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Written by Virag
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Wednesday, 02 September 2009 23:04 |
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As I think about the today's theme - it reminds me of Thomas Edison, the man who invented the electric bulb. He had made a famous statement "Things are 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration"
Same applies to men's rights movement as well. It is a matter of constant awareness campaign and hitting at our opponents and proponents of male abuse. Contrary to popular belief, it is 3 times easier to abuse a male than a female because males have no support structure and male abuse is accepted by the society as social service.
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Written by Virag
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 23:52 |
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As I have repeatedly mentioned in my articles that cultures have deceived men, acting as vultures. Men have been used as the FREE ATM MACHINE, the UNPAID BODYGUARD, the de-facto PROTECTOR and PROVIDER, etc. by cultures and in the process have been reduced to disposable entities. Their abuse is considered a social service now.
And men, the way they are, are in a great way responsible for this. They rarely challenge or question conventions, traditions, histrionics and stereotypes thrust upon them. They do not feel the need to fight for their rights - only a handful of them are doing though scores are getting victimized. They do not demand for their space in the society and accept things as offered to them.
To this effect, today I take the example of Skandagupta - the great emperor of India. His stepmother has him sent to Ujjain so that her son can be made the emperor. He obeys her. But then the Huns attack India under the leadership of Attila the Hun. The army of Skandagupta calls him back as they needed his expertise.
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Written by Virag
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Sunday, 30 August 2009 23:02 |
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Men often face a lot of problems especially in the marital arena wherein there is a homogenous projection of men as criminals and women as victims wherein men are victims not as falsely accused but also denied justice if they are victims of abuse. And in this game, their enemy is not only their wife and in-laws. Rather wives and in-laws are only pawns in the entire game setup by the kings and viziers of the chess game.
Unless men view the entire system and all the players and stakeholders in the entire setup they cannot get a due recognition of their rights. There are multiple players in the entire system and each one of them has a stake in the way the current system is poised - anti-male and pro-female.
The various stakeholders like the Capitalists, Corporates, Economists, Sociologists, Psychologists, Politicians, Media, Bureaucrats, Society, Government, Feminists, etc. stand to gain a lot from the current existing system. The losers are men. But men do not realize this till victimized. And even after being victimized most of the men do not see the game in entirety.
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Written by Virag
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Sunday, 30 August 2009 00:02 |
Men often complain about their issues – at least, of late they have started doing so after their abuse touched phenomenal levels. However, as still the issue of men’s rights is in its infancy the concept has not seeped in and solutions to men’s problems are far to seek. And most of the times it is the male identity – the way it has evolved over history – has a lot to do with the way men are.
It is a fact that men have a lot of problem sharing their problems and it is also a fact that they have a bigger problem accepting the fact that they have a problem. As a men’s rights activist, I was thinking about it and suddenly I recollected about Sir Isaac Newton – one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians the world has ever seen. Newton has been at the backbone of the backbone of current technological and scientific progress by giving revolutionary things to the world like, the concept of gravity, calculus and many more to count.
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Written by Virag
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Saturday, 29 August 2009 01:08 |
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Problems in life are a stepping stones to empowerment is an age old psychological pep pill. They sharpen you provided you view the obstacles as steps to empowerment. However, it is an uncomfortable state of mind wherein one needs to train oneself to be comfortable in uncomfortable areas or basically expand one's horizon of comfort.
Coming back to the context of men's rights, the entire scenario here becomes all the more difficult and uncomfortable primarily due to 2 predominant social memes:-
- Emotional Castration of men - discouraging men to share their problems.
- Social hardwiring - expecting men to sacrifice more than women.
And in this context, the entire concept of men's rights itself becomes uncomfortable and to make it comfortable becomes a greater challenge.
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