Why Are You Anti-Feminist? | Karen Straughan  

"Men's rights activists may not always be needed. Anti-feminist will always be necessary" what a fucking boss, I love this woman

I’m from a poverty-stricken, corrupt Eastern European country, but among the very few advantages of this place is that this kind of radical 3rd wave feminism hasn’t caught on here. To me, it seems like radical feminists are too well-off and problem-free to have any real issues, so they are working hard to create issues to justify their activism. I can tell you from experience that people who struggle with real problems, people who are really oppressed do not have the time and energy for propagating fake outrage all over the place - they are just trying to survive.

Karen is my hero. She completely opened my eyes to third wave feminism and the detrimental impact it has on both men and women.

My mother’s best friend was a doctor. He was a brilliant and caring man, he put his patients above his own life. He had two ex-wives, but they were both evil (one tried to kill an innocent person, got away with it). He had to pay alimony to both. He couldn’t afford it. “I guess I’ll see you tomorrow,” were his final words before he went home that night and killed himself. Alimony is heavily misandrist.

When a man says he needs help, he's just forfeited his right to help. truer words were never spoken.

Making this movie was not career suicide, this film and these videos are so important for society it’s unreal. One day, and hopefully sooner rather than later, society as a whole will realize how important this documentary was and how brave Cassie was for making it. And how awesome Karen is for understanding and supporting mgtow.

Karen hits the nail on the head with her description of the favoritism for women over men that pervades our society. But what really rankles me is when feminists I encounter say that they just want equality, and I then point out all this favoritism for women to them, and they justify it by saying that men have mistreated women all through history and therefor the favoritism for women now is just their way of getting even. That's what feminists really mean when they say they just want equality--favoritism for women IS their idea of equality. But they won't openly admit that because it would undermine their victimhood narrative that they use to manipulate people into giving them favoritism.

Not the Karen we deserved, but the Karen we needed. what an insightful woman!

This woman is an angel. I was married 3 times, loved every one with all of my heart, worked jobs that literally put my life, and health at risk, for 60 and 70 hrs a week, sometimes in bitter cold or smothering heat, to provide for them and to try to keep them happy. I did o at jobs that I hated, and always, I came home to constant complaining about how the $200,000 house was not nice enough, the car wasn't nice enough, the furniture or the appliances were too old. That we didn't spend enough time with their friends (despite the fact that I never got to see my own family). I still have nightmares form one of those ex wives. All of which not only left, but left for someone with whom they had already been having an affair Yet to hear most women, we are the oppressors? Yet so many women wonder why men like me run like hell from them the minute they open their mouths.

Glad these women both think

"Men's Rights Activism may not always be needed, but Anti-Feminism will always be necessary" - Karen Straughan

I like how Karen just lays it straight out for someone, plain and simple. she is a very good speaker. she and Cassie make it relatable.

I would like to add something: From when i grew up, i was always aware of the women's liberation movement and it seems a good thing. But now that I am moving into my 50's Karen has helped me understand the pain that i have gone through. I've gone through childhood abuse by members of my family and while women were demanding more equality it seems that we men were left behind since it has seemed that this idea of equality seemed to be more unbalanced by feminism as not a project to close gender equality but to shame men for a whole host of things, most of all for just being men. Everyday i have gone through my life with that catch-22, be a man- man-up ,suck it up etc etc, and at yet at the same time being shamed for doing just that. Everyday seems like a battle against futility, and yet it goes on and on. So i want to thank Karen and Cassie, not for offering some magic solution. But acknowledging that the feelings i felt were real and that many other men out there felt as i did.

Brilliant as always, Karen!

When my friend divorced his wife, he made her an offer and all her friends convinced her not to accept it. They had to take it before a judge and she wound up with a worse deal than if she'd just accepted his original offer. The attorneys made out okay though.

When my ex wife was caught having an affair I would still have lost my children if she had not have chosen to give me full custody of them. Afterward she had to pay one hundred dollars a month total for all three of our children and she never paid a dime of the child support for the 18 years of their lives with no help getting her to pay the back child support. If I would have tried to pull that trick they would have put me under the jail.

