Reports: 3 boys assaulted girl before her suicide

[davidn3600]

163. What about Elizabeth Hasselbeck?

A lot of it comes from the right wing, though. You got people like Elizabeth Hasselbeck on Fox News saying feminists and "wussy men" are a national security concern. Or Brit Hume blaming feminism for why "real men" like Chris Christie are viewed as bullies.

I hear this a lot by conservatives folks. They say Obama isn't man enough and they constantly compare him to Putin. A female candidate will have an even tougher time than Obama had breaking through that mentality. There are a lot of people out there (male and female) who feel we need to have a strong male figure as president in order for other nations to respect us.

This is a good article too...

In a recent survey, 51% of Americans told the Pew Research Center that children were better off if their mother was at home. Only 8% said the same about fathers. Even seeking time off can be troublesome for men: One University of South Florida study found that college students rated hypothetical employees wanting flexible schedules as less masculine.

Other research points to an enduring stigma for boys whose behavior is seen as feminine. "If girls call themselves tomboys, it's with a sense of pride," said University of Illinois at Chicago sociology professor Barbara Risman. "But boys make fun of other boys if they step just a little outside the rigid masculine stereotype."

Two years ago, for instance, a Global Toy Experts survey found that more than half of mothers wouldn't give a doll to someone else's son, while only 32% said the same about giving cars or trucks to a girl. Several studies have found that bending gender stereotypes in childhood is tied to worse anxiety for men than women in adulthood.

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-one-way-gender-revolution-20131227,0,7169949.story#ixzz2qsuHx6K5


Society values masculinity far more than femininity. Equality doesn't exist as far as that's concerned. Im not saying it's the fault of women by any means. But women do play into it as much as men do. Mothers wont have much concern for their daughter playing with boys toys. But she'll want to bring her son to the shrink if he starts to show interest in girls toys.