Speaking as a gay man, why are women taking over all of the *very* few spaces we have? : r/MensRights - "Women sued every men’s only clubs out of existence. They can’t stand not being around men whom they hate. They chose the bear but won’t leave us alone."
"What gets me is the double standard. They attack men’s clubs and spaces, demanding “admittance”. Then promote ever more women’s only spaces and say it’s “not the same”. And then have the gall to come out and deny that men aren’t allowed their own spaces and it’s “all in our heads”! Gaslighting? You bet! And the excuse it’s about women having “equal access to power” is a red herring. Yes, those big London and New York clubs were a place where the elite made connections. But they don’t limit themselves to them. The Men’s Shed movement is anything but high end. But that in no way slows them down from demanding admission! I think the truth is that women in general, and feminists in particular, get suspicious and jealous of men spending time together. They assume there’s something important they’re being shut out of. Or that men are up to something “nefarious” when they’re alone and need female supervision! Many wives resent their husbands being absent “with the guys”. The “golfing widows” syndrome. How many apply the same rules to their own activities I wonder? Well “that’s different” isn’t it!"
"They cannot stand the idea that there could be places where they are not the center of anything."
Only 15% Of Women Show Interest In 5'8" Men On Dating Apps, According To Survey - "we all know the age-old stereotype that women prefer tall men. While there might be some truth to this claim, the recent data from the dating app Bumble brings this into sharp focus, providing quantifiable evidence of women's height preferences in dating. A survey from Bumble found that 60% of women indicate that they are looking for a man over 6 feet tall in their search filters. However, that number drops steeply as the height of men lowers. 30% of women want to date men who are 5'11" and only 15% of women are willing to date men who are 5'8" or shorter. In fact, more women are willing to date extreme heights such as 7 feet tall rather than a man who is 5'11". Anyone who is under 6 feet tall tends to be overlooked generally by the majority of women. While the data paints a somewhat gloomy picture for those under 6 feet tall, it is essential to put these findings into perspective. Not all women filter by size, meaning that those who prioritize height are overrepresented in the statistics. Furthermore, online dating environments tend to amplify superficial attributes like height and appearance, perhaps more than they would be in real-life dating scenarios. This can potentially skew perceptions, especially in the context of surveys. The preference for tall men isn't limited to dating, though. The data echoes studies in other areas of life, showing that tall men are overrepresented in high-paying leadership roles and are, on average, happier. Various studies, including a 2013 survey, have delved into why women are more attracted to men who are approximately eight inches taller than themselves. Experts like John Malouff, Ph.D., propose evolutionary psychology as an explanation, positing that taller men may have been historically seen as better protectors and providers. This height preference could also translate to psychological perceptions of tall men as dominant leaders. Societal constructs and media also often portray tall men as attractive and masculine. Some research also points to the possibility that short men may have less than desirable personalities. A study published in the Elsevier journal Personality and Individual Differences, conducted by a group of Polish scientists on 367 men and women, has found intriguing results concerning short men's behavior. The research, titled "The Napoleon complex, revisited: Those high on the Dark Triad traits are dissatisfied with their height and are short," suggests that shorter men might compensate for their height with antagonistic behaviors, exhibiting traits known as the Dark Triad—psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism."
Darth Powell on X - "Its easy to explain what's happening here:
1. 99% of women want to date that 1% guy on Instagram who's attractive, rich and doesn't work for a living.
2. That guy goes through a list every night. I've seen this live. Text 20 girls to come over, of the 5 that respond, pick top 1. Do this 5-7 nights per week.
3. Girl thinks that guy is now her level (he never calls her or wants to take her on dates, in his mind its biological satisfaction for the evening, not dating).
4. Cycle repeats.
5. Girls ignore 99% of men.
6. 1% men have no reason to ever change their ways. ZERO.
7. Media asks why no one is dating, getting married or having kids."
Blk_Chauvinist on X - "If there is supposed to be a "male loneliness epidemic," why is every social media platform filled with single women complaining about being lonely, asking "Why won't men approach us," & "Where are all the good men?" The only ones talking about "lonely men" are lonely women""
‘Beautiful and clever’ girl, 16, killed in London Underground station : r/gbnews - "Girl suffers horrific tragedy. When making a statement attempting to define the loss, her family calls her 'Beautiful'. Something families have been doing for centuries. All of a sudden, people come out the gate with: "oh so now we can find sixteen year olds attractive?" Shut up."
