Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Fox Guest: Men Aren't Men Anymore, Because Feminism" video.

  1. Your argument is pathetic. You've focussed in purely on a man's ability to get a job and how women are no longer housewives, then built your feeble case around that. The fact is, males ARE being feminised and suppressed across the western world. Natural masculine rough and tumble at school or in life is portrayed as boorish and unacceptable. Competitiveness is discouraged. Male forms of expression and communication are frowned upon as being female unfriendly. Men are LOSING rights as women gain them. The right to have an equal say in the care of their own kids. The right to be considered equally in family courts. The right to retain a fair share of the income that they earn. Nobody is saying that women should not be treated with equal respect in almost every arena, but equal does not men lopping the legs and the balls off males to turn them into women. It means males offering a hand up to women so that everyone stands on the same level playing field - insofar as that's biologically possible. Well done for playing right into the liberal talking point, and making a kneejerk attack against a man who was actually speaking some sense.
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  2. ***** No they're not, and in a world where physicality is less important, perhaps classically masculine traits are less important as survival traits, but it's not about sex and killing and for chessician to reduce it to these is either disingenuous or ignorant. Perhaps as a cerebral man, he welcomes this shift in balance - until he needs a fire put out, or a house built, or a criminal apprehended. Nick Adams may have reduced masculinity to a tiny subset of male behaviours, but the fact is, there are a whole tranche of male behaviours that have been, and always will be vital to the prosperity of this planet - competitiveness and physicality for instance. The fact that you refer to Adams as a "disgusting piece of filth" is deeply revealing of your own mind-set.
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  3. ***** Who on earth is trying to minimise domestic violence?! "Boys will be boys" is absolutely NO justification for violence against women any more than "Any man who let's his female partner beat him up" is a justification for the 40% of domestic violence incidents that are female on male (and it's telling that you completely ignored that statistic). Who's suggesting that hurting people is acceptable? If that's how you perceive rough-housing then you need to re-examine what it's all about. Quite the opposite. Rough housing teaches males that there are clear boundaries in physical behaviour, and when you transgress those boundaries, there are often immediate unpleasant consequences. True, there IS a category of unpleasant rough-housing, (sack taps, mild torture, pledging, etc) that is all about causing sadistic pain, but this behaviour is often indicative of emotional problems, just as chronic bitchiness is amongst females. The courts are not simply biased against men because men live up to gender roles. The courts are biased against men because they've been conditioned by some feminists to believe that these gender roles are automatically negative. This is the result of a decades long marketing campaign by feminists, as well as a general societal acceptance of the genders' roles in child-rearing. The fact is, men are no less capable of responsibility, no less capable of love, than women in child raising. And if men do tend towards certain behaviours, let's start by asking where those stereotypes are enforced from - could it be their primary caregivers - women? Little boys are taught to suppress their emotions, to be strong, and brave and physical, and this is by their mothers. Then the same women have the temerity to complain that they don't like the way that these boys behave when they grow up! Nobody is suggesting that developing empathy and peacefulness are not laudable goals for society of both genders, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. I have spent 20+years of my life learning to fight, and teaching others of both sexes to do so. My goal is to score a victory, not to hurt the other person. What I do is the epitome of male competitiveness and I love it. That does not make my choice an inferior one. I would never dream of telling a female that she could not become an excellent fighter, nor would I criticise a boy who cried. I am as quick to console a crying male, as to encourage toughness in a female (or vice versa when appropriate). A certain amount of robustness is an essential trait in a human being, but especially males, who face more demanding physical existences. It is both in a male's nature, and part of the societal expectation of a male to be masculine and physically robust (to at least a minimal extent), yet thanks to feminist skewed law and education, these traits are frowned upon in many quarters - until a woman needs someone to pay for her children, when suddenly the biased duty and responsibility cards are pulled out. I'm certainly not saying that women are gold diggers, but I am saying that they are immediately happy to depend upon, and even exploit traditional gender roles when it comes to raising the children that THEIR biological imperative have urged them to produce. I agree 100% with your statement that members of the genders do not fall into perfect gender groups, but just the most cursory glance at society will reveal that the vast majority of women in their 30s are mothers, tend to be the primary care giver and provider of emotional support, and probably are in lower paid jobs, if they work at all. By the same token, because they are the primary wage earners, males work longer hours, get to spend less time with their kids, and are seen as the physical strength in the home. As much as you might wish for some kind of androgynous males, whilst females get to retain all of their innate characteristics, biology is against you. We're living in the far swing of the pendulum, where, in an effort to be fair to all, men are losing their rights. As I believe I said, all I want is a level playing field for both genders, whilst not ignoring the biological differences between us. I want a world where women are treated with respect in the home and the work place, but men are not viewed as monsters because robustness (not violence) is an important part of our psychological make up. Peace and respect to you.
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  4. ImCoppinItDayOne That's very kind of you to say so. Thank you. I didn't realise I had typed so much until I just looked at it! :-o 
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