Cant fault Karen, she has always understood what is ACTUALLY going on. I feel a bit sorry for her, she is looking a bit tired because she is fighting the fight for balance and encountering a lot of push back. She needs our help wherever necessary.

I remember when I first realized that I was going to be attacked by other sociologists for asking questions. Had researched and written final paper for college degree (sociology/anthropology with focuses on gender, sex, sexuality, race relations, and futurism). The final paper that I had poured into was simple. We were told that 1 in 3 women dealt with a serious self image issue and body positive issue or eating disorder. I was testing the further research that had been done on the fact that 1 in 4 men also dealt with the same issue and couldn't figure out why it was never talked about or studying further. The retiring head professor of the department didn't like that i was asking questions not deemed pertinent because they didn't fit the "message" All of my other professors, men and women, thought I was on to something and encouraged me to do the work and reviewed my paper before submission. I was regularly an A+ student and the professor gave me a C without much reason as to why. That was 13 years ago. Keep up the work Karen

A MRA and a feminist walk into a bar...and then two MRA's walk out of that bar :)

Love Karen.

A pragmatic women, which is rare these days. When you have the government working in your favour, why would you change anything?

I have a totally fucked divorced type issue too. So, my insurance just got cancelled for "failure to cooperate with child support services". This is a good....law? For them to enforce for people failing to pay. However, it was done to me because the women who work the office in my county assumed my paperwork was filled out improperly. I, the man, am the petitioner. The mother is the one who is supposed to have the support imposed on her, but because the man is usually the non custodial parent they entered the information in the system that way even though my paperwork said otherwise. So here i am, gallbladder needing removed. Herniated disc in the back. Trying to take care of three kids on my own while sick and wounded. Waiting for them to correct the errors they entered in the system due to their biased assumptions against men.

The judges and lawyers are pieces of garbage that need to be held accountable for the lives they destroy. They need people to judge them and their actions that do not include lawyers and other judges on these panels. They work for the people and they don’t seem to know that.

I love this woman. So much. ❤️ thank you Karen for all you do, and thank you Cassie for giving her space in your film (and for posting this golden nugget). I could listen to you interview her for 12 hours straight.

A most rare moral woman. Thank you so much Karen. And of course Cassie. Love you both.

Thanks for continuing to help with the cause Cassie . The same goes for Karen of course . It would be be near to impossible for men to educate women about it because most don't even bother to listen and hear us out . We really need women like you to draw attention to it so maybe more eyes will be opened . Forever grateful

my faith in the name karen has been restored

All gone to shit. One day you are someone next day the woman and the state takes away your power and your children. But expects you to still pay without any influence of future growth of your children. Parental alienation is a sin perpetrated by the woman and state. Kills me everyday.

Crappy place for the interview. Too much background noise.

It genuinely makes me want to cry with joy that women like you two exist. Thank you for doing the work you do. I cannot tell you what it means to me and so many others.

even drunk Karen is more eloquent than "big red" lololol

That is one seriously intelligent and impressive person.

Karen speaks in such a way that makes you first think about how reprehensible the things she's talking about are, and then makes you realize you may have done these things in the past.

Karen is so right about what she said when a man needs help. It doesn't matter what the reason or how Justified it is, when you get to the point where you have to ask for help you are no longer a man. Not to even mention the fact that the most difficult thing in the world for man to do is to ask for help. I became disabled and being a big Burly man and looking okay on the outside just makes it worse. Everyone thinks you're Faking It and that makes youeven less than a man in their eyes. Everyone disappears into the woodwork everyone calls you a faker, you're beneath a man you are nothing! Couple this with the fact that getting Social Security disability in the United States is nigh-on impossible and you have the perfect recipe for ending a man's life. Were it not for the help of a mgtow brother I would not have survived to this day. What a waste. Life is no longer worth living for men.

A feminist said the fedora comment to me before and in my mind was, "is that even a thing?".

