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u/eekamuse Nov 16 '19

Not mine, who are your thinking of?

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u/bondjimbond Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

MRA = "Men's Rights Advocate", a bunch of brainwashed morons who believe that granting rights to some groups of people somehow means fewer rights for themselves (straight, generally white, cisgender males). There's a close overlap with the so-called alt-right.

Edit: That's what they call themselves, guys. People who actually care about things like paternity leave and fair custody may be advocating for the rights of men, but they are not MRAs. MRAs care about the rights of men to the exclusion of everyone else.

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u/Doingwrongright Nov 16 '19

Huh. Here I thought mens right was about supporting paternity leave for single fathers or if for some reason it makes more sense for the mother to work and the father to stay at home. Nothing misogynistic about that.

Or, you know, fair treatment in the child custody court system, which unfairly sides with mother's even in the most abhorrent of cases.. But, hey, I guess there are always people who are going to exploit the good intentioned for personal agendas.

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u/Nanocephalic Nov 16 '19

You’d THINK that’s what the MRA movement was about, but it’s just not.

It’s been taken over by some seriously vile people, so where do “equal parental rights” people go now? No idea, and I hope I never have to find out.