All men, everywhere, have something to unite them- the mystery that is woman. No matter the culture, climate or planet, women will always hate men. No reason. They just do it out of principle. Occasionally we men hear the line that we live in a man's world and that women are still treated like dirt. While I am the first to say that many still treat women badly, let me make some interesting observations-
1. I went into payless the other day to buy a new pair of shoes. It took me five minutes to find the men's section. It was squeezed onto half a shelf between the women's and kids (the other sections, btw,each took up half the store, with the women's section being slightly bigger).
2. When I went to the eye doctor the other day I went in to get new glasses. Once again, one small rack for me, 3 racks for women, and two for children.
I admit that these are small things, and some can still see them as racial discrimination by claiming that the corporations target women to make more money (it's okay, TV targets men, or so my wife tells me). But what really bothers me is-
3. I am one of the few men who would love to be a stay at home dad. But, if I were to stay home, raise the kids and let my wife work,I would be a lazy slob who takes advantage of my wife. If I work and have my wife stay home, I'm a sexist that imprisoned his wife in the
house in order to have complete control over her. And if we both work and put the kid's in daycare, I'm a bad parent. (and if I were to stay home, the only thing on TV would be soap operas and talk shows; how's that for discrimination?)
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There's some song somewhere by some guy about how throughout the ages it has always been men who have been killed in wars. Considering that women in many countries didn't own property until the 19th/20th centuries, men-as-victims wouldn't be the easiest argument to make, BUT a good conspiracy theorist should be able to make the argument that (once upon a time) women formed a secret cartel in order to control men by starting wars and then making men go fight them. It would be a refreshing change from the feminist conspiracy theories about men!
In any case, moving away from extreme conspiracy to ordinary conspiracy, there is a book out right now called The War Against Boys which points out that actually boys, not girls, need more help in school, and that the more radical elements of the feminist movement have disguised that fact (and made changes to schooling methods extremely difficult). The author makes a good case.
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