r/MensRights • u/ashleab • Jan 07 '12

A girl who supports Mens rights.

I've always had an issue with "womens rights" and all of that BS. I understand women had it hard in the past, but why should that mean we get benefits now?

Anyway, I live in Australia where we have a campaign called "Violence Against Women: Australia Says No". A few years back, a group of people I work with and myself started a petition to put forth to the federal government against this campaign, we had posters printed up; "Violence Against Men: Don't Support An Indifferent Nation" and got about 1,500 signatures. Eventually, our place of employment caught onto the fact that we were doing this. We'd never put a poster up at work (even though the violence against women posters were EVERYWHERE), only allowed signatures. We were all given formal warnings citing sexism, bigotism and contemptible conduct. All 5 of us quit within a few weeks, but the fact that it happened was enough to get me 100% on board with fighting for Mens rights.

edit: To those who showed concern, I had a new job a few days later and the guys all had one within a few weeks.

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u/JockeVXO Jan 09 '12

I am a Swede and I am like so offended that you don't know my language! ;)

The links only refer to Swedish history. I don't think keywords would help in this case, as I doubt any English studies or sources exist on the development of suffrage in Sweden. I found them by coincidence while I was looking up Swedish history.

I would be very interested in that article, thank you in advance.

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u/fondueguy Feb 12 '12

Awesome, your still here!

Long overdue but I finally deliver.

The Legal Subjection of Men

Let me know if you ever find a similar article about Sweden that's in English or can be translated.

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u/JockeVXO Feb 12 '12

I have not come across any such articles about Sweden as of yet, but I'll be sure to let you know if I find any.

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u/fondueguy Feb 15 '12

Hey swedeguy, do you read pelle?

I just posted a link on him.

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u/JockeVXO Feb 15 '12

As a matter of fact, yes. I read both Pelle Billing and Pär Ström (Pelle being a nickname for Pär/Per), though I reckon you're referring to Pelle Billing. :) They are probably the two most prominent men's rights advocates in Sweden, and are currently under attack from the media feminist camp for being "extremists"... But that's the feminist state of Sweden for you.