MotherJones: Some of movement's fiercest MEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS are WOMEN

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You might want to take some morphine before you read on, as this is going to really, really hurt your feelings.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/mens-rights-movement-women-who-love-it

The Men's Rights Movement and the Women Who Love It
Some of movement's fiercest activists aren't men.

When many people think of the men's rights movement, the image that springs to mind is lonely men lurking in chat rooms and railing against women. But in recent years, a group of brash, witty female activists has taken up the cause. And some of them are emerging as the movement's leading voices. It may seem counterintuitive that women would be helping drive the conversation about a movement that's fighting anti-male discrimination and campaigning fiercely against feminism. But according to Dean Esmay of the men's rights organization A Voice for Men, the fact that they shatter expectations is what makes them such good emissaries. "People want to believe we're a bunch of sad, pathetic losers who can't get laid and are just bitter because our wives left us," Esmay explains. "The very presence of women in the movement creates cognitive dissonance." Often, he adds, this dissonance makes people more receptive than they otherwise would be.

Who are these women men's rights activists? And why do the embrace a movement that some see as blatantly misogynistic? Below is a rundown of key players. A few of them, including Janet Bloomfield, who was the focus of a recent in Vice News article, have been in the spotlight recently. Others are virtually unknown to the mainstream, but within the movement they're seen as luminaries...

The men's rights movement is gaining legitimacy and women are flocking to stand up for us.

If we want to achieve effective political power we must divorce our movement from any ties with the Republican Party NOW. No more cooperating with them even on issues like fighting the VAWA. Republicans represent patriarchy and forced arbitrary gender roles. If MRAs think that's not harmful then try talking to them about the DRAFT and see how well you get along with them.

We've got to direct our anger not just at radical feminists but also "manosphere" traitors like Return of Kings and their ilk. We do ourselves no good by letting these guys go unanswered with their "fat shaming week" and other bullshit. Didn't we learn that lesson when feminists went on their "neckbeard" insult rampage? And what do we say to fat women who join the men's rights movement if we don't put a boot in the asses of these guys? (Besides, they openly show their disdain for us, too.)

The path to men's rights victory means knowing misogyny hurts men along with women and misandry hurts women along with men. To stamp out one we've got to fumigate the other.

Let's put it another way: women are coming to our aid, we can't pay them back by ignoring women's problems with the political party that makes women answer to their employers when they want their health coverage to pay for contraception.

 

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