Men aren’t as good at organizing to be heard, (...) Women have formed an interest group on the subject which is preventing men from being heard.
I think this is the large picture of power balance between the sexes.
In the past, physical strength was the most important thing, therefore men got the unfair bonus points. Currently, communication is the most important thing, therefore women get the unfair bonus points.
And, that’s basicly it. (You didn’t expect Azathoth to care about fairness, did you?)
Of course the official narrative is different, but that’s just business as usual. The ancient patriarchy also had their narrative about why women are responsible for everything bad, because Eve listened to devil and ate the apple in the garden of paradise. Plausible? Well, at the time this story was invented, it was easy to believe it; and also if you didn’t, you were punished. Today we have another narrative, written for the contemporary society, about why men are responsible for everything bad, because… you know, the usual story preached in the modern equivalents of churches.
Suggestions for action?
Men, learn to communicate, both as individuals and as groups. (Before it is made illegal. EDIT: Specifically, I mean: Before the male-only groups discussing men’s problems from the men’s point of view are forbidden, on pretext of sexism. I have read an article about a university officially forbidding an unofficial “male studies” students’ group for this reason, while women studies remains part of the official curriculum. But I can’t find the link now.)
EDIT: But I would still bet my money on men losing against Azathoth. And although it sucks to be on the losing side, I don’t think that men being the losing side is intrinsically worse than women being the losing side. The important thing is impact on the humanity as a whole, which yet needs to be determined experimentally.
I think this is the large picture of power balance between the sexes.
In the past, physical strength was the most important thing, therefore men got the unfair bonus points. Currently, communication is the most important thing, therefore women get the unfair bonus points.
And, that’s basicly it. (You didn’t expect Azathoth to care about fairness, did you?)
Of course the official narrative is different, but that’s just business as usual. The ancient patriarchy also had their narrative about why women are responsible for everything bad, because Eve listened to devil and ate the apple in the garden of paradise. Plausible? Well, at the time this story was invented, it was easy to believe it; and also if you didn’t, you were punished. Today we have another narrative, written for the contemporary society, about why men are responsible for everything bad, because… you know, the usual story preached in the modern equivalents of churches.
Men, learn to communicate, both as individuals and as groups. (Before it is made illegal. EDIT: Specifically, I mean: Before the male-only groups discussing men’s problems from the men’s point of view are forbidden, on pretext of sexism. I have read an article about a university officially forbidding an unofficial “male studies” students’ group for this reason, while women studies remains part of the official curriculum. But I can’t find the link now.)
EDIT: But I would still bet my money on men losing against Azathoth. And although it sucks to be on the losing side, I don’t think that men being the losing side is intrinsically worse than women being the losing side. The important thing is impact on the humanity as a whole, which yet needs to be determined experimentally.