Wow. Just finished watching The Red Pill - a female helmed documentary on the Men's Rights Movement. (Warning - this MAY start a minor flame war.)
Let me caveat this by stating I very much consider myself a feminist, and have personally experienced - as we all have - more than enough abusive/exploitive misogynist encounters. (Even one of those is "enough". #metoo.)
And one can't deny there are some "bad apples" in the MRA movement: a sub-section who *do* (perhaps intentionally) overlook acutely legitimate women's rights concerns. Those that fall into that category use the cloak of MRA to hide inherently misogynistic views. Needless to say, folks like that should be immediately corrected and educated... no compromise allowed.
Still: documentarian Cassie Jaye presents a balanced case here in Red Pill, exposing the strawmanning stereotyping on both sides of the Feminist/MRA fence - all nuance be damned. (A us-vs-them mindset similar in nature to the red-blue political dichotomy so unescapable now in the US. )
But Men's issues are human issues, too. IMO, any true Feminist must be concerned with both. Which makes Red Pill an intelligent watch. Tribalism always aggravates social problems, it never helps. The only thing that *can* is a principled, fair and open minded look across the board. For which, this documentary *may* be a solid starting point.
Let me caveat this by stating I very much consider myself a feminist, and have personally experienced - as we all have - more than enough abusive/exploitive misogynist encounters. (Even one of those is "enough". #metoo.)
And one can't deny there are some "bad apples" in the MRA movement: a sub-section who *do* (perhaps intentionally) overlook acutely legitimate women's rights concerns. Those that fall into that category use the cloak of MRA to hide inherently misogynistic views. Needless to say, folks like that should be immediately corrected and educated... no compromise allowed.
Still: documentarian Cassie Jaye presents a balanced case here in Red Pill, exposing the strawmanning stereotyping on both sides of the Feminist/MRA fence - all nuance be damned. (A us-vs-them mindset similar in nature to the red-blue political dichotomy so unescapable now in the US. )
But Men's issues are human issues, too. IMO, any true Feminist must be concerned with both. Which makes Red Pill an intelligent watch. Tribalism always aggravates social problems, it never helps. The only thing that *can* is a principled, fair and open minded look across the board. For which, this documentary *may* be a solid starting point.