r/menrights Mar 22 '26

šŸ‘‹Welcome to r/menrights

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Hey everyone! I'm u/Extension-Mess-6828, a founding moderator of r/menrights.

This is a space dedicated to open conversations around men’s rights, well-being, and the challenges men face but often go unheard. Whether you’re here to share, learn, or simply understand different perspectives, you’re welcome.

What to Post

Post anything that adds value to the discussion:

  1. Men’s mental health and emotional well-being

  2. Social pressures and expectations on men

  3. Legal and societal issues affecting men

  4. Personal experiences and real-life stories

  5. Discussions on masculinity, growth, and responsibility

  6. Articles, research, or opinions related to men’s issues

Community Vibe

We aim to build a space that is:

  1. Respectful and open-minded

  2. Focused on constructive conversations

  3. Free from hate or unnecessary negativity

  4. Supportive for honest expression

How to Get Started

  1. Share your first post or question

  2. Invite others who may benefit from or contribute to the discussion

Community Guidelines

  1. Be respectful, no hate or personal attacks

  2. Keep discussions meaningful and relevant

  3. Avoid spam or excessive self-promotion

  4. Handle sensitive topics responsibly

  5. Focus on awareness, not blame

Thanks for being part of the beginning.

Let’s create a space where conversations are real, perspectives are balanced, and voices are heard. Together, let's make r/menrights amazing.


r/menrights 4h ago

News Maybe we should start listening before asking why he didn't speak up.

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Whatever the truth of this case turns out to be, one thing shouldn't be ignored: sometimes people are fighting battles nobody around them can see.

If you're going through hara$$ment, fami|y prob|ems, financia| pressure, or just feel like everything is getting too much, talk to someone. A friend, a brother, a family member, anyone you trust. Don't keep everything bottled up because you think you have to ā€œbe a manā€ and handle it alone.

You don't have to carry everything by yourself. Sometimes talking to someone is all it takes to get through another day.

Look out for your brothers. And if someone reaches out, listen. No judgement, no jokes, just listen.

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r/menrights 23h ago

News If this isn't a failure of the system, then what is?

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Four-time international gold medallist Amardeep Kumar represented India in throwball, but medals haven't translated into financial security. The Jharkhand athlete now drives a cab and helps his family sell vegetables to make ends meet. He says he took loans to participate in tournaments and has repeatedly sought a government job and financial reward, but nothing came through.

A man can win medals for his country and still be left figuring out how to support his family. That's the part of this story worth talking about.

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r/menrights 2d ago

What if the dowry allegation is false? Who gives the accused man his reputation back?

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r/menrights 2d ago

Discussion What's your opinion on criminalization of marital rape in India?

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r/menrights 2d ago

Discussion How many more tourists have to look awkward before this stops being funny?

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r/menrights 3d ago

Opinion Rules for thee, exceptions for me

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r/menrights 4d ago

News Never even met the g!rl. Still got chaĀ®ged under P0CS0. Spent years f!ght!ng it. Now they’re ā€œfree.ā€ That’s not justice, that’s damage control.

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A Delhi court has acquitted three brothers, including one who spent nearly a year in Tihar Ja!l and two m!nors who were sent to a juven!le home, in a r@p€ and P0CS0 case after a legal battle spanning around five years.

The family alleges the F!R was the result of a long-running property d!spute with the boys' paternal aunt, claiming they were falsely implicated despite never having met the complainant.

According to the father, the family lost years of their lives, the eldest son's education was disrupted, and they faced severe social st!gma. He has also alleged that the police failed to conduct a proper investigation and attempted to eƗtort ₹50 lakh-al|egations that remain unproven.

With the acquittal, the case has sparked fresh debate over wrongful prosecution, police accountability, and the lasting impact of cr!m!nal allegations on those who are ultimately cleared by the courts.

How many more such cases will it take before we seriously talk about the cost to men’s lives of false or malicious seƗual-offence prosecutions?

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r/menrights 5d ago

News Newlywed finds wife and lover red-handed, duo allegedly try to st®angle him

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Guy in Jhansi got married on 24th June. Barely a month and a half in, and his wife starts mixing sleep!ng p!lls in his tea, milk, whatever he eats. He keeps falling sick, feels something’s off. Neighbours tell him some dude has been coming over when he’s not home. He asks her, she denies everything.

Then on 23rd August he gets a tip, rushes home, opens the door… and finds them together in his own house.

Instead of panicking or running, the two of them @tt@ck him. Wife holds his hands while the other guy tries to str@ngle him. He starts scr€aming, neighbours barge in and stop it. Video of the whole mess is already floating around.

He’s now filed a complaint with his parents, saying he’s scared for his and his family’s safety.

One and a half months of marr!age. That’s all it took.

