(You said there isn’t a single instance in which men have things worse than women, and while sure, there aren’t as many, there are quite a few, which is what I was arguing.)
Name one thing that men have/experience that isn't better than what women have/experience.
Alright.
1: Despite the fact that women are more likely to end up with depression, male suicide rates are far higher than female, and no one ever talks about it.
There are many possible reasons behind this, but one of the most relevant ones would be the societal pressure for men to be emotionally and physically strong. Due to this, they often bottle up their emotions, avoid taking antidepressants, and refuse to see a therapist or get help of any sort, so when they can't take it anymore, the only solution in their mind is to end it all…
2: They're expected to work harder and longer on more stressful/dangerous careers.
In fact, men make up 93-95% of workplace injuries and deaths.
…I rarely get to see my own father, he works his rear end off, stresses himself to tears, and loses countless hours of sleep over a job he hates so my family/I can have three meals a day, but oh nO my mom is truly suffering more because she has to cook meals for him when he gets home.
He wishes he could quit and actually spend time with his own children, but that's not an option.
Women are expected to feed/care for their children, while men are expected to completely burn themselves out daily, give all their earnings to their wives, and are then called lazy for resting once they get back.
Even my own mother is guilty of pushing this in a way, she focuses on my brothers and their success far more than mine/my sisters', putting them through significantly more stress while I'm over here slacking off. It absolutely sucks for both of us, but since I'm still technically learning what I truly need to know without all the extra stress, I feel way worse for my brothers…
My mom is extremely supportive of my artist career because she doesn't think I'll actually need the money from it, I'll instead have a "husband with a high-paying job to provide for me and my future children".
gags at the mere thought
Meanwhile, my mom is also trying to push my brothers into better careers. Usually in very subtle ways, but still focusing a bit more on their salaries than their happiness.
I know she’s not the only one.
3: They're often stereotyped as violent, heartless, and/or complete perverts.
When someone punches, kicks, or attacks a man, people either rarely pay any attention or sit there and watch for entertainment purposes. Yet if someone punches a woman, all hell breaks loose, they lose their reputation entirely, are probably arrested for assault, and everyone views them as a terrible excuse for a human being.
Also, in news reports, you'll commonly hear reporters read the number of people killed in a tragedy and then specifically point out how many of them were women/children. I get that children's deaths are extremely tragic, often more so than adults, but why women's? Can you imagine what would happen if news reporters only highlighted the men and children? People would absolutely flip out, claiming the reporter to be showing women's lives as throwaways or nothing worth mentioning. Yet ignoring the number of men who lost their lives is considered normal, like no one even questions it. I don't understand-
There’s also an insane amount of discrimination when it comes to prison, on average men receive up to 63% longer sentences than women for the same crimes. (This gets even worse in the case of black men, but that’s a bit off-topic.)
AND Let's also not forget how male victims of rape/sexual abuse are often laughed at, told to just deal with their trauma because "they probably wanted it".
…Men aren't sexually-driven monsters. They’re humans, just because they can’t get pregnant doesn’t mean this stuff can’t hurt them both physically and emotionally, yet people don’t seem to understand that concept.
Those are just a few prime examples, I can think of many, many others that I either don't have the time to explain at the moment or don’t know how to explain while still making any sense (such as the many divorce and tax-related problems).
And before you say that these are mostly minor issues caused by societal pressure and therefore don’t count, almost all the current issues for women are minor and caused by society as well (In the US, of course). There’s the wage gap from women choosing lower paying jobs, the “not being allowed to legally murder a baby 5 minutes before they’re born unless it’s an emergency” thing, having people look at them if they choose to walk outside naked, but then complaining about people over-sexualizing women in video games by making them choose to walk outside naked… Women aren’t suffering in this country.
See? You can't come up with an answer. So don't go and say that men are judged unfairly. Men are given everything simply because they are men.
As a woman, I'm sorry, but this ticked me off and I'm really hoping you aren't serious… Men aren't given everything simply because they are men. A lot of the things they're given come from their own hard work and efforts that most women typically don't achieve, not just their biological sex.
When I say both sexes have their own problems, I mean it. It doesn't matter if women have things worse, that doesn't instantly mean that men are just handed everything without question and live perfect lives. To say otherwise is, in my opinion, quite sexist.
