As a participant on the series of tubes we call the Internet, I often am confronted with some of the worst dregs of society. I know you’re nodding your head and saying to yourself, “That happens to me too, Slay!” However I did not know–and I’m pretty sure you didn’t either–that there’s this whole other part of the Internet that is very exclusive. You’re not invited. I’m not invited. They call this frontier “The Manosphere.”
I have to thank this “not technically speaking” MRA (Men’s Rights Activist) for introducing me to the concept of the Manosphere. As a feminist, and a vagina haver, I’m not welcome in their sandbox, but luckily for me, they are welcome to cross their borders and share their philosophies with us. Thanks to their generosity, we here at P-Mag will be posting periodic dispatches from the front. Little pearls of wisdom, if you will.
First things, they’re not going to play with you anymore.
So that’s that. Real Men, the kind of men that live with smoldering anger in their eyes, reminiscing over the (likely whiter) time before feminism invented misandry, are taking their balls to their own part of the Internet and you’re not invited!
However, until they get around to erecting a fence around the Manosphere, we’ll be here, reporting back.
39 replies on “Dispatches from the Manosphere”
Good grief. Everything is the fault of the All Powerful Vagina. To sum up the many thoughts I am having on this: really and truly pathetic.
Tee hee!
“A solution that works better for us.” Â Of COURSE it works better for you to not have to treat women as equals! Â You get to be superior! Â Tee hee!
Speaking as a ””’man owner””: I don’t even want the kind of man that hides in the Manosphere. Enjoy each other, bros.
Being only a titbit more serious: Seriously, guys? Ever thought about talking to the women in your lives?
I’m actually really excited that these men don’t want to play! I can’t think of a single more beneficial act in society’s interest than to remove themselves from the gene pool!
I thought it incredibly funny that one of his lines was about wanting babies. Doesn’t he know that feminists only want babies for their sweet, sweet virgin blood?
I giggled. I couldn’t help myself!
This vitriol stems from the family courts: men are pissed they have to pay alimony and child support, and they call it misandry.  While the family court system does have it’s flaws and people do exploit loopholes, these MRAs are only interested in “issuing payback” upon their exes.  They are lobbying for women to be required to submit receipts for things they buy for their child(ren) and for men to only pay half of what they think is a “reasonable” expense. Of course what is reasonable is subjective: for example, these MRAs want to do things like restrict the mothers to buying generic brand foods or limit them to spending $25 on shoes every year.  And if you use the child support to pay your car note, then you should be penalized.  It’s a growing movement of angry men who think the reason they are being “raked over the coals” in family court is because of FEMINISM!  not because they were shitty husbands/fathers. These are the same folks who want a say in whether or not a uterus-owner can get an abortion. It’s mind-blowing.
More and more i’m seeing a lot of MRA arguments about how male circumcision is the same thing – or worse – than FGM, and the uproar over FGM is actually another example of the rampant misandry (even spellcheck knows it’s bullshit.) keeping the poor men down, and without a foreskin.
Mmm…NO way is male circumcision the same thing as FGM. NO WAY. Circumcised men can still enjoy sex and not fear various horrible side effects. Ugh, the ignorance.
I find it difficult to articulate all the thoughts I have on everything you’ve said, because it is so ridiculous and mind-boggling. I feel like I need to run around the block a few times, and I’m not a runner.
Also, what’s amazing is that if the courts do indeed prefer women in custody battles, it’s because of the fucking patriarchy. It’s because women are meant to be nurturers and carers and society basically says we’re only as important as our uterus and what it can produce. If we actually lived in a feminist utopia, custody battles would only ever be judged on the basis of the fitness of the individual parents and it wouldn’t ‘favour’ women at all.
Is this a reddit gem? Can we submit to you reddit gems? I avoid actually seeking out ShitRedditSays, because I don’t need any stress-related ulcers, but Mr. Caitlinface will tell me about the occasional shining turd of asshattery that appears.
