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Kubrick
Jul 20, 2004

ate poo poo on live tv posted:

Alright so let's start by identifying problems men face.

Many of the MRA talking points are just wrong, for example child custody battles, however a few incorrect assumptions doesn't invalidate all concerns.

So what factual concerns are there that men face?

Along with what UV_Catastrophe mentioned, the President's Counsil on Men and Boys is a good place to start: http://whitehouseboysmen.org/one-pager

"A nationwide crisis of boys and men already exists. The Commission identifies five components:

• Education. Boys are behind girls in almost every subject, especially reading and writing. Yet boy-friendly programs (e.g., recess and vocational education) are being curtailed.

• Jobs. Our sons are not being prepared for jobs where the jobs will be. Yet women rarely marry men in unemployment lines.

• Fatherlessness. A third of boys are raised in father-absent homes; yet boys and girls with significant father involvement do better in more than 25 areas.

• Physical health. Life expectancy has gone from one to five years less for males than for females, yet federal offices of boys and men’s health are non-existent.

• Emotional health. Boys’ suicide rate goes from equal to girls to five times girls’ between ages 13 and 20, as boys feel the pressures of the male role."

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Kubrick
Jul 20, 2004


Agreeing with all of this. I wish smart people wouldn't kneecap their good ideas with flaming.

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