In Men's Rights Activism the concept of a White Knight is generally defined as a male who conforms with the beliefs of feminism for the purpose of claiming the social approval of feminist groupthink.

White Knighting is not the same thing as gaining the *deserved* approval of one or more females on the basis of objective *merit*. Rather, it is an effortless virtue that is achieved simply through advocacies that are compliant -- not with the individual values shared with one or more women -- but rather with a philosophy that is group-centric and focused on female supremacism.

Now, feminism is a very broad term that includes some fair, reasonable, well-thought-out and male-friendly sub-movements (such as iFeminism among others). But, overall, feminism in the modern age is dominated by a twisted concept of history painting women as oppressed victims of "men," rampant misandry, a doctrine of "male privilege" to justify unfair treatment of men, patently unfair legal treatment of men, etc. It is not at all unusual, in the broader sense, to see feminist thinkers claim men and women to be "equal" -- EXCEPT in those areas where women are superior -- and nearly always women are considered the moral superiors of men. Their hatred of men and belief in male moral inferiority is seen in such terms as "rape culture" or in statistics implying that half of all men are rapists, etc.

Now, a fair and objective approach is neither misogynist nor misandrist. And such an approach makes sense because men and women are members of the same species so that ultimately, what harms one will harm both. Neither male nor female supremacism is healthy in the long run.

The harm wreaked by a White Knight can be seen in his active policing of male behavior that does not conform with feminist models AND is also positive.

This is an important distinction. Most feminists (just as most non-feminists) would oppose child molestation, and a guy who objects to another guy molesting children is NOT a "White Knight" simply because his position happens to agree with that of feminists and opposes that of a given man engaged in unhealthy behavior.

It is NOT "White Knighting" to be fair, objective, balanced and so forth. Nor is it White Knighting to object to actual rape, physical abuse, deliberate humiliation, injustice, etc. So OT isn't a White Knight. White Knighting is only operative when the man in question is policing male behavior that is a positive manifestation of male self actualization that is non-conformist with misandrist feminist philosophy. (An example of White Knighting is voting for the clearly misandrist "Violence Against Women Act" when there is substantial objective evidence that half of all domestic violence is initiated by women so that such an act, if passed at all, should have treated men and women equally.)

For a man such as OT to recognize an unreasonable broad-brush and be as intolerant of unfairness aimed at one sex as the other is the mark of male self-actualization.

However, a man who confirms the negative images of men that female supremacism preaches by engaging in unverifiable and subjective ad hominems and pointless belligerence sets back the cause of men and is as bad as a true White Knight.

A lot of men involved in the hobby feel like less than a man because they pay for sex, and overcompensate for this by cutting down the women they pay or other men who also pay for sex. The key is to understand that it is entirely legitimate in the modern age to pay for sex (or not pay for sex) and to accept this without it saying anything negative about one's self esteem or value so long as it is done with a sense of justice.

Perhaps the following article will help:

Thank you M'Lady, I have missed you as well.

Been a very hectic time--I'll send you an e-mail soon.

No you did not but I worded it that way because I usually do that. I figured it wasn't you. Still whoever this is happening to I hope it stops. How sad that a woman is doing that regardless of what the hobbyists likes his women to look like.

I always took HWP to mean a woman who is not heavy for her height. I watched a show yesterday where a woman was 5'0 and 284 lbs!! Definitely not HWP in my opinion.

... who clicked on it. We have to read it before we realize we're not interested in the topic.

Funny, for a so called computer expert ... you seem to have a hard time understanding how a simple message board works.

Personally, I was hoping for some Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich smack when I clicked on it.

If it is not about you why not let the other guy learn from his own mistake? Sounds like you see it as harassment and he's not taking proper measures to ward off evil spirits. Hey I'm jsut  ahard working girl if I am HWP to whoever he is givin hes decent and scrubs behind his ears I can dig his gold rod for awhile lol!

XOXO

Angela