Sunday, July 31, 2011

What is a Male Renaissance Agitator?


"An MRA could be described as a person who affirms, unequivocally, that men as a group have objective political interests distinct from women as a group, and that feminism has been instrumental in generating this state of affairs."

~Fidelbogen~
31 July, 2011

6 Comments:

Anonymous TDOM said...

I can't agree that feminism "generated" the difference in interests between men and women. I think this difference is natural, normal, and has existed throughout the ages. However, I do believe that feminism has not only exaggerated these differences, it has led to animosity and competition rather than cooperation in meeting these interests. Thus it has been a destructive instead of a constructive force in gender relations.

TDOM

9:07 AM  
Blogger Fidelbogen said...

Well, the key word is "political".

Feminism has generated a politicized state of relations between men and women.

Not just everyday "social politics", but Politics in the big official way.

Also, remember who launched the "personal is political" meme.

12:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agtree with this definition. I would also add that an MRA is a man (or women these days) who believes, "my personal is not your political so get your grubby hands off of it."

2:36 PM  
Anonymous TDOM said...

To a point I can agree. Feminists gained access to the political arena on a scale that women had never previously achieved and you're right, they did make the personal political. But I still think men and women had different political interests prior to feminism. You state that feminism "politicized" the different interests, I think it may be more accurate to state that feminism "polarized" the different interests between men and women. To them its a zero-sum game, what's good for men must be bad for women and what's bad for men must be good for women.

TDOM

3:08 PM  
Blogger Fidelbogen said...

@TDOM:

The separate "political" interests of male and female, in former times, were limited to the MICRO-political.

Feminism "polarized" this to the point where it broke into the MACRO-political realm of electoral politics, the state order, and ultimately the social contract.

In the macro-political realm, men and women were not formerly at odds. But now, thanks to feminist instrumentality, they are.

So feminism has precipitated/polarized matters to a critical breaking point.

Men and women are effectively separate power blocs in the macro-political -- although most men are still barely aware of this, which makes them patsies and pushovers.

3:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Exactly Fidel They applied Marxism
to gender relations.
Like everything feminists foist on us via the media and state
it does not fit - causes injustice
its based on lies,half truths ( a half truth is a whole lie)

"Men and women are effectively separate power blocs in the macro-political -- although most men are still barely aware of this, which makes them patsies and pushovers."

Too Too True..
men who get it are isolated
but galvanised growing stronger all the time...

2:44 AM  

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