Most women who I say this to are horrified when I make this statement, and call me a traitor to my gender, a bitch, etc., so forth, so on, but I still think it's the truth.
I think men are way more discriminated against these days than women are.
I mean, yeah, women frequently get paid less for the same work. And there's still the sex stigma where a man who sleeps around is a stud and a woman is a whore. And hell, being a female in a traditionally male business like wrestling, and being a female who's physically and mentally strong does get me a lot of shit.
That being said, I think it's sad the way men are villianized so often.
I mean, just off the top of my head...
The differences in acceptable parental leave for men vs. women
The fact that it's legal for a single woman to adopt a child but a single man can't
The issue that man against woman violence is taboo, but men can hit men and women can hit just about anyone they want with no one screaming about it (aside from maybe whoever they hit)
The issues of adult men with children (being discussed in another thread)
The fact that men HAVE to sign up for the draft, women don't
The fact that women almost automatically receive custody of children in a divorce, save for very obviously unfit mothers (and even then, the guy is the one who has to prove it)
An issue I've experienced myself, wherein if a conflict arises between a man and a woman, the woman's side is practically always taken over the man's, again, save for a very obvious issue with the woman.
And this is just what I've observed in EVERYDAY LIFE, let alone issues that I would need to research.
Now, again, I'm not putting down women's issues with this, because God knows plenty of women have been discriminated against. The thing is, those issues are always out in the open. There's news reports about the rise of crime against women, about funding for shelters and how a woman is suing a company because someone told a PG-rated joke in her earshot, etc. Hell, everyone is wetting their pants over Hilary Clinton possibly becoming the first female president, far rarer is any mention of Barack Obama or Alan Keyes possibly being the first minority president. Almost the only times you see the stories about male abuse, male issues are from the men's rights groups online, or if one of the major news stations does it like it's some kind of novelty.
Honestly, I've always felt that if people want equality, there should be equality. Same rules for everyone, male or female. But, maybe that's just me...
I think men are way more discriminated against these days than women are.
I mean, yeah, women frequently get paid less for the same work. And there's still the sex stigma where a man who sleeps around is a stud and a woman is a whore. And hell, being a female in a traditionally male business like wrestling, and being a female who's physically and mentally strong does get me a lot of shit.
That being said, I think it's sad the way men are villianized so often.
I mean, just off the top of my head...
The differences in acceptable parental leave for men vs. women
The fact that it's legal for a single woman to adopt a child but a single man can't
The issue that man against woman violence is taboo, but men can hit men and women can hit just about anyone they want with no one screaming about it (aside from maybe whoever they hit)
The issues of adult men with children (being discussed in another thread)
The fact that men HAVE to sign up for the draft, women don't
The fact that women almost automatically receive custody of children in a divorce, save for very obviously unfit mothers (and even then, the guy is the one who has to prove it)
An issue I've experienced myself, wherein if a conflict arises between a man and a woman, the woman's side is practically always taken over the man's, again, save for a very obvious issue with the woman.
And this is just what I've observed in EVERYDAY LIFE, let alone issues that I would need to research.
Now, again, I'm not putting down women's issues with this, because God knows plenty of women have been discriminated against. The thing is, those issues are always out in the open. There's news reports about the rise of crime against women, about funding for shelters and how a woman is suing a company because someone told a PG-rated joke in her earshot, etc. Hell, everyone is wetting their pants over Hilary Clinton possibly becoming the first female president, far rarer is any mention of Barack Obama or Alan Keyes possibly being the first minority president. Almost the only times you see the stories about male abuse, male issues are from the men's rights groups online, or if one of the major news stations does it like it's some kind of novelty.
Honestly, I've always felt that if people want equality, there should be equality. Same rules for everyone, male or female. But, maybe that's just me...
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