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Originally Posted by kirant
All kidding aside, MRAs can actually have a point and I know a few groups (small ones) which attempt to bring the topic up to the right groups in a reasonable manner. One interesting thought for me has been the way Universities set up organizations. The question the group posed was "If there's a woman's support group on campus (for financial and academic advice), should there be a men's support group since men and women have about equal representation at a University? And if there isn't, should we create a pilot project?". And the group in question brought it up with the University's student relations. Whether or not it brings about anything is up to debate, but the point is that we can't blanket any group with an accusation. It's generally vocal minorities that make things sound horrible. If we use the same theory, we could claim that all theists are like WBC or all Flames fans would phone in death threats when the Flames are losing.
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The problem I see with this, is that MRAs are approaching it as though it's an inequality issue borne of female privilege, when in fact the Women's support group likely exists because of necessity. One would assume that if a Men's support group was required, one would have been started by now (and not out of protest by an MRA group).
Saying "Hey! They have one, why don't we?" as justification is a way ####tier reason to create something rather than "We need one".