tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343911386688836644.post9070206924329953591..comments2023-03-29T02:20:45.192-07:00Comments on Asexual curiosities: On privilegeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343911386688836644.post-79402321822050831822010-06-28T04:25:42.170-07:002010-06-28T04:25:42.170-07:00liminalD, yeah, basically, what Rebekah said.
Mas...liminalD, yeah, basically, what Rebekah said.<br /><br />Masculinism is something I avoid at all costs. I've not seen the guy you're referring to, but he sounds incredibly typical.<br />The problem is that there are an awful lot of problems for men in the current system. Some of these are problems that feminism is dealing with, some that I wish it took more seriously ('father's rights' and gendered parenting being one example). Masculinism has a theoretical place. But in the same way that, say, the transgender rights movement tries to work with the gay rights movement, men's rights movements need to work with women's rights movements, when they just seem to be trying to drag them down, often working on a 'tit for tat' system where they assume that they need to destroy the work of feminism (ie. restore things to the good old days). In fact, if you go to the blog I've linked to in the above post, you'll find whole lists of ways in which men's rights activists make things worse for men, as well as women, in doing nothing more than encouraging the old stereotypes.<br /><br />That's (sorry, but you did ask) my short view of MRAs. My longer view of MRAs is much longer, more fun, and has more expletives.SlightlyMetaphysicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891271827553008521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343911386688836644.post-24602442513930305362010-06-28T01:26:59.816-07:002010-06-28T01:26:59.816-07:00@ Rebekah
Ahhh, ok, now I get it. Cheers for that...@ Rebekah<br /><br />Ahhh, ok, now I get it. Cheers for that :)liminalDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621859737411962756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343911386688836644.post-57567895934975507512010-06-27T08:05:15.740-07:002010-06-27T08:05:15.740-07:00I think the idea behind the privileged transwoman ...I think the idea behind the privileged transwoman bit was that transwoman are born in bodies which are recognized as male, and thus male privilege is conferred onto them, but because they're women being recognized as men is not actually beneficial.Rebekahhttp://asexualadolescence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343911386688836644.post-13755454785940961542010-06-27T04:57:02.583-07:002010-06-27T04:57:02.583-07:00Interesting read even though I didn't entirely...Interesting read even though I didn't entirely get all of it -that's not you though, I'm just tired. <br /><br />I wasn't entirely clear on the priveleged transwomen bit - I tried to reread it a couple of times but I feel a bit dense. Can anyone explain that to me more simply? <br /><br />Also, I wanted to draw attention to a series of videos on YouTube by a 'masculinist' from the father's rights movement, talking about female privilege and misandry, he goes by the username manwomanmyth (I think he has a website under the same name), and be interested to know what other people think about his arguments - I thought he made some valid points at first but then I started to see what I thought was a biological essentialism in those arguments (men ARE this or that, women ARE this or that other thing). I'd love to hear your thoughts on it :D<br /><br />DannyliminalDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621859737411962756noreply@blogger.com