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Comment #7671671
>By conflating their gender with the feminist movement ...what? The author is a feminist. The whole site is. From the site's FAQ: "Feminism and fat acceptance have always been, and…
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Comment #7671396
>Given that, why would we expect feminists to be talking about the effect of sexual assault on males? Because "feminism fights for men too!" is something we hear all the time. >It'…
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Comment #7671128
>What does it mean for you? Someone who believes something or another about women's rights, and is statistically more likely to dismiss or suppress any discussion of men's issues.
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Comment #7671125
>men have to deal with the fact that they're more likely to be rasped by another man Not really. From a comment below: One of the studies of the Bureau of Justice data notes that i…
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Comment #7671110
>Aaaaaaand it's flagged off the front page. Any discussion of men's issues is usually quickly suppressed by the usual parties. :/
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Comment #7671107
>these hypothetical feminists you speak of >citing no evidence whatsoever to back up the statement >outright fabrication I provided a link to the source. I recommend you review bot…
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Comment #7670701
Please explain how "many feminists" is a "weasel phrase." >That's a terrible state of affairs, but not for the reasons you think. Explain.
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Comment #7670010
>Any feminist will tell you that most rape does not fit the "large stranger overpowers a woman in the streets" scenario. If that is truly the case, then why do many feminists belie…
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Comment #7669815
Feminists, mostly.
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Comment #7649712
Men are 77% of the homeless population [1]. This doesn't mean that no women are homeless, just that women are much less likely to end up homeless (presumably as a result of the muc…
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Comment #7649672
>prostitution I think most couples would be pretty offended if you called the girlfriend a prostitute for letting their boyfriend financially support them. >Every study I've seen s…
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Comment #7649508
Women have an easier time finding somewhere to stay because they are considered more valuable to society. Men are disposable, which is why far fewer resources are devoted to helpin…
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Comment #7644545
>I ended up at private nationally accredited program "Nationally" accredited is scam school code for "not accredited."
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Comment #7564546
>disadvantaged minorities always have to consider this. It's probably one of the biggest privileges that white males have in day to day life White males can be minorities, too.
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Comment #7456445
I actually moved from the midwest to NYC for exactly that reason. I can't afford the in state public university in my home state, so I had to move here, as ridiculous as that sound…
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Comment #7456387
Well, the most you can take out is $5,500 as an 18 year old. They're more than happy to legally deny you any other loans if you don't have the support of a rich family to cosign so…
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Comment #7456371
You need to have the money upfront to pay for the first two years of college, though. You can't use money you won't earn for another two years to pay a tuition bill that's due now.…
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Comment #7456359
These easy opportunities aren't really available to my generation. :/ I was born in a poor rural area, and for a while the only job I could find actually paid less than state minim…
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Comment #7456042
There's a $57,500 lifetime limit on federal student loans for undergraduates. The people you see on the news complaining about their $200,000 english degree debt are people who hav…
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Comment #7454214
> The guy's recommendation to "subtract 1000" from whatever your balance is is totally infeasible for a large portion of the population. I liked how the example used $1000, too. As…
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Comment #7450394
In my experience, wealthy people will usually define wealth in such a way as to exclude themselves from being categorized as wealthy.
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Comment #7413075
Right, because gay people have civil rights but black people and women don't... Then again "queer" these days often means "straight but wants tumblr oppression points," so your per…
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Comment #7407079
You must not have met many feminists. They hate egalitarians much more than they hate misogynists, in my experience.
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Comment #7407060
One guy sarcastically suggests getting rid of a term, and you reply by seriously suggesting we get rid of people . Just curious, if you were in charge--how would you choose to "dis…
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