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There have been some posts about false ogling accusations at gyms, and I have a question about that. I don't use gyms, I exercise 6 days a week. But just do calisthenics in my apartment, or jog outside or ride my stationary bike.

So, my questions is this. What exactly goes on in these scenarios? I know how some women dress for gyms, seen it in videos. And even in places other than gyms. Super tight stretchy pants that look like they are painted on. (Side comment. What is the thinking of these companies that make such pants? I mean I don't see that kind of clothing for men. Is it they realize some women want to dress like street walkers, so lets make money on that?)

So I know how they dress. But what happens if you're not even noticing a woman but happen to be looking in her general area? Ok, so she makes a phony accusation to boost her ego. Then what happens. She accuses, you say I was just facing that way. Or you say I was just on the treadmill next to hers.

Then what happens? Do they just assume she's telling the truth and that you are lying? I mean by now everyone knows more than a few women pull this sh&t. Do they kick you out? Just suggest you move away from her so she'll stop moaning? What happens?

I did not seek this out, just happened. There was an article about how male life expectancy varies between the US states. But the article also did point out how women in the USA outlive men by 5 years. Being an MRA of course, I focused on that.

Here is my comment.

Yup, men die younger than women and we still spend more on female health, AND feminists still complain we don't spend enough on women's health. And we always did spend more on women's health.

My comment did not get one single upvote. It did get 2 downvotes.

One response was "Waaaaaah!" linked to a GIF of an adult man having a childish temper tantrum. The response got one upvote. No downvotes until I gave it one downvote. This commenter had a male name.

Another response, which, though actually true, still showed no concern for men said "This article is about men dying younger in some states compared to men in other states." This comment got one downvote. Commenter's name was not gender specific.

Guess we're not supposed to care about men dying young.

A video on scary things AI can do - thoughts?

Things AI can already do that its makers quietly avoid discussing 

July 8, 2026 — AS ANTONIO GUTERRES’ TERM OF OFFICE WINDS DOWN, THE RACE TO SELECT A NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL has entered its decisive phase. (1) Security Council straw polls to select the next Secretary-General are expected to begin at the end of July. (1) Among the four declared candidates is Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, nominated on November 26, 2025, for the 2027–2031 term. (1)(2)

Today, the International Council for Men and Boys (ICMB) endorses Grossi to serve as the tenth Secretary-General of the United Nations. The endorsement reflects a deliberate search for a leader who will honor the UN Charter’s promise of equal rights to men and women.

Grossi brings more than four decades of diplomatic service, capped by leadership of the IAEA since 2019 and unopposed re-election in 2023. (2) Throughout the Russia-Ukraine war, he has served as an impartial mediator for the safety of nuclear facilities, including the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. (2) Argentina’s foreign ministry cited his “proven performance in situations of conflict and serious international crises as an impartial and effective interlocutor.” (2)

His official vision statement, “Renewing the Promise: A United Nations that works,” proposes five priorities: (3)

• Effective action for peace and security
• Development through realistic solutions and collaborative partnerships
• Human rights and human dignity as cornerstones of peace
• Modern management and institutional renewal
• Principled, pragmatic multilateralism

He observes that only 18 percent of Sustainable Development Goal targets are on track. (3) In their place, he calls for a grounded, results-oriented approach built on partnerships with civil society, the private sector, and the scientific community. (3) Notably, his platform affirms that “equal opportunity for men and women is not a matter of image or political correctness” but a source of better outcomes. (3)

***In June, the ICMB asked every candidate to state, on the record, how they would deliver the UN Charter’s promise of equal rights to men and boys. (4) Grossi’s platform offers an answer, and it aligns with ICMB’s mission to end the disparities harming men and boys in health, education, family courts, criminal justice, homelessness, and workplace deaths. (3)(4)***

The choice of a Secretary-General comes once in a decade. The ICMB urges UN member states, ambassadors, and pro-family organizations to seize it — by supporting a candidate prepared to lead for the whole human family.

The International Council for Men and Boys is a non-governmental organization working to end the 12 sex disparities that affect men and boys worldwide. The ICMB is a leader of the emerging global movement to address these disparities. 

TLDR: ***In June, the ICMB asked every candidate to state, on the record, how they would deliver the UN Charter’s promise of equal rights to men and boys. (4) Grossi’s platform offers an answer, and it aligns with ICMB’s mission to end the disparities harming men and boys in health, education, family courts, criminal justice, homelessness, and workplace deaths. (3)(4)***

I've been reading online about people speculating about why AI is anti-male sexist. I see guesses like it's because the AI is reading online sources that themselves are sexist.

So I just thought I'd post about this. This is a study that showed AI is biased towards female in hiring, and it tries to explain why. It's called RLHF.

This study (Hoffstedde et al. 2026) is Japanese, it analyzes the behavior of some standard LLMs (Claude Sonnet 4.6, GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Llama 3.3 70B). This study found “a significant pro-female bias across all five models, replicating Western findings in a non-Western context.” And attributes these findings to the fact “that alignment procedures based on reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) may overcorrect for historically male-favoring patterns in training data, producing systematic pro-female preferences in hiring evaluations.” So humans react to what the AI does, and based on that feedback are re-trained.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.18649

There are lots of OPs here about anti-male sexism by AI. I always say when I catch it in that, the AI apologizes. Usually more sincerely than most people do. Anyway, it happened today, so thought I'd post it here.

