![]() ![]() He’s the one who will move overseas once I graduate university. He equally does the cooking and cleaning in the house (and cooks better than me, I might add). But throughout our relationship, he has never violated or harassed me in any way. I’ve read terrible stories of women who went out with MRAs or being abused by them. He gave me proof of laws that work in favor of women (and there is a lot) and how men’s rights are so often misunderstood that MRAs are seen as this misogynistic assholes. If my boyfriend isn’t suited for the job, at least one man in this entire nation should be. And it’s not even a job that requires a vagina. ![]() He recently showed me a group picture of the people in his previous office, and there were literally, I repeat, literally, no men in the entire office. ![]() By that I mean during his previous internship, he was the only male there, so it’s slightly more difficult for him to break into the industry. Ironically, my boyfriend works at a female-dominated industry. Many men who experienced something similar would be given congratulatory pats on the back, or asked if they enjoyed it. It was clearly statutory rape, but he never realized that it was because a woman sexually assaulting a boy is difficult to comprehend, even today. He was underage, and she was in her early 20’s. When my boyfriend was sexually assaulted when he was drunk, he didn’t know what to call it. It’s a competition of who has the bigger scar, and feminists will always win simply because they paint themselves as the perpetual victim. It’s just that whenever they try to raise awareness of a gender-specific problem, many extreme feminists belittle it and sweep it under the rug. Men, just like women, face issues at home, at work, and in the law. It wasn’t until my boyfriend told me about the lack of men’s rights that I began to open my mind to the idea that men aren’t perfect creatures. (Fun fact: they’re not.) So many of the statistics used by feminists are either outdated, warped, or completely bazoink. I thought everything there were cold-hard facts. And trust me, it’s hard refuting a claim made when it’s in a funny text post on my dashboard. I believed everything I read because Tumblr feminists are the most passionate people out there. A woman earned 77 cents to every dollar a man makes? How dare they! Women don’t have the rights to their own bodies? Those cishet males at it again! Women are being victim blamed? Motherfucking shitlords! I was a hardcore, misogynist-hating feminist who swallows whatever text post pops up on my dashboard. He often reiterates that feminism is the best thing since sliced bread, but developing countries are in need of it much more than his own and female oppression is no longer something to be dealt with in many nations.īefore I met him, I was part of the Tumblr feminists. He is a self-proclaimed gender egalitarian, and believes in the equality of both sexes. He didn’t - and never has - labeled himself as an MRA (but I did). When I saw him scrolling through Reddit’s infamous r/mensrights for the first time, he had to explain to me what an MRA was. My boyfriend is an MRA because after objectively comparing the issues of both genders in a first-world context, he finds that the male activists need more support in fighting for their issues. I am a feminist because in my country, patriarchy is rampant, child brides are aplenty, and street harassment is commonplace. I grew up in a third world country and am currently studying overseas, where I met him through a mutual. He is 6’7, barely fits through a doorframe, listens to indie music and enjoys video games more than puppies. My boyfriend is a cis white male of European descent. Every couple went through one, but I doubt any of them had one based on something as petty as ours. He didn’t know I was a feminist until our First Big Argument. I didn’t know what a men’s rights activist was until I fell in love with one. ![]()
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