, but getting into RL. nt
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #10
      
        
        Which of course thoroughly explains why you  are here in the first place.
        Sheldon Cooper
        Dec 2013
        #30
      
        
        I have to disagree with you there.  I have learned a lot from the members of this group.
        Squinch
        Dec 2013
        #69
      
        
        to answer you question - MRA = Men's Rights Activist (male or female)
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #32
      
        
        yw, Demeter. Good to see you in here. I value the contributions you make in our
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #35
      
        
        yes, I saw the post. ugh. it was not "nice". I agree. Trying to give a benefit of doubt here ...
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #48
      
        
        I agree, Sheldon. but, Demeter did not so much as attack as stated the fact that someone is on
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #57
      
        
        i apprecaite sheldon saying there should be one place, but i demand, INSIST that you always be true
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #58
      
        
        when you friggin have everyone on ignore, how would you expect content.  lol.  oh my.... nt
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #40
      
        
        Yeah, I'm not a meathead but I feel I'm plenty "masculine" despite any feminist influences
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #141
      
        
        i was thinking about this.  watching both boys walk into manhood.  one is 19, well on his way.
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #143
      
        
        or looking how gender is become more fluid, they are not seeing enough john waynes out there.
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #144
      
        
        Other people gaining strength and power doesn't diminish anyone else. The opposite if anything.
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #145
      
        
        feminists are frigid, prudes, anti sex, jealous, hairy, ugly, fundamentalists,
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #18
      
        
        women teachers side with girls making it a hostile environment for boys in school.
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #20
      
        
        no men elementary teachers cause they are afraid of being accused of pedophilia
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #21
      
        
        Well, around DU it seems they spend more time advocating against women than for men.
        Scuba
        Dec 2013
        #31
      
        
        the negative energy ... Against Women as opposed to positive energy For Men. yes.
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #38
      
        
        redq is the one that knows...  she can tick them off with articulate, concise thought. nt
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #61
      
        
        which is a contradicition to feminism is causing all the world ills.  but contradictions are thru MR
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #47
      
        
        It's funny but I didn't even know about waves until I started reading about it here.
        Sheldon Cooper
        Dec 2013
        #55
      
        
        that is why i differeniate the argument from MRA.  they probably do not even know.  i too,
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #60
      
        
        can you expand on this, please ... I am not understanding what you are saying:
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #110
      
        
        Third Wave is too complicated and schizo. Ugh. Fragments and divides us.
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #114
      
        
        It is like where racism and sexism intersect, or something. I am not sure I am grasping the
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #116
      
        
        just what I have read on here. sea has posted about it and here is a link from MadrasT
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #120
      
        
        ha ha.  i just posted the same article.  but...  i am leaving mine cause it has pictures. lol.
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #122
      
        
        well then, can you tell me if I am understanding Third Wave -at all- ??
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Dec 2013
        #125
      
        
        yes.  but my son is home and all he does is talk, lol lol.  be back in a moment.  all morning
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #126
      
        
        correct.  though, they have pretty much turned their back on 3rd wave.  they say it is a fail.
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #68
      
        
        i almost put that.  but..  why i did not is it is not so much the MRA argument but progressive male
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #59
      
        
        i have not heard of any mra distinguish between the two, nor suggest a preference for any
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #78
      
        
        A friend of mine from high school says that very thing he's on his sixth marriage and has seven kids
        LanternWaste
        Dec 2013
        #117
      
        
        ya know.  i was just having a conversation with son about how...  if listening to within,
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #119
      
        
        feminists are why men are opting out of life, live in basment eating cheetos, playing computer games
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #81
      
        
        excellent.  that is what i metioned above.  many of the talking points are contradiction.  i like
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #90
      
        
        i do not think it is all mra that they put up in defining them.  but the arguments they make.
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #104
      
        
        Women who are bothered by it probably are not the ones being hit on or ogled...
        Phentex
        Dec 2013
        #109
      
        
        ha ha ha ha ha ha.  food for thought, huh?  actually i was just thinking about that
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #129
      
        
        you are into this.  you know what really gets me about this argument?  they talk "hawt"
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #134
      
        
        oh, the friend zone is something we were missing.  and fedora? i heard something about that
        seabeyond
        Dec 2013
        #140