I agree, that is a problem. Would you like to elaborate a bit rather than just providing a link?
A link is worth a thousand words, and my loathing almost transcends words by itself.
It is a disgrace that such things are often disregarded (And what you see here, no doubt, is but a mere sample. What man would want to talk of being raped by a woman?) while a man has but to hiccup and he is a misogynist. Yes, exaggeration. But a valid point, nonetheless.
Have a story:
Wayne Tippett has just two things of any real value left in his life: a 10-year-old car and a granite tombstone.
At 51, Tippett is broken, bankrupt and bunking in the guest room of his parents’ Burlington home after a divorce settlement that’s left him $75,000 in debt and racking up $1,000 more each month.
Today, he’ll appear in court at a default hearing to try to explain why he can’t afford to pay his ex-wife (the couple had no children) $3,300 a month, $16,000 in retroactive alimony and $42,000 of her court costs out of a complex case he himself still doesn’t understand. [...]
Facing massive legal bills of his own, Tippett filed for bankruptcy and it was only later, he says, he discovered he’s still on the hook, under bankruptcy laws, for any payments related to the divorce case.
That’s left Tippett in arrears that are growing monthly, on the default list of Ontario’s controversial Family Responsibility Office and facing seizure of his driver’s licence, his passport and, in time, a possible jail sentence.
Justice, eh. Equality.
A barby house in Berlin, made something other than magical:
There was an additional one with a woman stripped from at least the waist up (the picture didn't go further down, thank goodness) that I will abstain from posting here for obvious reasons. Indeed, the fight for proper female education has gone somewhere when this is what is being taught to young girls outside a Barby House.
One feminist's view on the matter:
Over the past little while, I've had a number of people challenge me on calling out men's rights activists (hereafter referred to as MRAs). "But men are oppressed too," people say. "Feminism is sexist, and it teaches men that masculinity is wrong." "Straight, white men aren't allowed to be proud of themselves anymore." "If you believe in equality, then you should want men to have the same type of activism as women." "Everyone is entitled to their opinion."
First of all, yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But let's not pretend that all opinions are created equal -- some are based on fact, and some are total bullshit. Like, I could tell you that I believe that vaccines cause autism, and that would be my opinion, but it would also be demonstrably untrue. So let's not pretend that all opinions should be given the same consideration, because we both know better than that.
Second of all, let's get one thing straight: men, as a group, do not face systematic oppression because of their gender. Am I saying that literally no men out there are oppressed? No, I am for sure not saying that. Men can and do face oppression and marginalization for many reasons -- because of race, class, sexuality, poverty, to name a few. Am I saying that every white cishet dude out there has an amazing life because of all his amassed privilege? Nope, I'm not saying that either. There are many circumstances that might lead to someone living a difficult life. But men do not face oppression because they are men. Misandry is not actually a thing, and pretending that it's an oppressive force on par with or worse than misogyny is offensive, gross, and intellectually dishonest.
Something along a similar vein:
http://factcheckme.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/no-such-thing-as-misandry/Something not along the same vein:
http://masculistfeminist.hubpages.com/hub/Misandry-And-The-Media-A-Case-Study-Women-Are-Smarter-Than-MenAs we know, women are quite capable of hating men, and to say that only men are capable of hating women is rather sexist.
Here's another term to call such violence.
‘Gender-based violence’ (GBV) is still an emerging and developing term. Originally it was used mostly to replace the term ‘(male) violence against women’, because the word woman refers to both individuals of the female sex and to feminine gender roles in society. Those developing the term wanted to emphasize that violence against women is a phenomenon that is related to the gender of both victim and perpetrator. Many definitions continue to focus solely on the fact that women are victims of violence: for example, the UNHCHR’s CEDAW (Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) committee states that GBV is “…violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately”.
However, even though it uses a general word, "gender," it is still seen as heavily against women. In fact, no mention of any other violence against men is mentioned by CEDAW, despite the fact that we went into woman violence only a few posts ago. Feminism being focusing on eradicating all forms of inequality seems unlikely if they are going to disregard men so completely in a term to do with both sexes.
Also, a piece on the need for male role models, such as teachers. Something else the all-for-equality-for-everyone feminists never bring up or try to rectify. Why? Well, either they simply don't care (Likely,) don't notice that most of their teachers were and are female (unlikely) or they don't see it as an issue because it doesn't touch on the quality of girls' education, and many female jobs that would otherwise be filled by males.
http://masculistfeminist.hubpages.com/hub/The-Lack-Of-Male-Role-Models-In-The-Classroom-And-The-Home-And-The-Gender-Education-GapAny of the inevitable replies won't be responded to immediately. It is 10am, and I think I'd prefer to sleep.
Edit:One last thing. When a woman suffers abuse of any sort, they are catered to by the huge majority of society. This is good, and this should have been feminism's aim. It is good it has been achieved. Now, talk of breaking social norms and promoting equality should extend to the man who is beaten, bullied or even raped by his wife. But it's not. The man has next to no support, and very little sympathy. He is at risk of being ridiculed for something that, if expressed by a woman, would be a source of horror.
Why use feminism to fix a system that isn't broken? Women get what assistance they need, if they admit there is a problem and seek help. Now let's help men to get to that same level.
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