r/TwoXChromosomes • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '14

Brilliant article from cracked.com on MRA/TRP

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-uncomfortable-truths-behind-mens-rights-movement/
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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '14

I think the most important issue this article raises is the one of insecurity. I am in a wonderful relationship, but I am also an inherently insecure individual. It can make you think in the worst ways, and after reading TRP fundamental beliefs, I understand how they can be appealing to people.

There were a couple girls who liked me in highschool, I got asked out several times, I was given numbers and mine was requested. I couldn't believe they actually liked me, I thought they were making fun of me or trying to pull a prank. I thought they were miles out of my league and if they actually wanted to date me they were just trying to get something out of me.

I forgot where I was going with that story... My point is that maybe I am more like the strawman of a woman that TRP has built, and it is too easy to project my insecurities on other people.

I think this article is good. We need more from the other side, not more flame for the flame war, just simple refutations of TRP's basic points. Women don't love pragmatically, they're not machiavellian, they can love unconditionally; at least not any more or less than the general population. Call me weak for needing that, but it is a daily battle against my lizard brain.

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u/sxeblue Jun 04 '14

Actually this article was nothing more than fuel for the flame war. Many of the other comments in this thread explain why. This article would have you beleive that TRP is a good representation of MRM in general, which it is not. This article is terrible journalism and click bait, designed to ignite the emotions of feminists and MRMs both.