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Men's Rights Activists Need To Stop Blaming Women And Start Celebrating Them

MRAs claim that they are the ones with the serious problems.

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March is National Women's History Month, so it is time to celebrate women's achievements, struggles, and badassery!

However, some people will believe that women do not need a month to emphasize why we are essential: those people are Men's Right's Activists (MRA).

MRAs are men who think men are being taken advantage of by women. These activists believe they get blamed for everything thing that happens. They are men who say that women are given everything, and they must fight for equality.

They are men who hate women.

A feminist named Cassie Jaye heard about this group and decided to make a documentary, "The Red Pill," about them. She spent a year with them listening to what they had to say about how men are not treated the same as women.

In the documentary, MRAs claim that they are the ones with the serious problems, not women. One guy said "Men are routinely ground up in a family court system that is misandrist and biased against them. They are the majority of the homeless. They are the majority of suicides."

Now, let's unpack this man's points on why men aren't treated equally":

1. "Men are routinely ground up in a family court."

When deciding who gets custody of a child, after a divorce, the judge chooses the parent who best knows the child. Regarding who does more for the child and has a stronger emotional connection. Women do not always get the child. In non-divorce examples, women who are seeking full custody will get it if the father makes no effort in being in the child's life.

2. "They are the majority of the homeless."

Fifty-one percent of single men are homeless compared to twenty-four percent of single men. Because of that statistic, Men's Rights Activists say that misandry, the dislike contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men, is the reason for high rates of homelessness among men, or at least, exacerbates it, according to A Voice for Men, a website ran by MRAs. They also pointed out that most homeless men are veterans, and they alone have their own set of issues, like mental illness, broken families, and lack of job placements which could lead to things such as homelessness and suicide.

While these are solid points, women are not to blame for this problem. Men would just have to do what women are told to do: work harder. They need to put more effort into not becoming homeless, and if they are already homeless, then they need to put effort into trying to get back on their feet.

3. "They are the majority of suicides."

Males die from suicide three to four times more often as females. Men, tend to choose the violent approach, guns and knives and women typically select the failure prone path, overdosing on drug medication. Women are more likely to attempt suicide than men.

Men cannot blame women because they are more likely to commit suicide. It is proven men are more likely to choose the more violent option, and women are more likely to seek psychological help.

I'm aware that men have issues too, but they cannot blame women for them. Instead, they should be celebrating women because women are a vital part of humankind.

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