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'''— Cassie Jaye'''
The Red Pill is an American documentary film about the Men's Rights Movement.
The idea of the film began as a criticism of the Men's Rights Movement, as Jaye was a feminist who considered the Men's Rights Movement to be a hate movement.
There has been criticism of the film, as in some ways it is framed to suggest that Jaye, an oft-typecasted "Dumb Blonde" in her previous short-lived acting career, is denouncing feminism. However, it is a personal story of a personal journey and can be given validity as such.
The documentary is not to be confused with the trope after which it is named and indirectly inspired by, [[Red Pill, Blue Pill]].
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* [[The Baby Trap]]: Activists within the film cite that if a woman enacts this on a man (such as through the method colloquially known as "spermjacking"), he has little to no legal recourse from being saddled with a child he didn't want or wasn't prepared for.
** France's banning of "at-will" paternity tests without a court order - which limits options for men to refute paternity claims - is one of the examples Activists give.
* [[Both Sides Have a Point]]: The film's ulimate message demonstrates this trope for the Men's Right's Movement and feminism.
* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)|Double Standard Abuse]]: The film unpacks this trope in exploring domestic abuse against men and societal responses.
** The controversial program The Duluth Model is deconstructed in the film because it's the most widely used batterer intervention program in the United States despite numerous criticisms - mainly the fact that it declares men to be the only perpetrators of domestic violence and as a result completely fails to help male victims and prosecute female perpetrators of domestic abuse.
* [[False Rape Accusation]]: In the documentary, Cassie interviewed several men who told her they were subjected to this by women in their lives.
* [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics]]: Cassie explores the various methods by which domestic abuse statistics are often misrepresented (such as in news media or fiction) or selectively applied in ways that only male domestic abusers are prosecuted.
* [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]]: Defying this trope is one of the main points of this film.
* [[Real Men Don't Cry]]: This trope is defied, as some of the men interviewed cry when recounting their experiences and neither Cassie nor the film treats this negatively.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The film has a few in both its title and tagline.
** The film's title is a reference to the concept and slang phrase "red pill" from Men's Rights Activists along with supporters and members of the MGTOW (standing for "Men Going Their Own Way") community.
** The film's tagline "Down the rabbit hole of gender politics" is a double reference [[The Matrix]] and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
* [[Sympathetic POV]]: A major thing that sets this film apart from others on the subject is how it presents the Men's Right Movement and Men's Rights Activists in a positive light.
* [[Missing White Woman Syndrome]]: Though the focus is on the gender component rather than the racial component, several activists cited that news media tends to give greater coverage to female homicide victims than male homicide victims.
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