Why are feminists so threatened by the MRA movement?

Because men already have all the rights, and that's most of the problem? Why do we need to make space for that? Feminists are fighting for equality. The fact that some men don't like what equality looks like for them is not my problem.

It's got nothing to do with the "quality of argument" and everything to do with coming here and saying "why aren't you feminists doing something about xyz problem for men" and not giving us any indication of what MRAs are doing for the feminist cause. Because all evidence points to them actively trying to set it back and regain more control over women

OP please can you tell us in what way men are oppressed that feminists don't care about. When I say feminists I mean true feminists and not your tumblr extremists. Your last statement could also be applied to feminism or any other 'group' with an opinion.

I'm not talking about "the quality of your argument" or other such nonsense. I'm talking about how you have expectations of what feminists should be doing, saying, campaigning for etc. I am just asking if you have the similar expectations for your own campaigning i.e. taking on women's problems, women's actual oppression in the same way you expect us to take on men's problems.

Of course patriarchy is as damaging to men as it is to women, however that's not why feminists want rid of it, the fact that men would be far better off without it will just be a happy side effect of smashing it.

I have never seen a feminist happy that young men commit suicide, get prostate and testicular cancers, die in wars of their own devising, are abused by their partners etc. I've seen them not prioritise those things and be vilified for it by men. What I have seen though is MRAs threatening to rape women, laughing about IPV where women are the victims, telling women to die in fires. I have seen MRAs do illegal things to find personal information about women who don't agree with them and dare to speak out, they have then postered and posted that info as far as they can in order to intimidate women. I have seen the very few MRAs who have said that that isn't a good idea treated in the same way and called emasculating names.

It's not a small minority of the MRA movement who do this, it is central to the ethos of the movement. Any dissent from the party line is dealt with in a male fashion, with threats and violence.

Also, annie and so many more brilliant women have already answered your questions, many times over.

Well quite scallops. You want collaboration? Show us what you're doing to combat male violence against women and girls and then we'll talk

Because men's rights groups aren't building domestic violence shelters for men, or raising funds for men-only cancers or campaigning against homophobia. Instead they are campaigning to stop feminist conferences, shut down feminist discussions on the internet and generally hang around talking about how Elliot Rodger was right and women are taking men's jobs, blah, blah, blah ...

There was a guy from one of those MRA sites who was invited to speak for men on an Australian breakfast show a while ago. He had blogged about how men should smash women's faces in and beat them to a pulp. There's that other guy (can't remember his name) who blogs about how the world would be a better place if his own daughters were dead and who falsely exposed an American student as a rape-accuser and then said he hoped the online abuse the woman subsequently received would make her blow her brains out. These men aren't the extreme; this is level of men's rights campaigning.

Be honest, Men's Rights really mean Anti-Women's Rights.

I like the inigo memes

ifyourehoppyandyouknowit - exactly the point I was trying to make with my Inigo Montoya memes. Which everyone is ignoring [sulks]

Oh the "it's not relevant" bit was in response that question.

Why is it not relevant OP, given that you are demanding similar considerations from us about men?

"I believe that self-styled MRAs systematically send abusive and threatening messages to many feminists. I just don't think the people who are genuinely interested in men's rights (and the wider scope of overall gender equality) should be tarred with the same brush as these idiots."

Ok. I'll bite. Can you ink me to a single MRA forum (or site with comments) where I can observe and engage with non tar brushed activists?

Oh here we go, here is the crux of the MRA movement in a nutshell, thinly disguised here.

The OP has made it clear that what he/she/it is doing about it is completely irrelevant to this discussion, so they will not be answering the question.
Just like he they have been not answering questions for the whole fred.

It's worth reading this thread just for the memes .

Still idly wondering what you are doing about the global problem of male violence against women, OP?

Men who fight for equal rights for all, and fight against patriarchal stereotypes that hurt us all, do not call themselves Mens Rights Activists. I'm beginning to think you don't actually know what MRAs groups do .

Hahaha, taking friend requests now [bows to applause].

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No worries Hoppy, I've got them handy too .

I like this one too.