"As a man one of the more difficult things to accept was how men dying isn't really seen as a tragedy. You can even make jokes about it especially given some of the ways men die. I was a Royal Marine in the 00s and people talked about deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan as just numbers really. If a woman dies and she's beautiful it really is considered far more of a tragedy. Watch a movie and your hero can kill an infinite number of men but killing a woman is usually considered a really big deal. It's terrible this girl has died and I'm not trying to take anything away from it. It's just when people say "she was beautiful" it kind of implies that less visually pleasing people like men aren't that big a deal if they die."
Man drinks 3 glasses of wine on plane. Minds his own business. Woman feels “unsafe”. : r/MensRights - "She should consider that the man may have had a valid excuse for drinking. After all, he was seated next to her!"
When the guy next to me on the flight downed his third bottle of wine, I felt unsafe
Good luck if you police how much wine a woman drinks
Meme - Woman: "I'M SO GLAD FINALLY GOT A MAN I DESERVE WHO MAKES SIX FIGURES"
"LATER"
Woman: "UGH, WHY DO YOU WORK ALL THE TIME? MY BROKE EX WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY!"
Attraction Matriarch @TheXMatriarch on X - "Men are expected to understand every nuance of female desire while women are allowed to dismiss male desire with one irritated sigh. That imbalance is part of the problem."
Meme - "Reaching levels of "every single time" never seen before"
"Photographing something you want to show everyone
Males: OBJECT
Females: *woman blocking most of object*"
Ellie Sleightholm: "Artemis II launch... caught in my glasses reflection"
Meme - Basil the Great: "Even Female NASA astronauts do the meme" *Women taking photos of themselves when the photos are supposed to be of other things*
Meme - Attraction Matriarch @TheXMatriarch @TheXMatriarch: "We've raised a generation of women to be excellent employees and terrible wives."
CallMeRoy @CallMeRoy635404: "They're also awful employees."
Millions Of Women Are On Antidepressants And No One's Asking Why - "The scale of antidepressant use among adult women is staggering on its own. But the story becomes even more unsettling when we turn to the next generation. Teen girls, in particular, are being medicated at unprecedented rates. For girls aged 12–17, one study showed monthly dispensing rates of antidepressants post-March 2020 increased by 129.6 percent compared to before the pandemic. This is highly controversial. UK guidelines state that young patients should be sent to therapy and evaluated by a psychiatrist before receiving medication. Yet in both the UK and U.S., many doctors are bypassing those safeguards and prescribing antidepressants anyway. Has anyone stopped to consider what kind of damage this could do to a developing mind? Why do we think it’s wise to give potent antidepressants to teenagers when even adults can barely tolerate them? Not all doctors are to blame, but trust in the medical system is fading, and pharmaceutical lobbying isn’t helping. Whether in public or private healthcare, the story is the same: overwhelmed clinics, five-minute appointments, and antidepressants tossed out like Band-Aids for deep emotional wounds. Therapy could offer a therapeutic healing space, yet long waits and high prices keep it out of reach for many. What’s clear is that antidepressants do not address the root cause of the symptoms women are facing and perhaps are even making them worse... One of the most frequently cited reasons people come off antidepressants is emotional blunting, a symptom that dulls a patient’s ability to feel both positive and negative emotions. Many describe feeling “numb,” “flat,” or “detached.” And while it’s natural to wish we could erase negative feelings, part of life is learning to push through hard times; they make the good moments meaningful and give us a sense of accomplishment when we overcome them. The symptoms don’t stop there. Many patients also report sexual dysfunction, loss of libido, difficulty becoming aroused, or trouble feeling any sexual pleasure. In one large sample, nearly eight in ten antidepressant users reported sexual dysfunction, with almost two-thirds experiencing it at moderate to severe levels. Sex and attraction are an important part of life, and with so many women on SSRIs, it’s worth asking whether this plays a role in why so many are staying single. For women, our interest in sex often comes from feeling confident and connected to our own femininity. SSRIs can disrupt that, dulling desire and making it harder to feel attracted, not just to a partner but to ourselves. While it seems like an oxymoron, antidepressants