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Is that what they sell amyl as in the US? Over here in the UK they're sold as 'room odourisers', which I've always found to be a uniquely silly fake use for a drug, for reasons I'm sure you can appreciate.

Hello, Dr. Farrell. The last time you did an AMA here, over a year ago, I asked the following question, which I have re-phrased owing to a problem with reddit's spam filters, and expanded upon somewhat:

Dr Farrell, what are your views on the online ‘Men’s Rights Movement’. Do you view them as fellow travellers? What are your thoughts on the violent rhetoric ‘Men’s Rights Activists’ often employ, for example this quote by Paul Elam of 'A Voice for Men':

[not satire]In that light, every one of those women at Jezebel and millions of others across the western world are as deserving of a righteous ass kicking as any human being can be. But it isn’t worth the time behind bars or the abuse of anger management training that men must endure if they are uppity enough to defend themselves from female attackers.

The better option is to kick her to the curb, figuratively speaking, and hopefully move on to some better choices. Besides, violence in self defense should be in some way commensurate with the violence of the attack.

I will say this, though. To all the men out there that decided to say “Damn the consequences,” and fight back, you are hero’s to the cause of equality; true feminists. And you are the honorary Kings of Bash a Violent Bitch Month. You are living proof of just how hollow “don’t fuck with us,” rings from the mouths of bullies and hypocrites.

This quote being the apparently 'non-satirical' of an article in which he says 'satirically':

That’s it. In the name of equality and fairness, I am proclaiming October to be Bash a Violent Bitch Month.

I’d like to make it the objective for the remainder of this month, and all the Octobers that follow, for men who are being attacked and physically abused by women - to beat the living shit out of them. I don’t mean subdue them, or deliver an open handed pop on the face to get them to settle down. I mean literally to grab them by the hair and smack their face against the wall till the smugness of beating on someone because you know they won’t fight back drains from their nose with a few million red corpuscles.

And then make them clean up the mess.

Do you feel that this sort of rhetoric, and the general failure of others in the 'Mens Rights Movement' to criticise such rhetoric, harms your cause or the cause of any who identify as ‘masculinists’, ‘men’s rights activists’ or any related terms? Would you like to take an opportunity to repudiate such rhetoric and those who indulge in it?

You did not respond a year ago, and I am still interested in hearing your answer.

I will say this, though. To all the men out there that decided to say “Damn the consequences,” and fight back, you are hero’s to the cause of equality; true feminists. And you are the honorary Kings of** Bash a Violent Bitch Month**. You are living proof of just how hollow “don’t fuck with us,” rings from the mouths of bullies and hypocrites.

In he spirit of feminists everywhere, you GO, boy!

Very anti violence. Why don't you let Dr. Farrell answer the question?

Dr Farrell, what are your views on the online ‘Men’s Rights Movement’. Do you view them as fellow travellers? What are your thoughts on the violent rhetoric ‘Men’s Rights Activists’ often employ, for example in articles such as this. Do you feel that this sort of rhetoric harms your cause or the cause of any who identify as ‘masculinists’, ‘men’s rights activists’ or any related terms?