Feminism and the Disposable Male

[TaraJo]

I'm not fond of her myself. She does bring a different perspective to the gender talks, in that the voices of men's rights are far outweighed by the voices of feminists, but falls into the same trap to way too many people on both sides fall into: inability to see both sides.

The wage gap exists, there's no denying that. And there are far more men in congress or as business executives than women. These are areas where women are at a disadvantage and she never really acknowledges them (or if she does, she does so in a dismissive way). And if you try to talk to most feminists about male disposability or how fathers feel alienated from their children or about how men feel like society unfairly sees them as automatically sex offenders (schroedingers rapist literally tells them that they're all "potential rapists."), feminists won't acknowledge those issues, either, unless they do so in a dismissive way or as a way of blaming or shaming men.

And while both sides are fighting over stupid, bullshit and petty differences, both fail to see the big picture. Both sides want the same thing: an end to arbritray gender role bullshit. Yet they've divided themselves into such opposing viewpoints that they're unwilling to work together on it. And that's what I think may be the most frustrating because if they worked together towards a mutual goal, think both sides would accomplish a lot more than they do just bitching back and forth with each other.