International Mens Day shut down by feminists at York university

[Northern Monkey]

A petition was signed by 200 feminists to stop the event which is to highlight mens health issues,Mental health,high suicide rates,crime violence,family relationships and under reprisentation of men in academic roles.
Since then a petition has been signed by almost 1000 people to hold the event as planned.

So apparently in this university feminism is'nt actually about equality at all.
York celebrated a whole week for womens rights in the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-34857143

[Niamh.]

Shameful

[Liam-]

Most feminists these days don't wany equality, they want men to be treated worse than them and for woman to be treated better than everyone else.

[kirklancaster]

Yep - shameful. But God help us all when 'The Truth' finds out. :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Most feminists these days don't wany equality, they want men to be treated worse than them and for woman to be treated better than everyone else.

That's quite a sweeping statement Liam and one which I believe is untrue, you have a loud minority of idiots like these. I think most women who consider themselves Feminists do genuinely want equality

[Niamh.]

Yep - shameful. But God help us all when 'The Truth' finds out. :laugh:

:worry:

[Smithy]

Feminist = Equality

These women aren't feminists not entirely sure why people call misandrists feminists :rolleyes:

[kirklancaster]

:worry:

:laugh:

[Niamh.]

Feminist = Equality

These women aren't feminists not entirely sure why people call misandrists feminists :rolleyes:

Exactly, we have these type of people in both genders I like to think that the majority of people both male and female just want to be treated fairly.

[Jake.]

well then they aren't really feminists at all

[Kizzy]

How does anyone know the 200 signatories were Women? It was a female student which called for the reinstatement...
It's simply a misguided equality exercise.

[Locke.]

Typical women

[Crimson Dynamo]

they should have distracted them with scented candles and new cushions

that would have bought them enough time to hold the event

[Denver]

I would of told them to **** off and rip the petition up in front of them

[Crimson Dynamo]

I would of told them to **** off and rip the petition up in front of them

:nono: violence against women is a hate crime


you big bully, I bet you would have given one of them a thick ear too and put another across you knee

[user104658]

Feminist = Equality

These women aren't feminists not entirely sure why people call misandrists feminists :rolleyes:
Because they (rightly or wrongly) call themselves feminists.

I wrote a rather long post on here a few months ago about how I think the word "feminism" has effectively been hijacked by a toxic subgroup (NOT a small one, a rather large one) with a different agenda and that the term is all but useless now for anyone who seeks equality. I'm not going to repost because I can't be arsed, but it's on here somewhere.

In short, though, groups truly seeking equality need to rebrand and stop clinging to their "precious" labels like limpets if they actually want to be taken seriously as individuals seeking individual equality. Feminism may once have been about equality but it is not any longer, and hasn't been for over a decade, regardless of which dictionary definitions are thrown around.

[Tom4784]

Feminist = Equality

These women aren't feminists not entirely sure why people call misandrists feminists :rolleyes:

Because it's easier to smear an entire group of people when you focus on the worst parts of it's loud minorities.

[Jamie89]

Disgusting. So they're saying it "amplifies existing, structurally imposed, inequalities." This is generic statement, which granted has a progressive sentiment, but beyond that has no real meaning in the context of what the occasion was intended for. "The intention was to draw attention to some of the issues men tell us they encounter, and to highlight mental health and welfare support which we know men are sometimes reluctant to access." Even the most ardent campaigners for equality must be able to recognise that even if equality is their end goal, it's not the reality of the world we're CURRENTLY living in. They had the choice of accepting that and doing something to help men who are facing very real problems, or ignore it in order to push an ideology. That's not to say there isn't merit behind the ideology but to pursue it with tunnel vision like this isn't the way to go.

[Niamh.]

Disgusting. So they're saying it "amplifies existing, structurally imposed, inequalities." This is generic statement, which granted has a progressive sentiment, but beyond that has no real meaning in the context of what the occasion was intended for. "The intention was to draw attention to some of the issues men tell us they encounter, and to highlight mental health and welfare support which we know men are sometimes reluctant to access." Even the most ardent campaigners for equality must be able to recognise that even if equality is their end goal, it's not the reality of the world we're CURRENTLY living in. They had the choice of accepting that and doing something to help men who are facing very real problems, or ignore it in order to push an ideology. That's not to say there isn't merit behind the ideology but to pursue it with tunnel vision like this isn't the way to go.

The side effects of women becoming more equal in society has resulted in men being treated badly in some areas like when it comes to their children for example, women have been working outside the home more, so consequently men have been becoming more involved as parents then in the past (which is beneficial to everyone imo) but family law hasn't come in line with that and fathers aren't treated fairly when marriages break down by the courts. That certainly needs addressing imo

[arista]

Typical women



Yes Locke

[Jamie89]

The side effects of women becoming more equal in society has resulted in men being treated badly in some areas like when it comes to their children for example, women have been working outside the home more, so consequently men have been becoming more involved as parents then in the past (which is beneficial to everyone imo) but family law hasn't come in line with that and fathers aren't treated fairly when marriages break down by the courts. That certainly needs addressing imo

Exactly. There's nothing wrong in working towards equality, but to ignore the way things currently are, and refusing to do things that are going to help people is actually quite cruel I think.

[Niamh.]

Exactly. There's nothing wrong in working towards equality, but to ignore the way things currently are, and refusing to do things that are going to help people is actually quite cruel I think.

I agree

[bots]

Anyone with a sense of justice would outlaw all inequality.

[Cherie]

they should have distracted them with scented candles and new cushions

that would have bought them enough time to hold the event

:joker:

[Cherie]

Most feminists these days don't wany equality, they want men to be treated worse than them and for woman to be treated better than everyone else.

The truth has procreated :worry:


I'm kidding Liam normally you seem so rational :laugh:

[Kizzy]

The side effects of women becoming more equal in society has resulted in men being treated badly in some areas like when it comes to their children for example, women have been working outside the home more, so consequently men have been becoming more involved as parents then in the past (which is beneficial to everyone imo) but family law hasn't come in line with that and fathers aren't treated fairly when marriages break down by the courts. That certainly needs addressing imo

I agree, equality shouldn't have a see-saw effect. What message are they sending to young men here, sorry issues that affect you aren't important... you're in the wrong sub group?

[Northern Monkey]

The sad part is that the university were so scared of looking sexist and upsetting women that they actually bowed down to these feminists and cancelled.200 signatures is a drop in the ocean compared with the silent majority who were either all for it or just did'nt care about it.

I agree with TS.The whole concept of feminism is out dated now and does'nt work these days.Even the word feminism is sexist and is the antithesis of equality.It needs to be changed to catch up with todays society.

[kirklancaster]

The truth has procreated :worry:


I'm kidding Liam normally you seem so rational :laugh:

:laugh2: Have you swallowed a joke book i the last few days Cherie?