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Men's Rights activists speak at Men's Issues Conference in Detroit

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Dr Tara holds a PsyD in Clinical Psychology and an MSc in Counseling Psychology. She has over 15 years of experience delivering direct services to diverse populations in a variety of settings. Dr Tara completed and successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, "Ce ci n’est pas une these: An applied psychoanalysis of Rene Magritte", in 2004. It examines unresolved childhood bereavement, the effects of a mentally ill mother and creative outcomes in an adult artist. She continues to have an interest in psychology and the arts.



Karen Straughan is a spokesperson for Men's Rights Edmonton. She is a prominent MRA who came to public attention largely through her YouTube channel as GirlWritesWhat. She is a mother of several children, and a published writer of erotica.

I will post more videos of this conference as they become available.
 
Graffias said:


Karen Straughan is a spokesperson for Men's Rights Edmonton. She is a prominent MRA who came to public attention largely through her YouTube channel as GirlWritesWhat. She is a mother of several children, and a published writer of erotica.

I will post more videos of this conference as they become available.
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That's a woman?
 
As I have mentioned before

In UK, only 16% of men consider themselves feminist and 8% of men consider themselves antifeminist.
In USA, 22% of men and 9% of women believe that men face worse discrimination then women. Hardly a tiny minority. Of course 57% of men and 77% of women still believe that women face more discrimination. American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a ZeroSum Game.
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That means that MRM is quite successful in teaching men that they are not "privileged oppressors". If the Internet and Social Networks will be free for 10 more years, MRM will become a very strong special interest group.
 
I guess I'm too damned old to worry about this stuff; listening to a couple of broads talk on poor little defenseless men needing someone to save them... wtf is this world coming to?
:roll::yawn:

It does make me chuckle though

Thom Paine
 
Thom Paine said:
I guess I'm too damned old to worry about this stuff; listening to a couple of broads talk on poor little defenseless men needing someone to save them... wtf is this world coming to?
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The new reality is that women are equal to men. In modern world men can be discriminated against -- my personal experience has to do with being abused. And some women defend men who are discriminated against.
 
SCitizen said:
The new reality is that women are equal to men. In modern world men can be discriminated against -- my personal experience has to do with being abused. And some women defend men who are discriminated against.
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Please accept my sincere apology for my sarcasm; I was unaware of your circumstances.

I actually have seen the results of emotional/physical battering of men by women. circa 1980, I opined on such personally to Lenore Walker, she laughed; I suggested she might consider it but probably has not since that passing few seconds of remarks.

I guess, my personal concern with the thread subject is frustration over men not better defending themselves (I really wish no offense here) and women, well intentioned as they are, needing to step up to the plate in this situation.

I have seen and can empathize; I iterate my apology and wish you

Good fortune in your endeavors

Thom Paine

edit add: ( in the event you are unfamiliar ) ... lots of info available on Lenore Walker and I hold that her work could as easily represent the plight of some men.
 
Thom Paine said:
Please accept my sincere apology for my sarcasm; I was unaware of your circumstances.

I actually have seen the results of emotional/physical battering of men by women. circa 1980, I opined on such personally to Lenore Walker, she laughed; I suggested she might consider it but probably has not since that passing few seconds of remarks.

I guess, my personal concern with the thread subject is frustration over men not better defending themselves (I really wish no offense here) and women, well intentioned as they are, needing to step up to the plate in this situation.

I have seen and can empathize; I iterate my apology and wish you

Good fortune in your endeavors

Thom Paine
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Thank you very much!

As for other issues I only have information from reading.

Men's movement is not interested in some revolution -- just a special interest movement addressing some issues.

Many men and women who commit crimes had been abused as children -- frequently by a mother figure.
 
One of the most frightening experiences in life is defending a view actively opposed by the majority. Even more scary is being disliked by the majority.

In the UK, 28% of the public is feminist while 5% is antifeminist.
 
So this is what happens when guys don't get laid for too long?
 
Thom Paine said:
I guess, my personal concern with the thread subject is frustration over men not better defending themselves (I really wish no offense here) and women, well intentioned as they are, needing to step up to the plate in this situation.
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In the past women had fewer rights than men, thus the concept that women are in need of protection from men was born. As women have become equal that traditional view has not gone away. This view has shaped our society and of course our law enforcement. We have created shelters and programs for battered women which is great, but it also says that women don't ever abuse men. Men even don't think that they are being abused when they are. Once it becomes physical, the man cannot fight back or they go to jail for domestic violence.

My brother was in a relationship where he was being abused. His crazy bitch ex girlfriend was provoking him into hitting her, and when he didn't she started punching herself in the eye and said that she was going to call the cops and say he did it. That would be a woman abusing a man. For four months after he dumped her she stalked him. He called the police and made a restraining order, but they never really did anything about it when she violated the retraining order.

See women in the battle for equal rights have gained equality, but we as people need to start seeing them as equals.
 
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My brother was in a relationship where he was being abused. His crazy bitch ex girlfriend was provoking him into hitting her, and when he didn't she started punching herself in the eye and said that she was going to call the cops and say he did it. That would be a woman abusing a man. For four months after he dumped her she stalked him. He called the police and made a restraining order, but they never really did anything about it when she violated the retraining order.
See women in the battle for equal rights have gained equality, but we as people need to start seeing them as equals.
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I can empathize with the situation; I've been within three feet to watch it... I went for the door as he dove out an open window ! ( and my mother's treatment of men .. good lessons here .. learned what not to do in life )

I do believe that Lenore Walker's study of and books on 'Battered Women Syndrome' is equally applicable to men.

Good eve Clax

Thom Paine
 
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