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Related: About this forumTOM MATLACK: VICTIM OF FEMINISM
Tom Matlack, who Id pretty much forgotten about because, well, because hes irrelevant, is at it again. And by at it I mean, of course, whining about the mean, mean feminists. Its his thing.
Some history on me and Tom: Back in January, Matlack, who is the co-founder of MRA-lite site, The Good Men Project, wrote a blog post for The Times as part of an incredibly inane debate about whether or not makeup helps or hinders a womans self-esteem. I responded to his post, entitled Women Should Do What They Want (oh gee, thanks for the green light on that, Tom!), by saying, basically, that nobody cares about what Tom thinks about what women should or should not do with their faces. Tom got super choked that I would DARE criticize his nice-guy stance but claimed that personal attacks bounce right off [him] and that what hes really upset about are the attacks on The Good Men Project as a whole, which are, according to Tom, unfair and unjustified. But the thing is that theyre not unfair and unjustified. Not in the least.
Tom Matlack is white dude with tons of cash. The Good Men Project is profitable. That he continues to obsess about being victimized by the evil feminists doesnt make much sense as feminism, and what feminists think about him, very clearly have had little impact on his life (aside from maybe the amount of time he spends instigating and engaging in Twitter wars with feminists). Unless, of course, you place his whines within a Mens Rights context. Because what Matlack is doing is what all MRAs do Pretending that white men, who are the single most powerful group of people on the planet (which is different than saying that individual men cant experience oppression or be victimized they can but AS A GROUP white men are not discriminated against on a systemic level) are actually victims of feminism a movement to end the oppression of women, as a group.
He goes about this in a super-sneaky way; reminding us over and over again that hes on OUR SIDE you guys! Hes a good man, after all. If we would just stop attacking poor Tom, the feminist movement would actually be able to get somewhere. He says things like: I am all for equality. I am all for womens rights. What I am not for is making this one giant zero sum fight in which men get bashed. He pulls the classic were just being honest, card, as though being honest is an excuse for being a sexist mansplainy moron. He thinks feminists are getting in the way of feminism, which is something he is an expert on.
Some history on me and Tom: Back in January, Matlack, who is the co-founder of MRA-lite site, The Good Men Project, wrote a blog post for The Times as part of an incredibly inane debate about whether or not makeup helps or hinders a womans self-esteem. I responded to his post, entitled Women Should Do What They Want (oh gee, thanks for the green light on that, Tom!), by saying, basically, that nobody cares about what Tom thinks about what women should or should not do with their faces. Tom got super choked that I would DARE criticize his nice-guy stance but claimed that personal attacks bounce right off [him] and that what hes really upset about are the attacks on The Good Men Project as a whole, which are, according to Tom, unfair and unjustified. But the thing is that theyre not unfair and unjustified. Not in the least.
Tom Matlack is white dude with tons of cash. The Good Men Project is profitable. That he continues to obsess about being victimized by the evil feminists doesnt make much sense as feminism, and what feminists think about him, very clearly have had little impact on his life (aside from maybe the amount of time he spends instigating and engaging in Twitter wars with feminists). Unless, of course, you place his whines within a Mens Rights context. Because what Matlack is doing is what all MRAs do Pretending that white men, who are the single most powerful group of people on the planet (which is different than saying that individual men cant experience oppression or be victimized they can but AS A GROUP white men are not discriminated against on a systemic level) are actually victims of feminism a movement to end the oppression of women, as a group.
He goes about this in a super-sneaky way; reminding us over and over again that hes on OUR SIDE you guys! Hes a good man, after all. If we would just stop attacking poor Tom, the feminist movement would actually be able to get somewhere. He says things like: I am all for equality. I am all for womens rights. What I am not for is making this one giant zero sum fight in which men get bashed. He pulls the classic were just being honest, card, as though being honest is an excuse for being a sexist mansplainy moron. He thinks feminists are getting in the way of feminism, which is something he is an expert on.
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TOM MATLACK: VICTIM OF FEMINISM (Original Post)
ismnotwasm
Apr 2013
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1. If only feminists had listened to men who knew
better, they wouldn't be burdened with careers and the right to vote.
redqueen
(115,096 posts)2. That place is vile.
Everything from 'what? its natural for old men to lust after teenagers' type shit to shit like this
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2012/12/10/and-just-when-you-thought-the-good-men-project-couldnt-get-any-worse/
boston bean
(36,186 posts)3. eww... if you don't want to get raped... don't drink.
If you want to drink the trade off is you might get raped???
blech...
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)4. It's worse. They warn young men that they run the
risk of raping someone if they continue to party and abuse substances.
It's abhorrent.
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)5. They coach some of their articles
In superficially feminist positive terms. Until you really read what they say. I read them fairly regularly---the author is absolutely right. Sneaky and disingenuous.