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The initial OP posted below covers it well enough: the premise of this thread is that men's issues exist. Don't bother posting if you don't believe there is such a thing.
Here's hoping this isn't considered too redundant. I've noticed that our existing threads about sexism tend to get bogged down in Oppression Olympics or else wildly derailed, so I thought I'd make a thread specifically to talk about discrimination issues that disproportionately affect men.
No Oppression Olympics here, okay? No saying "But that's not important because women suffer X which is worse!" And no discussing these issues purely in terms of how much better women have it. Okay? If the discussion cannot meaningfully proceed without making a comparison to male and female treatment, that's fine, but on the whole I want this thread to be about how men are harmed by society and how we can fix it. Issues like:
- The male-only draft (in countries that have one)
- Circumcision
- Cavalier attitudes toward men's pain and sickness, AKA "Walk it off!"
- The Success Myth, which defines a man's desirability by his material success. Also The Myth of Men Not Being Hot, which denies that men can be sexually attractive as male beings.
- Sexual abuse of men.
- Family law.
- General attitudes that men are dangerous or untrustworthy.
I could go on making the list, but I think you get the idea.
Despite what you might have heard about feminists not caring about men, it's not true. I care about men. Patriarchy sucks for them as much as it sucks for women, in a lot of ways. So I'm putting my keyboard where my mouth is and making a thread for us to all care about men.
Also? If you're male and think of something as a men's issue, by golly that makes it a men's issue fit for inclusion in this thread. I might disagree with you as to the solution, but as a woman I'm not going to tell you you have no right to be concerned about it. No "womansplaining" here.
Edited by nombretomado on Dec 15th 2019 at 5:19:34 AM
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil is not that helpful in this discourse. Obviously the horrible violent rapes we see in fiction are truly despicable, but most rapes don't happen that way, I think. We end up with a skewed perception of what the event "should be like" that helps nobody.
Yes, an education about consent and the importance of non-verbal cues, and possible reasons for partners to not react would do wonders, I think.
It's better to err on the side of caution than potentially do something you'll feel REALLY bad about afterwards.
edited 29th Jan '16 8:25:01 PM by wehrmacht
Perhaps I am lucky that I stayed away from the discussion.
On another topic, I am disappointed that my brother-in-law was not given paid leaves for taking care of my elder sister who is having her first baby. My country's private sector pretty much denies any working fathers such rights. Public servants get a week, but that is obviously not enough, given that women are traditionally having rest for at least one month for recovery.
What is the situation in other countries? Does working fathers have rights of leaves for the purpose of maternity care for their spouses and children?

In the US manslaughter typically means you killed someone accidentally.