"If you're not a Feminist, you're a Sexist"

[MJ the Skeptical]

You are using prison stats to support your assertion that white, heterosexual men are oppressed? Just so I'm clear.

No, it was a male vs. female prison ratio. Again, skin pigmentation is irrelevant to the topic and sub-topic.

Not disagreeing about why Hilary lost, but that's not what I posted about.

Actually I think it was.

Was your implication not how she isn't president because she's a woman running for office? and because she's a female they viewed her differently and therefore that's why she's not president? Other women can have no problems with oppression getting into politics. Hilary's been highly successful even though she's not the best politician but will still likely be the next president.

I agree about legal/custody hearings, but I don't believe that is an entire gender being marginalized, as I personally know men who have been granted joint custody, no problem. So, while it's prevalent, it's far from a problem for men. (as an entire gender)

I don't believe either gender is being oppressed more over the other in America. And if they are, I wouldn't be so quick to say it's because of males oppressing them, more so the system oppressing them, or religion oppressing them. Like the contraception thing seems more of a religious problem than a gender problem. You brought up race but I want to keep that a separate issue if we could.

But, since we're on that, when a teen girl finds herself pregnant, often, the 'fathers' are nowhere to be found. It becomes solely the responsibility of the girl to raise the child, and the teen fathers are not being held accountable.

And that's tragic, but I'm sure I could make the corollary of a mother leaving and the father having to take care of the baby on his own.

Why are men given the choice of when to be held accountable for their children?

I noticed you cleverly said when the father is nowhere to be found then she is screwed, well yes but so would a man in the opposite situation. When we're talking about her knowing who the father is, then this fits my opinion a little better. Most of the time, women will get alimony, and child support payments, where as the male in the corollary situations will usually get none of that. Why does the female get those privileges and men rarely do? Could that be viewed as a form of male oppression?