can also cause more depression and more anxiety. This is especially heightened for young people under the age of 25, with the FDA’s own analysis concluding a doubling of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents and young adults compared to placebo... A 2008 meta-analysis by Irving Kirsch and colleagues found that much of the benefit patients feel from antidepressants can be attributed to expectations rather than the drug’s chemical action. Kirsch concluded that roughly 75 to 80 percent of the apparent benefit of antidepressants is reproduced by placebos... women in previous eras faced serious challenges, but many were grounded by strong values, faith, and community anchors that helped them weather hardship. Modern women often don’t have those same supports. As liberalism pushed society toward secularism and hyper-individualism, the moral and communal frameworks that once gave women direction and belonging have slowly disappeared. Women have been handed a platter of freedoms that were supposed to make us happy. Hookup culture became the norm, encouraging women to act like men while simultaneously criticizing men for doing the very same thing. It asks women to detach from their emotions, downplay their need for connection, and treat intimacy as a weakness. This creates a deep internal conflict: on one hand, she offers her sexuality in exchange for male acceptance, and on the other, she’s left with a profound sense of emptiness that this so-called freedom never fills. Feminism has pushed many women to suppress their natural instincts to nurture, bond, create, and build meaningful relationships. Instead, we’re encouraged to be “strong,” “independent,” and endlessly productive for a soulless corporation. Marriage and motherhood may not be the right path for every woman, but for many it’s the environment in which the feminine actually thrives, a life rooted in love and connection. Yet the rise of casual dating has made it increasingly difficult for women who want marriage. It may be called social media, but the apps in and of themselves have made everyone less social. People live more isolated lives than ever: fewer friendships, weaker communities, and almost no interdependence. Loneliness has quietly become one of the most widespread emotional struggles among women, yet it hides beneath clinical labels like “anxiety” and “depression.” If people had the opportunity to form closer, more meaningful bonds I believe a lot of the mental health struggles would disappear. In this emotional landscape, medication has become more than a treatment. For some, it becomes their identity. Online, women celebrate “Sertraline anniversaries” or post about their SSRI journey like other people would celebrate one year of marriage or their baby’s first words. Women of the past were criticized for depending on their families or husbands, but modern women have simply traded one dependence for another. And now, this new dependence is treated as normal, while any attempt to question why women are so unhappy is quietly pushed into the background. If we truly care about women’s well-being, we need to stop medicating the symptoms and start confronting the societal forces that are making women so profoundly unhappy."
Meme - "MEN DO NOT HAVE TO;
Be muscular
Do laundry
Have a beard
Be masculine
Pay for dates
Be feminist
Be over 6 foot tall
Believe in the wage gap
Give up their seat for pregnant women
Pay child support"
Meme - "Actual needed PSA"
@tinopo19 Translated from Japanese: "The Reason Why Big-Breasted Women Wear Tight Clothes"
*Woman in loose blouse hiding breasts looking fat*
*Woman in tight tee showing breasts looking thin*
Winnie M Li on X - "18 yrs ago, I was violently assaulted & raped while walking alone. Every year on the anniversary of that day, I go on a solo hike to remind myself that there is still beauty in this world & I can enjoy it. This yr, I pushed myself & did a few days of the Southwest Coast Path…"
N I M B ❂ on X - "Treat her well, she will forget you in a week. Rape her, she will create an anniversary for you 🤵🏻♂️🥂"
PoIiMath on X - "I'm kind of in awe of the phrase "pick-me girl". I can't believe they made up an epithet for being friendly... It's such a bizarre insult. I asked my daughters about it and it seems to mean "being nice to a boy for any reason whatsoever""
Clearly, misandry is a misogynistic myth
𝒢𝒾𝓁𝒷ℯ𝓇𝓉 on X - "I refuse to believe men being unable to find the clitoris is actually a thing. You open it up and it's literally right there like a video game boss critical hit zone."
Wilfred Reilly on X - "I have never, as a guy who spent 8-10 younger years, in locker rooms heard a man privately express ANY confusion about this. Any guy who feigns confusion here just doesn't much like head-for-her."
