Real Men

Mostly just positivity for guys. No need to prove your gender to be here. Only qualification to being a real man is being a man. Nothing is wrong with emotions, men, or men having emotions. Men don't rape - criminals rape. Everyone deserves the same rights and respect. If you don't agree with me, either be polite or just leave.

[meetmlm]

Black boys aren’t scary. Black masculinity isn’t scary. Black boys and black masculine people deserve better.

[being-a-man]

I'm here for my boys that feel guilty for being themselves.

Never be ashamed to be who you are.

[the-beacons-of-minas-tirith]

WOMEN👏CAN👏BE👏RAPISTS👏TOO👏AND👏THEY👏SHOULD👏SUFFER👏THE👏SAME👏CONSEQUENCES👏AS👏MALE👏RAPISTS👏NO👏EXCEPTIONS👏

[mchaccino]

do yall know how dangerous it is to spread the idea that only men can hurt you and women only help other women

[b0yhearts-blog]

dating a boy bigger than you: his hoodies will look cute and oversized on you

dating a boy your size: you can share hoodies and they will fit and look nice

dating a boy smaller than you: your hoodies will look cute and oversized on him

conclusion: all boy sizes are cute and good

[being-a-man]

Remember when I made a post about weird things to help transgender men pass that a lot of men said was helpful to them?

1. I'm happy I made it

2. I could have made it a lot better

3. I can't believe people are legitimately angry about it. If you don't want to follow it, fine. It's just tips for passing as male. If you do other stuff, w/e, cool.

4. Stop using trans men as your weapons against the "patriarchy". Stop using trans people for political game period. Leave us alone. We don't have an obligation to break any gender roles. We have a different battle to fight. Anyone that wants to fight it, fine. But don't shame people for just giving in a bit and feeling happy about themselves.

[lastsonlost]

Click here to support Toronto's FIRST Shelter for Abused Men & Kids organized by Justin Trottier

We're working to open Toronto's first shelter for male victims of domestic abuse - and their children. Will you be a part of this historic campaign?

We have government agencies providing resources for this initiative and they are now considering ongoing financial support, but it is critical that we show that this project has strong public backing. All Donations Now Matched Until December 31st.

We have already raised $150K, half of our total goal. If our GoFundMe Campaign is successful, we can wrap up our fundraising by the end of the year and open Canada’s first Family Shelter for Abused Men and Children in 2018! ************************************************** Hello and welcome to the Canadian Centre for Men and Families. The Centre has become a place of hope and transformation for boys, men and fathers in our community who often come to us when no other support is available.  And now we and they need you.

Since we opened our doors, every day we get calls from men desperately searching for a safe haven from an abusive partner. Many of these callers are fathers with children and they have no place to go. Steve Dolk: The Impossible Situation for Abused Fathers. Watch the video athttps://youtu.be/Z0JUDSc4qbk 

Now imagine you and your child live each day in fear of violence, but no one believes you because you’re a man. That is the situation for thousands of fathers every year.  Although it may be hard to believe, Statistics Canada data and sociological research is clear: men suffer domestic abuse at rates comparable to women, yet their access to vital support services including crisis centres and emergency counselling is almost non-existent.

The critical missing piece are domestic abuse shelters for fathers and children. Single father families are the fastest growing family form in Canada. Yet while the caregiving role of dads quickly expands, fathers who are suffering violence in the home still have no safe place where they can escape with their children. If governments are reluctant to step up then it’s time for you and I to lead by example. That’s what an amazing team of philanthropists did when they donated $150,000 to build Toronto’s first Family Shelter for Abused Men and Children. That means we’re already half way to our goal. And now to help us get to the finish line, we have a backer who has stepped up to match your contributions - dollar for dollar - up until $50,000, only until December 31st. This could be the game changer we’ve been waiting for, but only if we each take the initiative.

In the last few years, shelters for abused men and children have begun to pop up in small towns in places like Arkansas and Texas, but if we’re successful here we will open the first shelter for abused men and children in any metropolitan municipality in North America. If we’re successful we can be the lifeline for so many families in desperate need of help. If we’re successful the effects will be felt far beyond Toronto for we will have sparked a critical change in the conversation around gender and victimization, and that means more support for all vulnerable families. This is is your chance to guarantee that success and to be a part of this landmark initiative.