It’s not from Reddit, but if you have something you’d like to see included, feel free to email me! (belle (dot) slay (at) gmail (dot) com)
So, does this not apply to those of us who define feminism as the movement to free women, girls, female-identified, and gender nonconforming people from patriarchal oppression? Wait, don’t answer that, Mr. MRA. Your head might explode from the thought of not using your privilege to actively oppress people, and then we might not get another gloriously entertaining email!
This is the best laugh I’ve had all day. That is all I can say on the matter!
Where the f*ck was this posted?
I’d say that this is a guy who won’t get laid, but I know better. *sigh* I will say that there’s a huge difference between supporting women’s rights and thinking that supporting women’s rights means men are losing rights. Rights build on each other. The more we treat people with civility the more we are treatedcivilly. .
I have an extensive screencap collection of this kind of stuff.
It’s hard not to laugh. By saying that they’re “not going to play with us anymore” it reminds me of every man-child I’ve ever met who thinks that they should be in charge of everything simply because they have balls. Oh my…
it’s like the boys who have the “no girls allowed” fort, but you never wanted to go in their stinky fort anyway because your treehouse is way cooler and everyone gets to play there.
Also, it doesn’t smell like balls.
and there is no smouldering anger.
only shattered biological clocks.
I’m of the opinion that misandry cannot actually exist, because it would be the counter to misogyny, the systemic oppression of women. As women in a patriarchal society, we completely lack the ability to oppress men anywhere NEAR the oppression of women.
It’s similar to how there cannot be ‘reverse racism’ because nonwhite people lack the ability to oppress white people in societal/governmental/economic ways.
Sure, women and nonwhite people can be prejudice but without that control aspect … yeah, their “argument” is not working for me.
But… but… women can get free drinks at clubs on Wednesdays! Â MISANDRY! Â And.. Â um… women want men to pay for the first date! MISANDRY!
Capitalism!
Well, in regards to the first.
The second is clearly more about how traditionally women didn’t have jobs or didn’t have jobs that paid well enough and guys have to feel like they are big shot providers. I HATE it when people pay for me.
It’s both funny and completely-not that guys who make these complains have no idea where these practices come from.
I was being sarcastic. LOL!
Hahah I know. Sorry. Sometimes I’m a little tooooo much explainy.
Because this kind of nonsense so clearly works IN their interests. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t forsee these “gentlemen” getting laid any time soon.
what strange people. I just don’t even…
I had to look up “hypergamy”. in my head I was saying it “hyper gamey” and was like “well if that’s how you smell I don’t think it’s feminism’s fault”.
poor widdle mennies and their toys being taken away.
also I am imagining the manosphere like a hamster ball but with too many dudes in it for it to go anywhere.
HA! They’re all hyper-gamey because they’re all stuck in their hamster ball being manly.
ew
ew ew ew
that reminds me of a TERRIBLE story a friend of mine told about an “accident” her hedgehog had in her ball. apparently the ball was completely brown.
gahhhhhh
I had to look it up too. Bastards don’t want women marrying them just for their money, but you can bet your ass they don’t want their wives to out-earn them either.
it’s the whole “I’m a man so I have to make more than you. also to affirm my manliness I want you to depend on me. neither of these will succeed in stroking my ego at all, so I’ll resent you anyway and make up reasons why.”
I imagine The Manosphere is just an auditorium set up like the stereotypical “Man Cave” that people have recently become obsessed with- posters of hot ladies straddling beer bottles, foosball tables, and a bunch of giant TVs playing footage of dudes throwing balls at each other.
Have fun in your sphere, dudes. After I take a break from being oppressive, I’ll call you down for dinner.
but don’t make them eat their greens!
unless they like greens. then you are WITHHOLDING them.
Please, menz. Build that fence a little faster.
Yeah, and when you’re done, maybe you could lock yourselves in with your giant straw man and then lose the key? Kisses!
<3