In the last edition of the Rationalist, I explained to you
in detail what my problems were with feminist orthodoxy in the modern age. My
fear in doing that, however, is that I may very well have ended up giving you
only half of my political ideology. Here is the other half: I am a men’s rights
supporter.
I know. Shock and awe
and those very well may be the kind emotions right now, are coming from your
computer. There are few things worse that you could declare yourself to be on
the internet. I don’t even really know why this is.
Maybe it’s the idea that Elliot Rodger, the psychotic mass
murderer, has long been believed to be part of the movement. Maybe it’s RooshV,
the noted “pickup artist” who is supposed to be part of the movement as well, and his frankly backwards understanding of
sexual consent. But whatever it is, saying you’re a men’s rights activist
appears to be the end of any discussion.
So on this edition of the Rationalist, we’ll look how I got
here and saw if I can’t help dispel, one
myth and one step at a time, how it is that I
repudiated feminism and became a men’s right activist.