Arrests in France after scores report being attacked with syringes at street music festival - "The feminist influencer Abrège Soeur warned online before the festival that calls had been made on social media for women to be targeted with syringes. It was not certain where such posts would have been made or by whom. The interior ministry said 145 victims across the country had reported being stabbed with needles during outdoor music events across the country. Paris police reported 13 cases in the capital. Officials did not say if these were cases of so-called needle spiking with date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol or GHB, used by attackers to render victims confused or unconscious and vulnerable to sexual assault. “Some victims were taken to hospital for toxicological tests,” the ministry said. In Paris, investigations were opened after three people, including a 15-year-old girl and an 18-year-old male, reported being stabbed in separate incidents across Paris, prosecutors said. All three reported feeling unwell. Across France, 12 suspects have been arrested, the interior ministry said. Among them were four people in the south-western city of Angoulême suspected of having targeted about 50 victims, a police source said. Two men were also arrested in the centre of the north-eastern city of Metz on suspicion of syringe attacks. The regional public broadcaster France 3 reported that one man had been caught with a syringe and a woman who complained of being stabbed with one had recognised the other... There was a wave of reports in 2022 about alleged syringe attacks against women and men in clubs, bars, music events and even theatres. The government put out messages at the time for people going out at night to be vigilant and advising them that they should go immediately to the police and also have a toxicology test if they thought they had been drugged by a syringe prick. Some complaints were made by women during the 2022 Fête de la Musique, and over the course of the year several hundred complaints were made in cities including Nantes, Grenoble and Toulouse. Agence France-Presse reported on a 2022 police memo stating that syringe marks were generally on the arms, buttocks or back, without victims seeing the alleged attacker. More than 370 people were detained during this weekend’s nationwide music festival on various charges, including nearly 90 people in Paris. Fourteen participants in the festivities were seriously injured, including a 17-year-old hospitalised after being found sitting on the street with stab wounds to the lower abdomen."
From 2025
Syringe attacks at France-wide music event: How panic spread on social media - "After the evening of Fête de la Musique, nearly 145 suspected cases of 'random syringe attacks' were reported. Yet, to date, not a single case of drug injection has been confirmed... You can share an article by clicking on the share icons at the top right of it. The total or partial reproduction of an article, without the prior written authorization of Le Monde, is strictly forbidden. For more information, see our Terms and Conditions. For all authorization requests, contact syndication@lemonde.fr. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/06/27/syringe-attacks-at-france-wide-music-event-how-panic-spread-on-social-media_6742787_13.html Online, throughout the night and in the days that followed, alarming messages proliferated. On its Instagram discussion channel, ActuReact shared several alerts, reporting syringe attacks in various French cities and even the hospitalization of "about 20 women in Les Sables-d'Olonne [on the Atlantic coast] after knife attacks." This information was false. "We are aware that sharing such information can help create a climate of anxiety. That's why we always try to add warnings and clarifications to our posts," the teenager said. "Our approach is journalistic and aims to alert as many people as possible to this issue." In several cities, fear of syringe assaults grew rapidly. In southwestern Angoulême, for example, as the first concerts were getting underway, multiple messages on social media described scenes of panic and even one or more deaths. In reality, no one was killed. Over the course of the evening and night, 22 young women went to the police station and hospital with suspicions of syringe attacks. Doctors examined them, but two days later, the prefecture stated that, "at this stage, no clinical evidence of injection nor symptoms suggesting the administration of a psychoactive substance have been found." Four men suspected of being "injectors" and arrested during the festivities were released for lack of evidence. Elsewhere, such as in Lorient, Rouen and Alençon, medical examinations quickly identified the real culprits: mosquitoes. Their bites, amid heightened fear fueled by rumors, were mistaken for syringe marks. Many people who reported being "injected" and spoke to the media described sudden, intense fatigue and voiced fears of having been exposed to drugs. However, no toxicology tests detected any drugs. From a judicial standpoint, the outcome has so far been minimal. More than a dozen people were arrested on suspicion of syringe attacks during the Fête de la Musique, but according to Le Monde's tally, no indictments have been reported... Amid the chaos of the evening, at least one person was reportedly targeted by the crowd and falsely accused of being an "injector." The incident took place in the southwestern commune of Agen, according to France 3, where a deaf and mute man had his photo shared on social media before being violently attacked by about 10 people. The local prosecutor's office did not respond to Le Monde's inquiries. Another widely circulated video, said to have been filmed in Les Sables-d'Olonne, apparently showed an "injector" being caught and beaten by the crowd during the festival. While at least two complaints for syringe attacks were filed, "I am not aware of any 'beating,'" said Gwenaëlle Coto, prosecutor in Les Sables-d'Olonne. "I'm all the more sure of this as I was on duty and patrolling on foot with the police."... This frenzy recalls a previous incident. In 2022, hundreds of alleged syringe attacks were reported at concerts, bars and nightclubs. Even then, it was difficult to distinguish fact from fiction amid the flood of warnings. Some legal proceedings at the time did result in indictments. These included a man accused of syringe attacks at a concert and two others in a southern nightclub in Var, one of whom was found with several syringes at home, according to Ici. In the first case, the local prosecutor's office was unable to provide Le Monde with additional information; in the second, the two suspects' cases were dismissed "because toxicology tests of the victim were negative," according to prosecutor Samuel Finielz. In almost all cases that year, no substances were detected in the analyses. Authorities remained cautious, all the more so as experts have noted that chemical submission by injection is extremely difficult to carry out. A subsequent investigation by the National Agency for Medicines Safety (ANSM) also downplayed the scale of the phenomenon. After analyzing nearly 2,200 reports of possible chemical submission by various means, it ruled out the vast majority of suspected syringe attacks. Among cases studied by the ANSM where an assault did occur, 27 involved possible syringe attacks. The agency pointed to a possible "cognitive bias" among victims, "linked to the anxiety generated by the 2022 alert about malicious syringe attacks." It concluded: "In reality, the harmful substance was most likely administered through the usual channels identified in the investigation," such as drinks or food."