I definitely get the former feminists becoming MRA's bit at the end. I myself was raised to be and identify as a feminist, but ever since a particularly viscous pair of girls (who shared a mutual friend who had once been a friend of mine until a major falling-out that led to me telling her she was a horrible and manipulative person) falsely accused me of sexual harassment (really nasty behaviors I would definitely know if I had done, like pushing on up against a wall or following the other home) and I experienced the vindictive behavior of a campus judge who was supposed to be impartial but just automatically assumed the girls were telling the truth (even when I had an eyewitness-friend who was there when one of these actions supposedly occurred- and testified I was standing across the room crying, not pushing the girl against a wall- but he was another man, so...), I have increasingly questioned whether feminism hasn't gone off the rails at least a little bit- and why it makes so little room for men whose lives are ruined by false accusations (I lost a college scholarship opportunity and, maybe, my shot at medical school, thanks to those two vile liars...)

I am a heterosexual male. This is the second Karen Straughan video I watch. I am a soon to be (hopefully) philosophy Phd. I have read widely on Aristotle, Plato, Parmenides, DesCartes, Kant....the lot, and have listened to dozens of brilliant talks, etc...Straughan's mind is exceptional, whichever way you look at it. She cuts through the present feminist mystique/(out)rage with the precision of a neurosurgeon. Cuts so deep, in fact, that I think she is close to touching foundational ground. And she does it at the same time in such a non-academic language that somehow she seems like the ultimate Plato opposing the irrationality of myth or sophists...an coming up the winner (at least rationally speaking). And to throw in her personal experience in the analysis!!!...In her words and attitude there is an echo the most valiant (and vilified) representatives of truth throughout history. I have no idea how to rationally resist her arguments. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your promotion of freedom.

I find it extremely difficult to explain stuff in detail to people because of my anxiety disorder but when i put this women on she breaks it down so easily for people to digest and makes it so easy for people to see my point.

Wow, where did this lady come from and I use the word lady deliberately as opposed to woman ... there is a difference. Just as there is a difference between being a feminist and being feminine ... men are attracted to the latter ... just saying. It is so refreshing to have an intellectual human being talking from real life experiences and understanding the importance and value of a father figure. Single divorced women with children and neighbourhoods with a high proportion of them have higher crime rates, delinquent children and generational poverty. Families need men badly. Very few men wake up in the morning and out of sheer boredom go and hit their wives. I'm no supporter of any violence, but abuse takes many forms. Women are known to abuse husbands and men generally financially, mentally, emotionally, sexually, constantly lying, failure to take ownership and accountability for destructive actions, as well as physical abuse. This may sound like a Neanderthal example but I think it works. When you abuse a dog it snarls and bares its teeth as a warning to the abusive person to stop their abuse. If that person continues to abuse the dog eventually it will bite. Please note ... the dog is the victim ... but when it responds in kind and bites its abuser all of a sudden it becomes the aggressor, the abuser claims victimhood status and people want to put the dog down for being 'vicious'. The dog was responding to abuse. This illustrates why, rightly or wrongly, there will always be an increase in domestic violence. Instead of vilifying men ... how about we bring out training courses to teach women what comprises domestic abuse, as opposed to domestic violence, which is only one form of domestic abuse ... and that if they stop abusing their husbands on all those fronts ... lo and behold, the domestic violence from men will all but disappear. People, men or woman, don't strike out just for nothing or due to one specific event. They do it due to sustained abuse of all of the above over time ... and all it takes is one ADDITIONAL event of abuse and it then there is a physical response out of sheer frustration of the woman's refusal to change her abusive behaviours. Treat the cause, not the symptoms. This Karen lady is clearly a caring human being. I'm so sick of this divisive talk of men and women. Both genders are first and foremost human beings and the sooner we get back to treating each other as human beings the better. My mother was a true feminist by example. She had a successful corporate career and achieved more than most men in her chosen field. She never complained about how much she earned versus other men or women ... She just performed well and got paid well as a result. She never asked for a pink parking space at supermarkets and the mere thought of it sickens her. My dad was also hugely successful in his chosen career and earned more than my mum although both were highly paid. My dad had a fair portion of his package based on commission so he had to perform well to earn extra, which he regularly did. My mum and dad worked well as a partnership and had a fantastic marriage. My mum and dad agreed that she should run the household finances, but they made all major financial decisions together. My mum ran the household budget and gave my dad an allowance each month for golf and drinks afterwards. His club fees were part of the household budget as were my mum's bowling club fees. It's called teamwork and has NOTHING to do with gender. My mother never got promoted due to affirmative action, she was promoted based on merit, performance and her willingness for continuous improvement ... I witnessed the extra study she did when getting back from work. She is appalled at the entitlement mentality of today's feminists and their false claims about wage gaps. Any self respecting economist knows that there is no male/female wage gaps in western society. There are no laws or company policies that deny women the same pay as men for the same hours worked, at the same times of day, with the same risk profile, the same manual labour content, the same skills, qualifications, level of experience, leadership ability and performance. A classic example of the stupidity of affirmative action is roadside workers. The people doing the hard manual labour are men. The people holding up the lollipop Stop/Go sign are woman. I wonder why? And guess what ... the men doing the manual labour get paid more, but feminists want the lollipop lady to get paid the same as the men doing all the hard work and they want 50% of roadside teams to be women. Have these feminists even stopped to consider the fact that maybe other normal women may not want to do manual work or may not be capable of manual labour due to their smaller physiques? Also they may not want to work the higher paying night shifts, because they would rather be at home with their kids. Those lifestyle choices means they will get paid less than men ... it is labour force dynamics NOT gender bias or institutionalised policy. Thank you Karen for your intellect, rational and real life approach.

