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Males in the US are still forcibly subjected to genital mutilation at birth, a problem that feminists, if actually working for sexual equality, should tackle. Do they?
*refers to Richard's post*
No, it doesn't have to be, it just almost always is. Much of men's rights movements are a reaction against a loss of privilege. But men do have reasons for complaint - for example, custody issues, which economically negatively impact women btw so it's not all that cut and dried - true men's rights issues are not at odds with feminism at all.There's also room to combat the strange prejudices that follow men who want to teach very young children. The phrase "Men's Rights" does not have to be dirty or ironic.
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I'm pretty sure that more women graduate from college due to the fact that they're socialized quite early on to sit down and STFU, which are behaviors that suit college well, not because the college entrance system is gamed against men.
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Exactly. Men yammering on about men's rights reminds me an awful lot of white people yammering on about how they've supposedly been hurt by affirmative action.It will often be strange, however, just because, if men were to lose a justified right in the US, women would be likely to lose it in simultaneity. The reverse doesn't like to hold true.
ETA: And sexism hurts men, too. Definitely. Feminism should not be the enemy of men.
ETA2: Sorry for the major tangent, but this story is yet another example of how socially enforced gender roles do hurt men.
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