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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The problem with your long and heartfelt reply is that it cuts in half the point I am making. I am posing the hypothetical question of if the funds go to assist in aliviting problems that are exclusively suffered by men, not if the efforts and funds of the feminist organisations have knock of effects in making men's lives better, which, yeah they do via making a more gender dispersed society, and decreasing stressors in environments.

Do the money that feminist organizations go towards problems that affect men, like shelters for abused men, helping men with legal fees to retain access to children or similar causes?

These are scenarios that exclusively benefit men. My statement is that I do not believe such transfer of resources to enable things to be better exclusively to assist men do not happen, and nor is it expected to be that way; and framing feminist organisations as not being biased towards helping women as their central objective is misrepresentative.

and because this topic is constantly a powder keg; yes, those organisations are doing good , necessary work that I approve of.

I do my part to try to mentor younger men, volunteer for organizations that help people generally (including a domestic violence organization that primarily deals with women and child victims, but takes all comers including husbands, fathers, etc. seeking help with abusive spouses or children)

that's great, you are doing commendable work and the orgaisations you work with are doing great work.

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

These are scenarios that exclusively benefit men.

Yes, and I'm saying there are prominent feminist voices advocating for specific approaches and helping boys navigate the world, with only incidental benefits to women (who avoid being abused by those men). They're publishing books, running workshops, providing online resources for these specific things.

Feminist organizations dedicated to protecting women's reproductive rights are also distributing condoms that go on penises, even for men fucking other men.

Maybe they are motivated by the "knock on" effects on women, but it's very clear that feminist organizations and advocates are doing things to address problems that only affect men and boys.

I am posing the hypothetical question

I'm talking about actual things we're doing, not just hypotheticals.

I'm mainly arguing against a narrow view where addressing problems is thought in terms of the demographic identity of the recipient of that help. Organizations try to tackle problems, and trying to gender code the problems and solutions I think is counterproductive.