Karen just said the minute a man asks for help he's forfeited his right to it. My god! That is chapter and verse. I should have known better and my dad tried to teach me [sic], "You're a man so don't let people know your troubles, 80% don't care. 15% might and the other 5% are glad you've got 'em!" He keeps getting smarter the older I get! (ala M. Twain)

Karen is bae

Karen Sraughan is basically Carol from The Walking Dead IRL.

I can feel myself getting smarter just listening to the sound of this women's voice.

A friend once told me "the day I have a daughter would be my last day as an anti-feminist" I replied "the day you have a son, you'll become one"

I accidentally stumbled across her RU-vid channel and immediately liked her.

A woman for whom relationships actually matter! Most of the problems I see with feminists is that relationships - any relationship, whether with a man, a woman or a child, no longer really matter, are not worthy of real respect. The main thing is the cause; are you with me or against me. With Karen, you feel you can talk to her, you like to listen to her, she makes sense and she's not aggressive about it. Thanks for that.

By the time women realize the damage that's been done to their male counterparts it'll be far too late to prevent what comes next..

One of my heroes. This woman has helped me in a dark time in my life and knew this from young that something was wrong. Camille Paglia is another. Also thanks to Gnostic Media and to Jan Irwin.

"The father to child bond is what separates us from the chimps." I guess that´s Owen Lovejoy´s basic theory - right? You do a great job, Karen!

Karen is SO on point regarding how bad a deal marriage and divorce is for men.

Wow, this was the first time I ever heard of Karen. I just happened to stumble upon this video randomly. She truly is remarkable. As an American male, I'm so appreciative to discover the very few women who see men as equal and who have compassion for men's issues. Militant fourth wave feminism is nothing more than misandry, plain and simple.

When I got divorced my lawyer made every effort to disparage my ex to make him seem like a horrible person to take as much money and time as I could for the children . leaving him with nothing. 7 years later I met a man going through a divorce and him and I went to the very some lawyer.. to get him help . I have never been so appalled in my life the very same lawyer talking to a man was absolutely the opposite . she wouldn't listen when I said that his ex-wife is cruel and they have a mental issue she wouldn't listen when I said that the children being alienated and abused all she wanted to hear was how much money he was willing to pay his ex.. all Financial! nothing to do with the safety and well-being of the children . I was absolutely disgusted and livid when I left there!

Feminism is an answer seeking a question.

This reporter is so nice. She really tries to understand and listen and asks good questions😊 and Karen talking well!!

I dont understand. If the wife doesnt want to take away her husbands shit, why would the authority intervene? This is crazy. Props to karen for standing up to her ex

I am a male who was a victim of domestic violence. My abuser charged me with attempted murder (lies) I was arrested, humiliated and eventually found guilty of assault but on a non conviction. It will forever remain on my file. No feminist gives a shit. They are glad it happened to me. Former feminist right here.

