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ihaveaquestion

(4,833 posts)
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:43 PM Wednesday

DEAR (manosphere) MEN, This Is Why Women Are Opting Out! - Ask Raphaela



May 27, 2026
This is not rocket science men. This is why women are simply opting out of marriage and children. It's why you have a 'male loneliness epidemic' and why we are 'underbabied'. News breakdowns for people who are tired of being confused, lied to, or talked down to.

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DEAR (manosphere) MEN, This Is Why Women Are Opting Out! - Ask Raphaela (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Wednesday OP
hostile and smarmy.... democratsruletheday Wednesday #1
Not nice enough for you? Hit a nerve maybe? ihaveaquestion Wednesday #3
Gosh. I care so deeply that you didn't like that. Scrivener7 Wednesday #5
Demonizing men does not end well for the left. North Coast Lawyer Wednesday #2
It's only demonization if you are threatened by it. ihaveaquestion Wednesday #4
If we keep going down the identy politics rabbit hole we'll never win. North Coast Lawyer Thursday #8
How is it identity politics to point out the toxicity of toxic people? ihaveaquestion Thursday #10
Lol! She's making a true social statement. Who is platforming it? Scrivener7 Wednesday #6
I'd rather win elections than play gender games. North Coast Lawyer Thursday #9
It's not a game and it's very telling that you think it is. ihaveaquestion Thursday #11
Sorry no. North Coast Lawyer 15 hrs ago #15
LOL! Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #17
You can't win elections without women, and this is not a game. Scrivener7 Thursday #12
Many women voted for Trump. North Coast Lawyer 15 hrs ago #14
You seem very bothered by this woman pointing out that women Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #16
Rightwing values are "not a pro-family structure. That is a trap for women dressed up as tradition." Beartracks Wednesday #7
men need to evolve. turn off hate radio. babies ain't free. also dangerous. pansypoo53219 22 hrs ago #13

democratsruletheday

(1,942 posts)
1. hostile and smarmy....
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:59 PM
Wednesday

nice qualities for sure. She lost me almost immediately when she said "I brought the receipts".....how 90's of you.

North Coast Lawyer

(275 posts)
2. Demonizing men does not end well for the left.
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:09 PM
Wednesday

Platforming this type of male demonization only drives young men further to the right.

ihaveaquestion

(4,833 posts)
4. It's only demonization if you are threatened by it.
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:14 PM
Wednesday

Does it feel threatening to you? Take the hint and take a look at your life.

ihaveaquestion

(4,833 posts)
10. How is it identity politics to point out the toxicity of toxic people?
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:54 PM
Thursday

Do you expect women to just ignore their blatant denigration of women? Fuck off and die alone if that's what you're expecting.

Scrivener7

(60,122 posts)
6. Lol! She's making a true social statement. Who is platforming it?
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:56 PM
Wednesday

You're proving her point. If men move further right, they're just exacerbating their own problems. Women choosing to be emotionally and financially safe doesn't drive men further right. Men choose to move further right.

Women are allowed to notice that the world is being made unsafe for us financially, emotionally and physically. If that angers men and makes them dig their heels in and demand women accept being unsafe, that's men's wrongdoing. Not women's.

ihaveaquestion

(4,833 posts)
11. It's not a game and it's very telling that you think it is.
Thu May 28, 2026, 04:33 PM
Thursday

Real harm has been/is being done to women and while this video may advocate an extreme solution, it does describe the problem quite well. But I guess it's a problem you don't relate to and don't think is important to address. Unity for all - even misogynists - got it!

Scrivener7

(60,122 posts)
17. LOL!
Sat May 30, 2026, 06:59 AM
5 hrs ago


Given the title of the video, it looks like it reached its audience, but it's audience, once again, can't listen.

North Coast Lawyer

(275 posts)
14. Many women voted for Trump.
Fri May 29, 2026, 09:40 PM
15 hrs ago

Women have fathers, sons, husbands, ... who they love. Many women are going to keep voting against Democrats if they feel Dems are demonizing the men in their lives.

Scrivener7

(60,122 posts)
16. You seem very bothered by this woman pointing out that women
Sat May 30, 2026, 06:54 AM
5 hrs ago

are being put in danger physically, economically and emotionally and have the right to move away from those dangers.

And again, try winning elections without women who vote for Democrats and women who have not in the past but who will now because they are terrified by the women-hating rhetoric and activities that have become mainstream. All polls say there are quite a lot of the latter.

"Don't rock the boat, ladies," which is pretty much what you are saying, is asinine given what is happening to us. It just isn't going to work anymore.

And PS: we all have fathers, sons, husbands. If those men are not abusing us, we - and they - understand this doesn't apply to them. If you're not abusing us, you don't need to feel threatened when we say, "Don't abuse us."

Beartracks

(14,673 posts)
7. Rightwing values are "not a pro-family structure. That is a trap for women dressed up as tradition."
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:37 PM
Wednesday

pansypoo53219

(23,195 posts)
13. men need to evolve. turn off hate radio. babies ain't free. also dangerous.
Fri May 29, 2026, 02:40 PM
22 hrs ago

i didn't want spawn anyways. no thanks.

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