# Ask the MRA **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356 "2015-06-24T14:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356/21 "2015-06-24T15:51:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What rights do women have that men currently do not have? I believe there is the huge problem with “women only health clubs.” And how come black people can use the n-word and we can’t? ---
**Author:** ![JVDaly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JVDaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JVDaly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356/22 "2015-06-24T15:55:42Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > I’m going to second this question, then. What _does_ your activism consist of? What makes you an activist and not just someone who’s read about some areas of inequality and had a general feeling of, “Hmm, that doesn’t seem fair, someone should do something about that.” > > I mean, it’s been pretty well proven that black people get tougher prison sentences for the same crimes. That’s not fair, but just because I know that and accept it as an unfortunate truth doesn’t mean I would describe myself as a BRA. Due to my aforementioned medical conditions, my activities are pretty much confined to Internet stuff. Basically, anything which falls under the amorphous rubric of “raising awareness” that doesn’t involve me getting off my ass. It’s been my experience that people who raise the points I raise are generally described by others as MRAs (this board is no exception, cf. the ongoing MGTOW thread), hence the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![JVDaly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JVDaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JVDaly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356/23 "2015-06-24T15:59:43Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I believe there is the huge problem with “women only health clubs.” And how come black people can use the n-word and we can’t? My thread on women only gyms merely asked why there were no similar facilities for men. A helpful poster pointed out that, in fact, there _are_ men only gyms, just not very many of them due to lack of demand. That answered my question. What the ‘n-word’ has to do with anything is beyond me. This is ‘Ask the MRA’. You’re looking for ‘Ask the racist’, down the corridor, second on the left. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356/24 "2015-06-24T16:15:22Z")
I read this somewhere that characterizes the rights issue as thus: Feminists, normal people, non-MRAs say “Men already have more rights than women, let women catch up!” MRA’s say “Women have too much rights, we should remove some of them” I’m assuming you are the more of the latter? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356/25 "2015-06-24T16:21:48Z")
> [@JVDaly](#): > > Fuck it. Ask away. No U. We require there to be some content in your OP. Feel free to open up a new thread with an OP that has some content. Maybe lay out your position. Invite rational discussion, etc. Maybe look at some of the successful “Ask the” threads as a guide. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356.md?page=1)