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There's a MRA standing for election in my area!!

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LadySybilLikesSloeGin · 08/04/2015 00:11

I'm just... Shock "Justice for Men and Boys"

"The human rights of men and boys in the United Kingdom have been increasingly assaulted by the state’s actions and inactions for over 30 years, as they have across much of the developed world. J4MB is the only political party in the English-speaking world campaigning for the human rights of men and boys, including the right of all children to enjoy good access to both parents following family breakdowns, and the restoration of fatherhood and strong families."

j4mb.wordpress.com

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SabrinnaOfDystopia · 08/04/2015 09:33

I don't think he wants to take the vote away from us Grin but he just wants women to stfu.

One only needs to look at the language he uses on his website "hatchet faced feminist" "whiny feminist" "lying feminist' "special snowflake" etc, and look at his book covers to see his feelings about women. He is a very bitter man.

His last petition really took off though, with a grand total of 45 signatures after about a year Grin

PuffinsAreFictitious · 08/04/2015 09:10

No Yops, organisations such as ManKind or MenUnited are examples of orgs that do that. This 'party' is an example of a man having what could best be described as a toddler tantrum for the masses. You could almost feel sorry for him if you didn't realise that he doesn't mean all men should be back in charge with women subservient, he means men like him, white, middle class, wealthy.

J4M&B (and the women who love them) is a load of old bollocks, however, just be aware that he has a google trace on his name and his party's name.

Heckler · 08/04/2015 09:06

Oh. The nostalgia. That whole thing about men paying more income tax. The reason for that is THEY, ON AVERAGE, EARN MORE, the numpty.

I would be delighted for women to be paying more tax.

Four125 · 08/04/2015 08:42

I just read a précis of this thread to DP.
Him: so who are they?
Me: they're a political party for men.
Him: all political parties are for men aren't they?

Quite.

ChunkyPickle · 08/04/2015 08:34

Yep, it's the nasty women who are breaking up families, taking mens jobs, keeping the children from their fathers, and taking all the fathers money.

I wish I was over-stating there, but that's just a shorter version of exactly what he says.

ChopperGordino · 08/04/2015 08:28

No yops that isn't what they are trying to do - if only. What they object to is women having hard-won rights, which they perceive as detrimental to boys and men (read: loss of privilege). It's a zero-sum game to them.

NoPsipsinaChocolateOrange · 08/04/2015 08:27

Wow there is something about him isn't there. An interesting psychological study if ever I saw one.

ChunkyPickle · 08/04/2015 08:25

Oh he's very miffed about shelters.

Not miffed enough to start any, just miffed enough to write a couple of books and start a political party instead.

I find his language disturbing (among other things) - demanding access to children, as if they are some kind of shared driveway, neatly denying all the figures which show the reality of the situation, or accepting any responsibility for anything. The bitterness is strong with this one.

Yops · 08/04/2015 08:21

Men come on here and interrupt discussions about, for example, DV and women's shelters, with 'what about DV towards men? Where are the men's shelters?'. They get told, quite rightly, that they are perfectly free to go and campaign and raise awareness and funds for themselves. If men want stuff to address men's problems, men should sort it out. Isn't this an example of that? They might show questionable working out in their figures, but show me a party that doesn't.

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LadySybilLikesSloeGin · 08/04/2015 00:45

Wow, just... wow. How are people allowed to come out with such crap? Shock

"At the lower end of the social scale, women are choosing what has become known as ‘bureaugamy’–
marriage to the state. They are having children with no intention of being married, and seeking the support
of the state as the surrogate father. Given that men collectively pay 72% of the income tax collected in the
UK, women are effectively replacing men as partners, with men as taxpayers."

"The British state has become ever more hostile towards men and boys, although it’s largely funded by men,
through income tax receipts. Of all the income tax collected by the state, men collectively pay 72%, women
28%.1
In 2011/12 British men paid £68 billion more income tax than women, yet the state disadvantages
men and boys in many areas, usually to advantage women and girls.
There are no areas in which the state disadvantages women and girls. "

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CultureSucksDownWords · 08/04/2015 00:41

They don't care about daughters then? I guess they're just not that important?!

SabrinnaOfDystopia · 08/04/2015 00:39

He (party leader) joined mumsnet a while back.

SabrinnaOfDystopia · 08/04/2015 00:37

you lucky thing! Shock

MB is disturbing indeed.

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LadySybilLikesSloeGin · 08/04/2015 00:18

Oh, party leader is a nutter!!

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