"Man-bashing." My favorite DU pule.

[McDiggy]

314. Sorry, can't agree with you.

I never denied that sexism doesn't exist. I'm just saying that it cuts both ways. And just as men sometimes ignore what women go through, women sometimes ignore the plight of men. It seems that the feminist movement has this narrative that everything always favors men. This certainly isn't the case.

I'm all for gender equality. The problem with being for gender equality is that if you look at things objectively, you can't help but notice that men are wronged all the time. And its not always overt things like selective service. Look at the media. All you see are dumb, fat TV dads being propped up by their smart, attractive TV wives. You still see women on TV slapping and being violent towards men, yet (and rightfully!) men being violent towards women in any way is considered horrific, if a woman date rapes a man or if a teacher statutorily rapes a boy, the victim is seen as being "lucky." And in the case of the OP, white men get blamed for everything as if every white man shares a hive-brain. I'm a white man and I take heavy offense towards somehow being blamed for rape and gun violence. I blame rape on rapists, not white men. I blame rape perpetrated by white males on white male rapists. I really don't understand why I need to be lumped into the same category as sociopaths and rapists.

And it isn't some stupid competition like many feminists try to make it out to be. I don't care who is subjectively "more" oppressed. I want nobody to be oppressed. And if along the way for fighting for equal pay or ending rape I just so happen to notice that young men are being left being in education and employment, I don't think I should be judged as a blind fool that "can't see what its like to be a woman" because of it. Back when 70% of college degrees went to men, it was bad. Now over 60% of college degrees go to women. But this isn't a good thing, either...and it seems nobody cares. If you posted something like "Great news, more women are getting degrees than men!" on this forum, it would be met with cheers. But in an egalitarian society, it should be about 50-50.

There is a lot of work to be done towards reaching an egalitarian society, and feminists need to realize that in SOME cases, they are being very blind to reality. Just as male privilege needs to be addressed, as should female privilege.