It’s not easy being a father nowadays, as you can tell from the question in the heading. Canadian researchers and authors Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young have written about the persistant anti-male bias in the media, in their two books Spreading Misandry and Legalizing Misandry (you can read a short summary of their...
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We often hear the claim that women do two jobs, one in the marketplace and one in the home, while men do only one. The conclusion is that women work more than men and men need to start doing a lot more housework. However, as with many feminist claims regarding gender equality, actual research...
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This question is something I've been thinking about lately. Considering that half the population is male, it would make sense for any country to have lots of men's organizations. Still, I don't seem to be able to find them. Now, it's not that we don't have any men's organizations of course, because we do,...
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One of my core principles when discussing gender issues is that we need to trust facts and research more than we trust ideology. In my experience, it is also quite common for facts and research to fly in the face of commonly accepted ideological "truths" that have been repeated to the point that many...
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The evidence for substantial innate sex differences is mounting. I've long been a strong advocate for acknowledging this research, instead of trying to ignore it for ideological reasons, such as the postmodern feminist stance that all gender differences are culturally constructed. On the other hand, I usually take a very conservative approach, and write...
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Feminism has been a hugely influential political movement in the last few decades. In Western countries such as the US and Sweden, government policy and mainstream media have accepted the basic tenets of radical feminism without much resistance. However, during the past few years, an increasing number of people have started questioning the unconditional...
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We’ve all heard jokes where the punch-line informs us that the mailman, and not the husband of the mother, is the biological father. “Mailman jokes†are harmless for the most part, and often give us a good laugh. However, it is no coincidence that these jokes exist to the extent that they do. Women...
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Male disposability is so deeply ingrained into the very fabric of our culture, that we rarely even think about it. And yet, it is one of the defining features of what it means to be a man. Throughout history, men have filled the roles and performed the tasks that demanded that you risk your...
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