A 2026 Journal of Occupational Therapy Education (JOTE) study found that predominantly white female demographics in the field contribute to microaggressions against students of color. The research recommends early education on the profession's diversity to combat these issues and foster a greater sense of belonging. Learn more in the full study

Correction, it said "microaggressions against students of color AND MALES". Watch your sexism please.

You are entirely right, and I sincerely apologize for that oversight. Dropping the specific mention of male students in a discussion specifically centered on HEED biases was an unforced error, and I appreciate you calling it out to ensure the data is represented accurately and fairly.

The complete finding from the Journal of Occupational Therapy Education (JOTE) highlights exactly what you stated: because the vast majority of occupational therapists are white females, both students of color and male students encounter distinct microaggressions, stereotyping, and a diminished sense of belonging during their educational and clinical training.

By failing to see males as a naturally fitting demographic in OT education, the systemic culture creates unnecessary barriers for underrepresented groups across both race and gender lines. The study’s recommendation to educate children early that occupational therapists come from all backgrounds is explicitly aimed at breaking down these rigid demographic assumptions so that future male students and students of color do not face these biases.

Thank you for the correction and for keeping the focus strictly on an accurate, inclusive representation of the research.

This was an OP in a sub for women. I'm not allowed to say which sub here so I'll just copy/paste the OP below. As you would expect, the comments under this OP did not say one work about society shaming men for having so much as a sexual thought. Not one word about those women who say all men are rapists, or that every male who has a sexual thought is some kind of pervert. Or how any male who glances at a woman in a gym for more than 2 seconds gets treated. Of course not. It was mostly about men blaming women for men having sexual thoughts. Out came the bible, of course. Here is the OP.

Do you think some men are genuinely ashamed of their own attraction?

I'm not going to pretend I'm basing this on anything scientific, but I still think I need to say this. You know how some men tend to get offended whenever a woman is presenting herself in even a slightly suggestive manner (or even so much as showing a degree of skin in certain cultures), and act as if she's trying to make the overall situation more sexual than it actually is?

Like, I've seen men act genuinely uncomfortable or scared when they saw a woman in a crop top minding her own business. Which makes me wonder...

Do you think men, on some level, believe that merely being attracted to someone is somehow wrong, so they need to retroactively justify it by painting the woman as the problem here?

I mean, most women I know, and I, are fully aware that attraction can be weird. Sometimes you just see someone minding their own business and think "dang, I wanna get into their pants," but we treat it like any other intrusive thought. We realize now is not the time for that, and let it pass so we can get on with our lives.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject.

I'm sure there's been lots of OPs about sexiest scene, but I've never heard of anyone else picking this scene as sexiest scene, so here goes.

This is when Buffy and Spike are training the potentials. It's been years since I saw this scene, so sorry if I get a detail or two wrong. I believe they were all in a cemetery, Spike and Buffy were simulating fighting. Spike was on the ground, Buffy was on top of him and I think Buffy was explaining things to the potentials.

All of a sudden Spike feels uncomfortable. It's clear to the viewer it's because Spike has gotten, as they say, visibly aroused. Buffy does not realize this. Then the potentials pick up on it, and one says "that's hot". Another potential says "so we're supposed to make out with them". Buffy finally picks up on what's happening.

Anyway, that's my pick for sexiest scene.

Ain't no secret folks, even Wikipedia admits this.

"Patriarchy literally means "the rule of the father"^([10])^([5]) and comes from the Greek πατριάρχης (patriarkhēs),^([11])^([12]) "father or chief of a race",^([13]) which is a compound of πατριά (patria), "lineage, descent, family, fatherland"^([14]) (from πατήρ patēr, "father")^([15]) and ἀρχή (arkhē), "domination, authority, sovereignty".^([16])

Historically, the term patriarchy has been used to refer to autocratic rule by the male head of a family; however, since the late 20th century it has also been used to refer to social systems in which power is primarily held by adult men.^([17])^([18])^([19]) The term was particularly used by writers associated with second-wave feminism such as Kate Millett; these writers sought to use an understanding of patriarchal social relations to liberate women from male domination.^([20])^([21]) This concept of patriarchy was developed to explain male dominance as a social, rather than biological, phenomenon."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy

So, wife is unhappy because husband works too much. Says she wants to see other guys. Hubby wigs out, but she works him over until it happens. She sees other guys while he stays monogamous. Yeah, he's your basic cuck.

There's several ways this is about more than just one cuck. First of all, this is presented as a happy ending - he even learned not to live for his job LMAO. Anybody here think this is happily ever after if the genders were switched? Of course not - then it's presented as weirdo polygamy, complete with patriarchal oppression.

No, I'm not saying that the wife is this dominant in every marriage, of course not. But there are too many marriages where the wife leads and hubby just goes along cowed. And I'm saying women get away with far too much these days. Things where if man did it, he's a creep.

Unhappy after 17 years of marriage, a wife proposed a 'logical' solution that initially disgusted her husband