Sexism against men

[poleboy]

Everyone is likely to experience discrimination at some point in their life. Making this a gender issue (as is often the case IMO) muddles the point, because it's something we can all become victims of.

 

[Hipster Chick]

When men can't vote, own property, get divorces, or refuse sex to their wives, then I'll say the pendulum has swung all the way in the other direction. Believe me, I'd be one of the first to try and stop it if it did in any meaningful capacity, but until then, well...I believe Commander Shepard did a pretty good job of explaining my opinion on the subject.

 

[kidwithxboxlive]

You basically can not win on this subject. What ever happens, it will turn the other way. E.G, Women were fighting for equality, now they are 'Fairly' (Use this term lightly) dominant. they will become more dominant, then it will switch roles, Men will become more dominant. Basically, its fighting a losing battle, You shall never win with this

 

[troyrich]

I agree there shouldn't be double standards and i've even caught out my english techer before with this very topic.

we were discussing Sexism in Language and there was only two guys in the class including myself, the rest were all girls. The teacher said "Well think about it if you two boys were talking about football mary might feel left out because she might not be interested in it" I looked up at her and said in a neutral tone "Miss i find that Sexist" She nodding adding that " yes that treu she might enjoy football" I shook my head and told her " no i think it's sexist that you assume i like football just because im a guy.. i really don't care about it at all" and she really seemed to find it hard that i didn't like the damn sport.

Hardly anything life altering.. but as already mentioned noone seems to care about looking at the other side of arguments.. and not just sexism ( though i wont go off topic for risk of starting a flame war ) People should realise it is a two way street.. wasn't that the point of equality?

 

[Crazycat690]

Yeah, society today IS sexist against men, I mean... If I have sex with a girl she can go and say I raped her and since she's a girl people will automatically believe her because it's impossible that a little princess like herself could be evil and lying. And then the best part, even if I get off the hook and declared not guilty, society will still label be a pervert and a rapist! So yeah I don't feel sorry for women anymore, I could easily be labeled a sexist for not thinking that all women are innocent no matter what.

It might just be me, but I think that is wrong.

 

[Robert Ewing]

Sexism against men has been socially excepted for thousands of years. We are always expected to have a good physique, be masculine, be hard workers, be able to solve any problem without breaking down emotionally, etc etc.

Here's why nobody cares about sexism against men. Because we fucking got over it. Men are treated as bad, if not worse than women. But nobody cares because everyone is so used to it. The only difference is, that women are 'officially' worse off than men in society. Bullshit.

Men and women are equal for the most part. I don't want to live in a world where calling somebody 'dear' can get you a massive 'sexist' sticker on your forehead. especially when you can say that to a man, and nobody even bats an eyelid.

I think everyone should just stop enforcing this equality thing, and just let it happen naturally...

 

[Crazycat690]

This is ridiculious. Women are still oppressed and men are still the oppresors.

In what way? I keep on being passed over for jobs because a woman applied too.

I'll give you one. Some guy on the front page mentioned that woman-on-man abuse or rape is drastically underreported, and when it is reported it's usually laughed out. That only sounds like it favors women because of context.

What that really says is that women are weak. Pathetic. Worthless. What kind of a man are you, they're asking, that even some fucking WOMAN can get the best of you? What happened to your pimp hand?

Oh I see so men get raped and not taken seriously. Women are portrayed as being weak. Men are so getting the better end of this deal.

Well it's also that when a man rapes a woman, he's a monster who deserves death, but if a woman rapes or abuses a man she's a female crusader, she empowers other women and is considered a hero. We've seen this to many times to be able to deny that.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

You know I'm probably going to get massively flamed for this but whatever.

What really misytifys me is when people say that women get paid less than men. I have never in my life been in a job where i got paid more than a woman because of my gender. What jobs do these women work!?
In the real world you get paid by for the hours you do, it's a flat rate (unless it's like time and a half or double pay or something for that day) and it's the same if you are a man, a woman, or a bloody chimp. I proper don't get it.

 

[Adam28]

Of course, women probably have it worse than men, but there is a lot of sexism against males too as well the 'demand' to be masculine.

Both have to be dealt with, you can't have a gender being equal to the other gender that doesn't have equality.

Edit: It can also be pretty un-masculine to complain about such things depending on what you see as unfair.

 

[chowderface]

This is ridiculious. Women are still oppressed and men are still the oppresors.

In what way? I keep on being passed over for jobs because a woman applied too.

I'll give you one. Some guy on the front page mentioned that woman-on-man abuse or rape is drastically underreported, and when it is reported it's usually laughed out. That only sounds like it favors women because of context.

What that really says is that women are weak. Pathetic. Worthless. What kind of a man are you, they're asking, that even some fucking WOMAN can get the best of you? What happened to your pimp hand?

Oh I see so men get raped and not taken seriously. Women are portrayed as being weak. Men are so getting the better end of this deal.

Not my point in the slightest. My point is that the guy who originally pointed that out said it as though women who abuse or rape men are somehow getting off because "the system" likes women better than men; like they're all a bunch of straw feminists who let their sister women off the hook because their victims deserved it. Really what's going on is that women aren't taken seriously, and while this means they're often not convicted of violent crimes against men, it's also the reason for just about everything that creates a double standard that favors men. In other words, it's part of the entire problem. It's one of the things that has to go away if we're going to make any progress on the issue of womens' rights.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Women fought for equality for 50+ years. And yet a women still gets priority over a child in a devorce. Domestic abuse by women on men is nowhere near as publicised as domestic abuse of women by men. Also, as you say, when was the last time a newspaper published a story of a woman raping a man? Never.

I'm not saying men are a repressed minority or any of that nonsense, but..... yeah, the equality thing may have gone a little far in one direction instead of stopping where it should of.

Disclaimer: Yes, of course, without stats, I can't back any of that up. I'm not being sexist or anything, I'm just writing the truth of my opinion. But the very fact I feel I should put a disclaimer on this post speaks volumes really.

you're right on the money. and there's a good reason for it: if a woman stands up and yells 'he raped me!' then you're going to get half your fucking country in a lynch mob. if a guy says 'SHE raped ME!' and the newspapers will ignore it because 'Local man cant fight of woman.' doesnt sell as well.

 

[MetaKnight19]

Don't worry, you aren't the only one thinking about this sort of stuff. Apparently Finland are as well...


OK this video is highlighting sexual harassment in the workplace (probably), but the principle is basically the same.