The Red Pill Page #10

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are also heard.

And I don't know

if that's necessary,

because the MRAs are saying that

the feminist perspective

is the mainstream perspective.

But even when I hear

their issues,

I still want to speak up

for the women

because I feel like...

I don't know.

I feel like talking

about one gender's issues

now neglects the other,

and I guess that's what

MRAs have been dealing with

is always hearing

about women's issues

and feeling like

their issues are neglected.

But whenever I hear them

talk about men's issues,

I feel like I need to

stand up for women and say,

"this is what

we're dealing with,

an equal opposite."

I met with men's rights

activist Karen Straughan

late one night in a noisy bar.

She became well known

for her YouTube videos

talking about male disposability

and other men's rights issues,

and she's a honey badger.

Part of what I do,

what I research,

and what I think about

is the reason psychologically

why feminism seems to be

such a comfortable

warm blanket emotionally

for so many people,

men and women alike.

And it's so comfortable

that it will make them

not see things

that are right in front

of their face.

Look at Boko Haram.

Hundreds 0f young

girls fast asleep in their beds

are awakened

by the sound of gunfire.

Armed attackers have stormed

their boarding school

and set fire to dozens

of buildings.

Nearly 300 of them are dragged from

their dorm, loaded on to trucks,

and carried away

deep into the forest.

...From New York

to London rallied yesterday

demanding that the terrorist group

Boko Haram bring back our girls.

It just gets to the core of you.

This unconscionable act

was committed

by a terrorist group

determined to keep these girls

from getting an education.

And what happened in Nigeria

was not an isolated incident.

It is a story we see every day,

as girls around the world

risk their lives

to pursue their ambitions.

I mean, you must have heard

about all of that, right?

That's being spun as a

fundamentalist Islamic group

that is so determined

to be misogynistic

and oppress girls

that they want to

deny girls an education.

But they are not against

girls being educated.

They're against anybody getting a

western secular or Christian education.

The initial attacks,

and there were several of them,

there was one... there were

over a hundred men killed

and one woman killed.

And the victims were

described as "people," right?

Or "villagers."

And in the previous attacks

on the schools,

they actually let the girls go.

They separated out

the boys and the girls

and they let the girls go,

and they told them,

"go home, get married,

renounce your sins,

and live a righteous life

under Allah," right?

And then they burned

the boys alive.

There was literally no outrage.

It was barely reported on.

It was one of those things, there

was no opinion pieces on it,

no nothing, right?

Until the girls were kidnapped.

And look at it this way,

because we played right

into their hands.

Because they

want attention, right?

And they weren't getting any

attention from the western media

when they were

just slaughtering boys.

- Yeah.

- Right?

They want attention.

And what do they do?

They kidnap girls

and sell them into

marriage or slavery, right?

And everybody... the U.N.,

Michelle Obama, Barack Obama,

the U.K. Government, the Canadian

federal minister of defense,

they're all promising aid

and help and equipment

and personnel to help find these

girls and bring them back,

because this is such an outrage,

and, "oh, my goodness,

something needs to be done."

Well, maybe if, like, last year,

maybe if we did something then,

all of these girls would be safe

in their dorms right now, right?

But we didn't.

And the reason why

they kidnapped those girls

is because we didn't

do anything.

We didn't pay attention,

and they want attention.

And they know that

attacking girls or women

is gonna get them attention.

What are we gonna do? Start a

campaign, bring back our boys?

Oh, wait, they're dead.

Never mind, right?

The men...

The people in Boko Haram,

they're chivalrous.

If those girls were boys,

they wouldn't be

getting education,

they'd be dead.

They wouldn't be sold

into slavery

with the hope of escape.

They'd be dead.

Boko Haram has been fighting

for Islamic rule

in Nigeria since 2002.

Its members have killed

hundreds of people.

Finally, brother,

after a while...

At least 69 dead,

although some reports put

the number at about 150

and scores more injured.

For that day when we shall

lay down our burden

and study war no more

finally, brother,

after a while

the battle will be over

for that day when we shall

lay down our burden

and study war no more

finally, brother,

after a while

the battle will be over

for that day when we shall

lay down our burden

and study war no more

finally, brother,

after a while

the battle will be over

for that day when we shall

lay down our burden

and study war no more

finally, brother,

after a while

the battle will be over

for that day when we should

lay down our burden

and study war no more

one of the most important things

the men's movement is doing

is being able to say

men need compassion

and men deserve compassion.

And to have that happen,

I'm not expecting it

in my lifetime.

It's an ocean of pain out there.

This stuff we're talking about

has been going on for so long,

and nobody listens,

nobody cares.

It's one thing when you look

at what happens to women

and you feel normal

healthy outrage about it,

and that should happen.

But when you can look at

what's happening

in our courts to men,

in our medical

establishment to men,

in our schools to men,

and yet we remain

so cerebral about all of it,

yes, well, that is certainly

something to consider.

If it were happening

to any other group,

we would be having protests

from coast to coast.

And the fact is that

it is happening to men

every day right

in front of our eyes,

and people will get angry at you

if you try to talk about it.

That's how deep

the prejudice runs.

No more

but there have been protests,

not with the intention of

shining light on men's issues,

but rather with

the goal of silencing

any discussion of men's issues.

Like at Ottawa university,

when professor Janice Flamengo

attempted to give a lecture

that questioned

the feminist narrative.

We'll take a moment

until we enforce

some decorum in the room.

So you think this is a victory?

What are you so frightened of...

Yeah, why are you so frightened

of hearing an opinion

different from your own?

Then there was the first

international conference

on men's issues in Michigan,

where even "Ms. magazine"

urged its readers

to protest the conference

in hopes of shutting it down.

But perhaps the most

well known protest

of a pro men's rights event

happened in April, 2013,

at the university of Toronto,

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