Clearly, this is misogynistic gaslighting and they need to believe women. This is just allowing men to drug and abuse women. Women being more prey to social contagion and moral panic definitely does not explain why so many young women are FTMs nowadays - that's just proof that trans people have always existed and society is transphobic and suppressing them
Pins, Needles, and Paranoia: The French Needle Panic of 2025 - "Despite the scary headlines, not a single spiking was ever confirmed. Some were determined to have been caused by toothpicks; others were attributed to mosquito bites. Blood tests were unrevealing. The events in France have all the hallmarks of a social panic triggered by social media. For the average person learning of the claims of syringe attacks in France, it would have been alarming to hear that 145 people were assaulted, as the assumption would have been that so many people can’t all be wrong. But like all social panics, it is vital to understand the context. These scares just don’t happen organically; there is always a specific social and cultural backdrop that drives them. Social panics reflect prevailing fears, and in this case, it is the danger posed by unchecked immigration. There was a lot of discussion on French social media immediately prior to the "attacks" that young male migrants from North Africa and the Middle East were planning to inject women with HIV-infected needles to gain revenge for having rejected them. This is remarkably similar to an urban legend that has been circulating since the 1980s. Those accused are always unpopular groups on the margins of society, with the content of the legend reflecting popular fears. This incident and several similar scares at European music festivals in recent years appear to be part of a wider moral panic over the exaggerated dangers posed by migrants... Attacks at public music festivals have been reported for the past several years across Europe, and, unsurprisingly, no one ever gets convicted. Of course, anyone who reports being spiked with a needle should have their claim taken seriously and thoroughly investigated, but the statistics are revealing. Since the summer of 2021, more than 2,000 police reports have been investigated across the United Kingdom of needle-spiking in public places. It was even the subject of a Parliamentary inquiry. To date, not a single person has been convicted. It is a similar story in Europe, with more than a thousand reports being investigated by police on the continent since 2022 and no convictions. Scares involving syringe attacks have been going on for well over a century. In the early 1900s, there were similar scares in cities like New York and London involving hundreds of police reports, yet no one was ever convicted"
Of course, you can't talk about the feminist moral panic about men. When even the Guardian doesn't blame this on xenophobia, calling this a manifestation of anti-migration sentiment is... interesting
Meme - "situationship breakups are so crazy bc why did this man just tell me the only person he wants to be with is his ex and then immediately make me eggs on toast. he *nut*ed in me like 10mins after this. what in god's name is happening"
Clearly, if you think most men and women treat casual sex differently, you're a misogynist and a rapist and proof of why women choose the bear
Rita🎀 on X - "I once offered to buy a guy food, he refused. Later I heard him telling his friend he hadn’t eaten all day. Men hate accepting help from women I don’t know why."
OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 on X - "Because even though he didn’t accept your offer, you still came here to tweet this. Now imagine if he let you buy him food, you will release a music video."
Meme - "Wtf
So my boyfriend and I have sex once a month, it's not like I don't like sex but I don't want our relationship to be centered around sex every time we meet. I love him very much so I need to set standards for him to see value in me but deep down I crave sex everyday. Recently I've been seeing this guy, I don't love him, I don't see my future with him so I feel comfortable having sex with him everyday, I don't mind if he sees me as a whore I'm just using him to satisfy my urge."
The wave of violent teenage girls unleashed by Covid - "Since 2019, the number of women and girls aged 20 or under arrested for violent crimes has increased by almost 24 per cent, from 7,885 to 9,755."
I like how people still found a way to blame men for female violence