The time has come for all of us to take a bold step. Your support is absolutely critical for us to capitalize on the foundation that has been built.   That’s why we are asking you to please make a gift at this time and to and work with us to bring the first shelter for abused men and children to Canada’s largest city. All donations receive a charity receipt, which means you could get up to 40% back in tax benefits. We are offering a variety of rewards for different levels of contribution. Please note that you will receive all rewards both at your level and at all levels below. Thank you so for your interest. We are eager to join forces with you on a special project that will greatly improve many lives.

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[witchyquotes]

International men’s day

❤💛 *Happy #InternationalMensDay*💛❤

Thanks to all the men who have helped make our lives better. Thanks for making us feel safe. Thanks for doing the chores to make us comfortable. Thanks for picking up the jars from the top shelves; thanks for cleaning the fans and killing the cockroaches; thanks for making the garden beautiful and for the wonderful roses. *Thank you*.

To the guys reading this: don’t ever let the morons tell you that your masculinity is _‘toxic’_. Don’t ever let them tell you that you’re supposed to be violent, that you can’t cry or you have to be dominant.

I take this day to talk about increasing Number of male suicides, male rapes and crimes against males; lack of rescue and shelter homes for men and the stereotypes males face. Years and years of harm done by patriarchy. It’s not women who have hurt you; it’s the men, it’s the patriarchy itself. And I stand with you on this, I too shall stand with you against those who make these stereotypes, that men have to be brutal beasts.

#ISupportMen who are into traditional masculine careers.

#ISupportMen who are into traditional feminine careers.

#ISupportMen who like traditional masculine things.

#ISupportMen who like traditional feminine things.

#ISupportMen who smile & laugh and are life of the party.

#ISupportMen who are quiet & shy and need a little help coming out of their shells.

#ISupportMen with happy families.

#ISupportMen with broken families.

#ISupportMen who are short and skinny.

#ISupportMen who are tall and buff.

#ISupportMen who are soft and somewhere in-between.

#ISupportMen who love openly.

#ISupportMen who are afraid to love.

#ISupportMen who are mentally ill.

#ISupportMen who are neurotypical.

#ISupportMen who are physically ill.

#ISupportMen who able-bodied

#ISupportMen of all colours, nationalities, sexualities, from all walks of life and all different backgrounds.

You are special, you are loved, you are wonderful in every way.💓

Wear blue today to celebrate International Men’s Day💙

#ShowMenSomeLove

[elliotmoved]

i thought mras were a thing of the past but apparently they still exist

it’s 2017 what’s ur excuse

[onemv]

I think they might still be around because pretty much nothing on their agenda has been resolved.

Men’s still face 63% harsher penalties than women for the same crimes.

It’s still perfectly legal to mutilate a baby’s genitals, as long as that genital is a penis.

There is no funding for shelters for abused and raped men and boys.

Men have no reproductive rights.

Men are second-class citizens if they do not register for the draft. No federal loans, scholarships, grants, most states won’t issue a driver’s license, many states also require registration for state-level loans, grants, and scholarships

Men are falling way behind in education. There is currently a 20% gap in men and women graduating high school, attending college, and attaining degrees, and the gap is getting wider.

The list could go one, but I’m pretty sure you don’t actually care.

[elliotmoved]

this was a bait, those are actual good points on why feminism needs a branch that focuses on some of the issues men have that are caused by sexism/patriarchy/whatever you wanna call it

also penis doesn’t necessarily equal man btw. men’s rights should focus a bit more on trans men as well.

[onemv]

Feminism is not only the absolute worst ideology to try and fix men’s issues with, the overwhelming majority of feminists have little to no interest in direct action on men’s issues. Instead, they trot out the fairy tale “Once women have equality, all men’s issues will magically disappear!!!” They also have a vested interest in making sure men do not gain things like reproductive rights. NOW has actively opposed every shared parenting bill in the states on the grounds that the mom won’t be guaranteed a check from the dad.

Not to mention some issues men face, are caused directly by feminism to start with. Like the fact, men are more likely to be arrested when calling for help with an abusive partner. Detailed in this study: “The Helpseeking Experiences of Men Who Sustain Intimate Partner Violence: An Overlooked Population and Implications for Practice “ That’s a hell of a mouthful I know.

The short version is that Feminist created and backed policies like DulthModel and Primary pr Premoninant aggressor has made it safer for men say they stabbed themselves for fun than risk arrest because their SO attacked them.