Omg. The more I see, the more I see. When I was deep in feminist circles, they said red pill like it was angry escapist bitter fantasy. But I’m coming up on 50 in a few years, and what’s she says isn’t theory or statistics for me but realistic assessment I can connect to people I’ve known, situations I’ve seen, family stories, news stories…real things I’ve connected to and experienced but there was this layer between me and my memories, a layer of theory, and forced teaming, and prescribed opinions.

Karen Straughham wow!! A voice of experience and compassion even for someone she divorced. She gets it. She's CIVILIZED.

Karen was one of the first vloggers I ever watched. She really helped put things in perspective

OMG! She just described me 100% at the end of the video. My respect for this woman. She has just earned!

Here in the UK the family courts favour the women, feminists men and women ignore men or women who say it has gone to too far. Me i have been on my own for 14 years, never going near women, what do i mean? I interact with them at the shops et al but that is it. This is how powerless men are now. My son is 19 has crohn's disease, the govt want kids to go back to school in june without no vaccine. The school never involved me with the decision just sending an email saying thanks for filling the survey. I never got any survey to fill in, this is normal - fathers are ignored. My ex wife wants my two youngest boys to go back to school, this is despite govt scientific advisors saying it is not safe to do so. So what is the point? If my son's get covid 19, not only could they get ill from it but my other son could die from it as they both live him. Hows that for the pendulum swing too far. I have no power to stop this, i have to wait and see if he dies from it. Send kids back into the community without no vaccine is irresponsible but hey what does my opinion count for- nothing, nor does it seem my sons' lives.

Karen NAILS IT. I have experienced almost everything she described. Fortunately my ex wife gave me a clean and quick divorce. Still she saw me as a dog that needed to be on a leash regardless that my behavior did not demand such treatment. The real mind blowing event for me was after she moved out she left a walk-in closet filled with her stuff that SHE told me to throw away (I had to clean up her mess) and I found a list hidden in an old backpack of RULES FOR OWNING A MAN written BY HER. Few men get such an honest closure and even I only got it via a piece of paper I was never meant to see.

Been hearing this stuff since the 1970s - had a neighbor who was such a feminist that if you said the sun was out, she'd find a way to turn it into an argument against men. SMH. Thanks.

"The weakest family bond and the most valuable one is the father/child bond" 6:40

Karen never disappoints.

Thank you, both so much!

She is scary smart.

Thank you Karen for spreading truth!!

every week i am hooked once more...this is exactly what i expected: many mras are former feminists. maybe gynocentrism is just the flipside of patriarchy? yes, that is something i think about. maybe we should get rid of both ideologies? maybe they DO exist? hate and vitriol are easy. call me pathetic, but i don't think that you only can fuel change with rage, but also with it's opposite. i still hope for there to be a reasonable place between the extremes, in this case extreme feminism and extreme men's rights activism. the thin vibrant line between yin and yang jordan peterson speaks about. this was part the spirit of the peaceful revolution in the gdr, which i experienced as a kid. the churches actually played a political role in it...

I love this interview. Cassie pushes good and solid questions at Karen, and Karen answers (as ever) with clarity and solid logic. This is a fine interview. Kudos to both these superbly critically thinking and articulate and non-bigoted folks.

Karen is the best!

14:21 to the end. Karen hits the nail on the head of the systematic misandry of vulnerable men. Well done Cassie for being openminded.

I got divorced and my wife wanted to take me to the cleaners ... and then she changed her mind. I couldn't say why she changed her mind. I would love to but I just can't.

Karen, you make so much sense, and youve really nailed a lot of points about how we men are treated in society. Example, many years ago i was struggling a little, as we all do at times , so i finally went to the Doctor for advice. As it happens there wasnt anything physical wrong at the time, it was more mental, great, i knew what it was and now i could deal with it. I then went home and my partner asks how it went, i answer, he believes it is depression, her response was and i quote word for word. " and you call yourself a man" . Needless to say i removed myself from that situation after that comment and then progressed into the child support system which is another story, of which you have also nailed some valid points. Thank you Karen, for having the guts to discuss these issues, you are a great human being.

I'm really interested in your initial impression of Karen.

