Sexism against men

[KnifeJuggler]

Sexism against men has gotten out of hand. Yes there IS high sexism against men, but theres nothing being done about it. There are no big shot men's rights advocates.

For example...

Divorce favors women over 90% of the time. Most of the time, the women get more than their fare share of the money, and usually get custody, even if they are not good mothers.

The housing market is sexist. Even though its the LAW not to discriminate based on sex. Go through most private Craigslist ads and you will often see "female only."

Some jobs want to hire equal amount of women and men, even though there aren't enough skilled women to apply for the job.

Pedophelia commited by a man will get hard time in jail. Pedophilia committed by a woman will get a slap on the wrist.

And there are other reasons, the housing reason is a big bitch, and it really has impacted me personally.

[Ond]

What do you suggest we do about it?

[KnifeJuggler]

First of all, it would be nice to have a "Men's Center" in college campuses. Most colleges have a Women's Center but no Men's Center.

[Martian Luger King]

The only way to get back at them is to pull a Richard Ramirez style killing spree.

[LiquidIce]

It's true.

Women get more and more rights, they're favored by law. This is most easily seen in abortion related stuff where most of the time only the woman can decide on the abortion, because 'it are her body'. Fuck my own crap will ya, if it weren't for the man there wouldn't be a child, so I believe his decision should be 50% of the choice. This way wimminz can trap guys who don't wanna abandon their child, which they don't want but can't leave it.

[fuckindouchebag]

• men forced to risk their lives in male-only conscripted military service.
  
• violence against men minimalized or taken less seriously than violence against women
• depiction of violence against men as humorous, in the media and elsewhere (see Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!), when women are also violent.
  
• assumption of female innocence or sympathy for women, which may result in problems such as disproportionate penalties for men and women for similar crimes lack of sympathy for male victims in domestic violence cases, and dismissal of female-on-male rape cases.
  
• societal failure to address prison rape issues such as prevention (e.g., reducing prison crowding that requires sharing of cells), impunity, and even correctional staff punishing prisoners by confining them with known rapists.Attention has been drawn to portrayals of male rape by women, or implied rape, as humorous.
  
• Circumcision (characterized by some as male genital mutilation) being advocated while female genital mutilation is prohibited.
  
• pregnancies carried to term despite agreements ahead of time that they would not be, subjecting men to unwanted parental responsibilities and/or child support expectations
  
• Biases in the justice system against men, such as higher incarceration rates and longer sentences for men (compared to women) for the same crimes
  
• Women may marry at younger ages than men in some U.S. states.
  
• Men pay higher premiums for auto, life and disability insurance, though discrimination according to race or other criteria is prohibited.
  
• In some countries, men have to pay more income tax than their female counterparts (e.g. India)
  
• Increasing suicide rate among young men, four times higher than among young women; (73% of all suicide deaths are white males in the United States; In the United States, more women than men report a history of attempted suicide, with a gender ratio of 3:1)
  
• It's usually seen as socially acceptable for a female to try out or follow masculine social norms, whereas if a male does the same for feminine social norms they often attract unwanted attention and are victims of ridicule and insult, with derogatory terms like "sissy" and "tranny" being used.

• Lack of advocacy for men's rights; more social programs for women than for men.
  
• Bias in health concerns; for example, more advertisements and awareness for breast cancer than prostate cancer, though both cancers kill approximately the same number of people each year.
  
• Incarceration for not paying child support, particularly for unwanted children, in contrast to women's right to abort
  
• Special government agencies for women's affairs with no corresponding agencies for men's affairs
  
• Lack of legal ramifications or enforcement for paternity fraud
  
• Lack of positive reinforcement and role-models for young boys in the media, while presentation of positive female figures is a large aspect of much of the media.
  
• Lack of educational aid for boys and men, given that their performance/enrollment at most levels lags behind that of girls and women; some states declaring (de jure or de facto) all-male schools illegal and all-female schools legal.
  
• Investing money addressing female underachievement in mathematics or sciences, while ignoring male underachievement in reading.
  
• There is concern that some university women's studies departments are more concerned with teaching feminist ideology than equality of gender. The content and emphasis of these courses vary, and some even discuss "masculinities"; but masculists fear that many such courses contribute to animosity towards men.
  
• Some universities also carry men's studies courses. Some feminists argue that these are redundant, stating that academia throughout history was predominantly focused on men; however, supporters of these courses note that most subjects throughout history have not dealt with gender directly.
  
• Harder physical entrance criteria for men in many occupations, such as the army, police and fire service. Requiring men to be physically stronger than women in these occupations leaves men responsible for a greater share of the physical work, for no more

[RabidZombie]

Yeah its kind of the same thing with racism being socially acceptable when directed at white people.


But i guess that's the price we must pay for being superior.

[WritingANovel]

I agree with OP except for the housing part.

If I could, I would only want to live with female housemates, and it's not because I am sexist, it's because I don't really feel safe living in the same house as a man (yes yes I have heard ALL the jokes about my ugly pug-face acting as a rape-deterrant, do your worst). Besides living with guys can get gross at times. Just the other day I was going to sit down on the toilet but found some sort of really weird, inexplicable substance (that in all likelihood, had a sticky consistency) stuck to the surface of the seat. It was fucking disgusting.

[KnifeJuggler]

Originally Posted by WritingANovel

I agree with OP except for the housing part.

If I could, I would only want to live with female housemates, and it's not because I am sexist, it's because I don't really feel safe living in the same house as a man (yes yes I have heard ALL the jokes about my ugly pug-face acting as a rape-deterrant, do your worst). Besides living with guys can get gross at times. Just the other day I was going to sit down on the toilet but found some sort of really weird, inexplicable substance (that in all likelihood, had a sticky consistency) stuck to the surface of the seat. It was fucking disgusting.

This is basically just a stereotype that has ruined housing opportunities for men. A lot of women and men think of all men as disgusting slobs and rapists. So much so that they just write down "men need not apply" in housing ads, even though very clean and respectful men may want to apply, they aren't even given the chance to explain themselves over the phone. There are many slobby women as well.

[hooloovoo]

Originally Posted by KnifeJuggler

Pedophelia commited by a man will get hard time in jail. Pedophilia committed by a woman will get a slap on the wrist.

Really? Wasn't the most famous female pedophile that teacher who had sex with a high school student, then went to prison for a number of years before she got out and they married?


Housing, I don't know about personally- I still live in an apartment through university housing where they can't make up rules like that- they supply an equal amount of space to males and females.

But divorce, I kind of agree with. The exception being if the female is the mother and has been/will be taking most of the responsibility for their children. But in some cases spousal support seems ridiculous- I've been following the case of the Santa Clause shootings, since the guy lived in my town, and the amount his wife of less than two years was getting for "spousal support" seemed unfair. She had a kid, but it wasn't his and she got to take his dog as well.