The education gap can also be set squarely at the feet of feminists. In the 70′s the situation was reversed. It was a 20% gap in men’s favor. This, according to feminists, was clearly sexism at work. Today we have the reverse and it’s “clear that women are just smarter than men” But there have been huge changes to our education system. Like common core and whole word reading. These methods are worse for every child overall. But they are better methods for girls learning than they are boys.So boys fall behind and stay there. The older methods we used were better for boys initially, something like boys did better until around aged9 or so, but then girls caught up and things evened out. Girls are actually doing worse under these new systems, but since they stay ahead of boys, it’s okay.

[mildlypeevedtran]

Speaking as a trans man, please don’t use me to try and shut down the MRM, they’ve treated me far better than feminism has. 

[satanicblowjobs]

Proving a point to my boyfriend.

PLEASE REBLOG if you (male or female) believe it is perfectly okay and natural for a guy of any age to cry

[alpha-blu]

I’ve never hit reblog faster or harder.

[kl118279-deactivated20180228]

Yes he may cry

[automatic-caution-door]

[ladysnowofmpls]

ok this is really sweet

[glitterigf-deactivated20180915]

This user knows trans men are real men

[thetroublesofbeingtrans]

Oof okay I know lately I haven’t really been making a lot of my own posts but there was something seriously wrong about this post going around and I feel the need to comment about it.

I understand having a movement specific to women's problems. I understand feeling the need to highlight certain things as a serious issue for men or for women. Do I personally agree with it? Not really, but I can see why some people would. 

This post, though, goes beyond that. 

First issue: 

“Hey, Cis Men” 

oof. This implies… some pretty problematic stuff. First, it implies that trans men are just women which is… gross. To refer to the entire post as “men” and to only highlight “cis men” makes it pretty clear that they don’t care about the problem at hand, they care about the political movement behind it. To refer to “cis men” means that we would know which of these men are cis or trans, which is honestly pretty transphobic so let me break it down. 

-It implies all trans men are open about being trans 

and/or

-It implies all trans men are “obviously” trans 

The issue with this is that you’re now telling trans people that their comfort zones don’t matter. You’re a trans guy whos on T and who people can’t tell is trans? Well, sucks buddy, if someone confronts you with this post it’s time for you to come out to protect yourself from the horror that is mainstream identity politics. You don’t know how many times I’ve had to out myself to stop people from sending me hate messages online. It’s unnecessary, it’s stupid, and it’s a breach of my privacy, and I shouldn’t have to lay out every minority group that I’m in to gain respect for myself as an individual. 

Now my second point of why this post is… just awful, Jesus Christ…. is that they say

 “and then wishing YOU were the teenage boy being preyed upon by the adult teacher”

I really shouldn’t have to explain why this is fucked but, it looks like I do have to. 

This is obviously victim blaming. The entire post is directed towards male victims of sexual assault using the hashtag to make their struggle visible. This person pretty much just said, “oh, well, sucks for you guys because you guys wanted it anyway!”

No! They obviously didn’t! You’re literally directing this post to victims of sexual assault! How could you even have the audacity to say that?

TL;DR: What the fuck.

[eeveelutionsforequality]

Men are human beings, just like women, they cheer and laugh and hug and dance and cry. I think that saying that “they don’t” or that “they’re dissuaded from” or that “they should” is completely distracting from the very real fact that they do, they very much do. We need less “look at James Bond and all these stoic action figure men from movies” and more “look at all these real life men, who are human beings and not characters crafted to be some kind of fantasy display of resilience and mysteriousness”. That’s the issue, that all of your examples of unemotive men are fictional characters fulfilling a fantasy we all have of being completely in control of our emotions, not real people experiencing and displaying the joy of achieving something or the distress of losing something.

[eeveelutionsforequality]

Men are human beings, just like women, they cheer and laugh and hug and dance and cry. I think that saying that “they don’t” or that “they’re dissuaded from” or that “they should” is completely distracting from the very real fact that they do, they very much do. We need less “look at James Bond and all these stoic action figure men from movies” and more “look at all these real life men, who are human beings and not characters crafted to be some kind of fantasy display of resilience and mysteriousness”. That’s the issue, that all of your examples of unemotive men are fictional characters fulfilling a fantasy we all have of being completely in control of our emotions, not real people experiencing and displaying the joy of achieving something or the distress of losing something.

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

Full offense but if you discount the experiences of male sexual harassment/abuse victims because “women have it worse” you can kindly fuck right off 😄

[anti-radfem-deactivated20200528]

Adult women need to stop telling young girls that boys and men are the enemy.