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Feminists

La Lioness Priyanka

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2. while that is true, feminism does take away the historically higher status of men

Reply to Catherina (Original post)

Fri Jun 8, 2012, 11:50 AM

Jun 2012

in society and that's why we see such push back to feminism & the rise of MRA's

There is no higher status group that enjoys losing status. There are members in the group that support egalitarianism but generally none of us like to lose status

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It's not feminism that hurts men [View all] Catherina Jun 2012 OP

K&R nt JoeyT Jun 2012 #1

while that is true, feminism does take away the historically higher status of men La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2012 #2

Very true. I'm encouraged groups like Call to Men are taking responsibility to help change things Catherina Jun 2012 #3

This is really encouraging. Zorra Jun 2012 #4

I was encouraged to see them talking about homophobia too Catherina Jun 2012 #5