Men's Rights Memes Episode 16: Chivalry Is For Losers!

Hello and welcome to episode sixteen of Men's Rights Memes, the show where I correct the misinformation about feminism spread by the pathetic failures that make up the majority of the Men's Rights Movement. Without further ado, here is this episode's offending image.

Welcome to what is debatably the most common MRArgument. Heh. Do you like that pun? I do.

Anyway, the degenerate fucks in the MRM have a tendency to run their mouths off about how lady feminists call differential treatment of the sexes chivalry when it suits them and sexism when it doesn't. There are a couple of reasons as to why this is fucking stupid, and I'm going to tell you a few of them now. Down the rabbit hole we go!

Firstly, I'd like to tackle the most common example that MRAs bring up to support their assumption that chivalry is a female privilege. Namely, that of the Titanic, and more broadly the idea of 'women and children first.' It is true that women and children on the Titanic survived disproportionately to men, it is also the case that that people in the first class had a better survival rate than those in the third class. Thus, this issue probably relates to class more so than gender. Nobody's talking about that, though. It doesn't fit the MRA narrative!

But even in the context of gender, the MRAs are still incorrect. The study linked here suggests that the Titanic was the exception rather than the rule in maritime history.

Also, doesn't the very idea of 'women and children first,' and indeed chivalry in general, stem from the fact that women are regarded as the weaker sex? The only reason that men are expected to pay for dinner and do things of that nature is because of the outdated perception that women cannot take care of themselves. If feminists had their way, women would be on equal footing to men, and this idea would go away.

As for why women expect men to pay for dinner, well, I think it stems from the fact that the patriarchy has hammered the whole 'women are weak,' thing into our heads from birth. The idea is so culturally pervasive that it's difficult to escape or even notice it. The goals of feminism are to break down oppressive power structures, which would allow women to make more money and generally have more control over their own lives. How radical!

What I'm trying to say with all of this is simple: "Hey MRAs! If you want women to be less dependent on you, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY!"