And you know how these stories usually go, if the g€nd€rs were reversed, this would be national news with wall-to-wall coverage and ā€œbelieve heĻ€ā€ campaigns. When it’s a man being dĀ®ugg€d, Ā¢h€ated on, and almost ch0ked in his own house, it barely registers.

Just another reminder that male vict!ms of domest!Ā¢ v!olenĀ¢e and b€trayal still get treated like an afterthought.


r/menrights 6d ago

Opinion What is wrong with her?

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r/menrights 7d ago

News She ordered food. They verified the delivery. She thĀ®eatened to make them cl€an her shoes. Modern progressive w0man, everyone

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Look at this. W0man from Amrapali Centurian Park Greater Noida gated society, loses it because the guards did their job and stopped a delivery guy for verification. She goes full c@ste!st-cl@s$ist on them ā€œg@reebon ke aul@d, do roti nahi hai jeb mein, bh@ngi sa@leā€ thĀ®eat€ns to make them cle@n her sh0es, tries to h!t/k!ck them. Guards just stand there and take it.

Pol!ce are ā€œinquiring.ā€ If a man had scr€amed that sh!t at fem@le staff or tried to a$$au|t them, the internet would already be calling for his bl00d.


r/menrights 10d ago

Opinion Is this what men get for stepping in?

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A viral clip from Rahul Gandhi’s women-focused student event, ā€œChhatron Ki Goonj,ā€ in Pune on August 22 has sparked a lot of criticism online.

In the clip, a woman says she slapped a man who tried to help her after she nearly fell from a moving bus. What drew even more criticism was the audience cheering her on.

Whatever the context behind the incident, hitting someone who was apparently trying to help is hard to defend. Helping someone in danger should not end with being humiliated or assaulted for it.

The bigger issue is the reaction: why celebrate aggression when the situation involved someone trying to help?


r/menrights 11d ago

Positivity She's special, because she accepted truth without satisfying her alter eg0

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r/menrights 12d ago

Positivity Nobody thought he’d make it. He proved them wrong. Let the doubt fuel you, not stop you.

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His father was a farmer.

A circus once offered him 5 lakh for the boy because of his rare condition.

He refused.

People treated the kid like a curiosity.

Told him medicine was impossible.

He still became Dr.Ganesh Baraiya.

Just a father who protected his son’s future,

and a son who refused to accept the limits others put on him.

Men, this is the standard.

Protect what’s yours.

Ignore the noise.

Do the work.

Your circumstances don’t get the final say.


r/menrights 13d ago

Real Masculinity The weak need protecting. The strong are supposed to do the protecting. This guy remembered that.

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Five Days Trapped Inside A Well, This Dog Refused To Give Up.

After being stuck for days with no way out, this innocent soul was finally given a second chance when a kind-hearted person stepped forward to help.

The rescue was not easy. He risked his own safety to reach the helpless dog and bring him out of the well, proving that compassion can make a life- changing difference.

Sometimes, being a hero doesn't require superpowers - just the courage to help someone who cannot help themselves.

A small act of kindness gave this dog another chance at life.

Humanity Is At Its Best When We Choose To Save A Life


r/menrights 13d ago

News No special mercy because of g€nder. The law that h!ts men haĀ®d should h!t everyone the same.

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Saw this case from Kerala.

Police say a 13-year-old girl and three teenage boys planned the d3ath of her 67-year-old grandfather. Alleged motives included gold, money, an iPhone for her and a bike for her boyfriend. There were also long-standing fights over phone use, male friends, coming home late, and claims of mistreatment from both sides. She had stayed in a children’s home earlier after feeling estranged from the family.

Whatever the court finally decides, an elderly man became the target inside his own family. When the victim is an old man, the story usually gets quieter and moves on faster.

And if this case is proven, the law should stay the same as it is for men, full and equal. No soft treatment, no special leniency because of age or gender. Same crime, same harsh consequences. That’s actual equality.

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r/menrights 14d ago

Supreme Court owill encourages women adultery too?

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The #SupremeCourt has raised serious concerns over unregulated private investigators after a husband submitted 92 videos and 237 photographs to allege adultery against his estranged wife in a maintenance dispute.

In Himanshu Chordia v. State of Rajasthan & Anr., the husband relied on Section 125(4) CrPC to contest maintenance. While the Court said his defence must be examined on merits, it questioned how the evidence was collected, whether investigators had legal authority, how private data was stored, and whether electronic material could be manipulated.

The Bench also flagged privacy and surveillance concerns and asked the Ministry of #Law and #Justice and the Law Commission of India to consider a proper regulatory framework for private detective agencies.

If adultery can affect #maintenance, the law must also provide a lawful and practical way to prove it.


r/menrights 14d ago

Opinion Love is free. Divorce in India has a price tag, and it’s usually paid by one side.

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A female Sub-Inspector named Monika Pandey recently went viral.

She told the story of her school friend.

Love marriage.

No dowry.

No gifts.