Just watched, "The Red Pill" last night. Fantastic documentary. Love Karen Straughn. Been watching her for some time now.

WoW this woman needs to be heard more.

Oh... this is gold! Raw Files of the Red Pill movie. That is so awesome. Very valuable. Thank you very much Cassie Jaye, you do an awesome job.

The whole "be a man" thing has been way more damaging in my life than I realize. I mean, so much of the depression I experience stems from the idea that I'm weak or a man shouldnt feel like this. You're weak. I've contemplated suicide in the way a samurai would commit harakiri. Like taking my own life would be the only way I could save any honor I have as a man. Does that make sense?

Does any one else notice the way that just speaking the truth makes this woman beautiful?

#karenstraughn I have never felt such real compassion and understanding from any female in my life...she gets it. If a man needs help, he is despised. Also, I was raised by a feminist and every female in my family is a feminist.

I'm currently rewatching The Red Pill, and drunk Karen still fucking rocks. Cassie, real talk, you're a god damned hero. I wish you all the best forever.

So many disturbing truths ...

Karen, spot on, I haven't heard anybody articulate this problem with such clarity. Thank you.

She's great. It's really helpful when women talk about this stuff. Since we get discounted so easily when guys are trying to explain why they're blowing their brains out. These women that stand up carry more weight with some because they aren't tainted with masculinity and by guys because they feel less alone.

Watching this the second time now. Every point she makes is so true and I see it every day in my marriage and others.

Best Karen ever award goes too:

She is brilliant, if you want to understand what she is on about ask yourself if anyone would be listening to this if it was a man explaining all this, they as she rightly claims would simply be dismissed, Jess Phillips an MP in the UK who is meant to represent ALL her constituents wanted a "Women's day" dedicated to discussing "Women's issues" in Parliament, when it was suggested by a male MP for the same for Men she scoffed at the idea and proceeded to insult him and laugh at the true issue of male suicide....Feminism is cancer...

Karen Straughan is the best mansplainer there is. Love her.

So much wisdom. I'll have to re-listen many times. It's so true that the kids are the ones suffering the most... so sad.

Karen Straughan is amazing.

My ex wife admitted to abusing my kids and she still was able to get half custody. She attacked me with the man she cheated on me with. Accused me of abuse. Tried to get the kids to say it and they STILL WONT because it never happened. Ive had PTSD since 4 years of age from my mother cracking my skull with a high heel shoe. I love my mom people dont shame her. But for real i hate abuse in family. And she was able to get the kids back. My kids cant get out of counseling until they basically admit that i abused the ex wife. Court ordered them to be in sessions till they say its ok. It should be ok. Because we got half and half. But for some reason it feels like they are still trying to take me back to court.

The background noise made it impossible for my old ears to understand what Karen was saying :-(

Never has a talkative tomato been so wise.

Karen is my homegirl.

Cassie, you are the first woman i ever heard stick up for men. Thankyou do much. Thankyou so much for being open to people like Karen and Paul. It means the world.

+Cassie Jaye I'd realy love to see a "RawFile" from yourself - how (if) you've changed your opinions in what way, esp. after your movie got so much backlash from those who claim to have open minds (feminists) BTW - it's funny how Karen's nose and cheecks start to match the "Red" from the title after 15:00 ;-)

I raised my daughter from age 2 to 14. I always felt I wasn't enough for her. Thought I was what she had to settle for. Like I wasn't that important. Thank you

Karen has an alcohol problem.....love her thou.

Karen has it right. I was devastated when my x wife left. Worked myself almost to death still couldn't keep her happy. I just couldn't be subservient enough. Nothing was ever good enough. Lost both kids, and everything I owned when it was over. So I believed. Now, 10 years later, I thank God she did that. I was headed to heart attack or stroke if we continued. She would have dumped me in a nursing home and divorced me anyway. I had no value to her as a human being whatever. My kids eventually saw the reality of the situation.They are glad she left too. We wouldn't be the family we are today........if she had not. I kept what mattered most.....My kids, my health, and my sanity. She got away with it, with full support of the system. See, what she did, it's not a crime. The only anger I have left, is that I allowed myself to be degraded in such a way. My second wife attempted it too. She learned quickly that I will no tolerate that.