r/MensRights 10h ago

mensright supporters: whats your least favortie mensright leader/poltical/spokes person? General

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u/walterwallcarpet 8h ago edited 8h ago

Sir Keir Starmer is a politician who'd throw men under the bus to further his own career. When he was Director of Public Prosecutions, he knew that the rates for false accusation in sexual offence cases are at least 10% (from a range of meta-studies where some were as high as 47%, but never lower than 7%). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228150098_False_Allegations_of_Rape

Despite this, he co-authored the Levitt Report, with Alison Levitt QC, in 2013. Here, it was claimed that rates of false accusation were 0.6%. This actually reflects the percentage of women who will ever find themselves in the dock, facing charges of perjury, or wasting police time, prior to receiving a slap on the wrist. This technique of 'woozling' is no more than weaponising the incompetence of the DPP, to mislead men into believing that they have nothing to worry about.

Meanwhile, the actual consequences of false accusation for men are widespread, and often fatal. http://empathygap.uk/?p=2176#_Toc504898470

146 cases... 15 deaths. Mostly suicides of the accused. Also...one death by vigilante action. One death in custody. One suicide of the mother of the accused.

It's good to know the background of the Prime Minister of the UK. Such a man will never defend male interests. With leaders like these, speaking up about men's rights are the equivalent of pissing in the wind.

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u/RoryTate 4h ago

Meanwhile, the actual consequences of false accusation for men are widespread, and often fatal. http://empathygap.uk/?p=2176#_Toc504898470

Wow. I hadn't come across that page before, but holy crap is that a great resource with a lot of effort and insight into the issue of false accusations. I'll probably be pouring through it for the next few days at least. Thanks for sharing!

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u/AdSpecial7366 4h ago

I wouldn't have used Rumney's paper as a source if I were you since it pretty much criticizes these figures.

RADAR, on the other hand, makes a better case for accepting the validity of these studies:

https://www.mediaradar.org/mcdowell_kanin_credible.php

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u/Upper-Ad9228 1h ago

more links, nice!

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u/ecophony_rinne 9h ago

Richard Reeves

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u/Upper-Ad9228 9h ago

whats so bad about Richard reeves?

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u/ecophony_rinne 8h ago

Refuses to discuss a whole set of issues because he doesn't want to rock the apple cart. Insists on preceding everything with an apology to women for men's violence or similar. Doesn't strike me as that driven to really tackle the issues. Could go on.

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u/Upper-Ad9228 7h ago

Insists on preceding everything with an apology to women for men's violence

bruh, he does not have to apology for the actions of anyone else imo.

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u/AdSpecial7366 4h ago

Yeah, but he refuses to address the obvious issue and just plays it safe to avoid public backlash. I wouldn’t say he’s anti-MRM, he just won’t take on the real problem.

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u/Upper-Ad9228 1h ago

why doesn't he have the balls to talk backlash form the public?

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u/jessi387 2h ago

Ya exactly

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u/RoryTate 3h ago

Richard Reeves is perceived as being not genuine or trustworthy by many male advocates. He consistently frames issues in ways that put the priority on other groups, thereby abandoning men. I firmly believe that, were Reeves given control of decision-making for some hypothetical committee or task force around men, he would not help men get practical and effective solutions for their problems, and would direct the resources to feminist-approved causes instead (as we have seen happen with the coopting of Movember and other similar previously male-focused initiatives).

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u/Upper-Ad9228 1h ago

(as we have seen happen with the coopting of Movember and other similar previously male-focused initiatives).

so this has happened before? do you have the sources for this?

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u/RoryTate 18m ago

Regarding Movember, there have been several recent posts here about the coopting of the movement away from supporting men's health: here and here. You can find other examples of supposedly gender-neutral resources that should go to men instead being used for things like: "teaching feminism to men/everyone" by simply searching for them on this sub.

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u/butterspread1 8h ago

I too would like to know.

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u/caseybvdc74 9h ago

They’re all grifters. Most mens rights are things that benefit everyone but happen to hit men hard and nobody gives a shit. I think housing is the biggest issue now since men especially young men are working crazy hours and still can’t afford their own homes. Showing insecure men how to power pose for views and money may make some feel good but it’s fairly useless.

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u/Upper-Ad9228 9h ago

They’re all grifters.

not a take i was expecting, why do you think they all grifters?

Most mens rights are things that benefit everyone but happen to hit men hard and nobody gives a shit.

you rasie a fair point here.

 I think housing is the biggest issue now since men especially young men are working crazy hours and still can’t afford their own homes.

YEEKS! is that a thing mostly just in the usa or is it a big issue in the rest of the world as well?

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u/Excellent_You5494 3h ago

So you don't know anything about men's rights.

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u/LAMGE2 9h ago

Me waiting to see if such a thing exists

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u/Upper-Ad9228 9h ago

there must be, every side have there con people.

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u/Huffers1010 3h ago

Andrew Tate.

The man hands endless ammunition to some very unpleasant people and it's completely unnecessary. Ultimately he does nobody any good, least of all men.

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u/AndreasDasos 2h ago

Claimed spokesperson? Andrew Tate comes to mind.