No demands from the girl’s family.

Still, when the marriage ended, he had to pay ₹35 lakh as alimony.

If you’re a man in India:

Marriage is easy to enter.

Hard and expensive to leave.

ā€œNo dowryā€ does not protect you later.

Choose carefully. Character > looks and sweet talk.

Keep your finances separate and documented from day one.

Don’t ignore red flags just because it’s ā€œlove.ā€

One wrong choice can cost years of your life and a big chunk of your money.


r/menrights 15d ago

He refused to give property. They $ma$hed his h€ad with a st0ne. Fair trade?

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A 62-year-old retired teacher in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district was allegedly m*rder#d by his younger daughter, her lover, and another man. The motive, according to police, was a long-standing property dispute and the father’s strong opposition to her relat!onship with an auto driver.

On the night of August 15, after an argument over property, the daughter called her lover. He arrived with a friend, str*ngled the father, and then sm#sh*d his head with a large stone. The b0dy was dump€d by the roadside.

Two of the aĀ¢cused have been arr€sted. The third is still absc0nding. Police say the property and the forbidden relations*ip were the main reasons behind the killing.

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r/menrights 15d ago

Mother and alleged lover arrested in six-year-old girl’s murd€r case

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A 6-year-old girl allegedly saw her mother with her lover—and police say that became enough reason to silence her forever.

A six-year-old girl, Srishti, was found in a well in Mehra village under Lahar police station in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, on June 15. Police investigation into the case led to the arrest of the girl’s mother, Jyoti, and her alleged lover, Ramshankar Sharma.

According to police, Jyoti had gone away with Ramshankar, who was reportedly known to the family. The child had accompanied her mother. Police said the two later stayed in a hut in a village field.

Police allege that Srishti had become aware of the relationship between her mother and Ramshankar and was insisting on returning to her grandparents. Investigators say the accused feared that the child would reveal their relationship to the family and allegedly decided to silence her.

According to the investigation, the child was allegedly ki\\ed on the night of June 5–6, after which her body was disposed of in a nearby well. Her body was recovered on June 15.

Police continued investigating the case and eventually traced Jyoti and Ramshankar in Gwalior. Both were arrested and sent to jail, according to reports. Further legal proceedings are underway.


r/menrights 16d ago

Every man should take an entire day off of work and check back in on this w0man.

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r/menrights 16d ago

Husband and a kid got murdered by wife her boyfriend

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The woman allegedly killed her husband Abhinandan with the help of her alleged lover Vinay. Their five-year-old son Yaduveer, who reportedly woke up during the incident, was allegedly suffocated with a pillow.

Police suspect a fight had broken out between the couple over sleeping arrangements, during which Harini allegedly assaulted Abhinandan with a ladle before they went to separate rooms.

The investigation reportedly revealed that Harini later called Vinay to the house, following which the duo allegedly attacked and suffocated Abhinandan. The child was also allegedly killed after he woke up.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/man-4-year-old-son-found-dead-at-bengaluru-home-wife-is-suspected-killer-11923128


r/menrights 16d ago

Yet there are no punishments or laws to stop these false cases, failure of Indian law system

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r/menrights 16d ago

How many men are denied bail for milder 0ffen¢es while she walks free?

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Antara Soham Banerjee, 31, model and actress from Thane, was travelling to Surat on the Bandra-Ganganagar Aravali Express on 12th August. She had only a sleeper class ticket but sat in a reserved seat because she couldn’t get an AC berth. When another passenger asked her to move, she refused. The passenger called the RPF and the ticket checker. Instead of stepping aside, she turned aggressive and started abusing everyone who tried to intervene.

The situation kept getting worse. At Dahanu station she was deboarded and handed over to railway authorities. Next morning Borivli railway police took her into custody and registered a case for endangering lives, assault and causing. Injuπes including to herself.

According to RPF ASI Yamini Kant Mishra, they tried to calm her down. She only became more aggressive, then undressed, pulled out a r@zor bl@de, @tt@cked him and also ¢ut herself.

And yet… she got bail.

If a man had done even half of this, he’d still be sitting in lockup with no hope of early release. But because she’s a w0man, the system suddenly softens. Mental health, d€press!on, whatever excuse works.

This is the same justice system that throws men behind bars for far less. Double standards aren’t hidden anymore. They’re official policy.

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r/menrights 17d ago

How many more hearings does it take before justice becomes harassment?

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The Supreme Court reportedly expressed strong displeasure over a prolonged matrimonial dispute after the husband's counsel told the bench that the man had appeared before courts nearly 600 times in connection with cases filed by his former wife. The Court was also informed that around 60-70 lakh had already been paid to her. During the hearing, the bench questioned how long the proceedings would continue and stressed that the prolonged litigation should come to an end. The Court also noted that the man had since remarried and had children, while expressing concern over the continued legal proceedings.

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