I apologize for assuming you meant something semi-reasonable by what you wrote, I will refrain from making that assumption in the future.
Okay, let’s go into “talking to a 5yo mode”. We have these facts: a) the vast majority of people use “gender inequality” to refer to the fact that women are disadvantaged. b) terms like this are defined by common usage. c) since common usage means “women are disadvantaged”, the reasonable think to do is that when a random person utters the phrase, they refer to that. Whether women are in fact disadvantaged doesn’t matter. What matters is what information I was trying to convey. I used a common phrase. It’s not rocket science.
And why would this be obviously desirable?
I didn’t say it would be. I said it would mean feminists would have to admit Trump did well by women.
So “women are more equal than men” it is.
I have not done an extensive analysis to see in which fields men are disadvantaged and in which fields women are, then weighted them by importance to determine what’s the fact here. I assume that neither have you. So to be overly aggressive with people who believe in the common knowledge that women are disadvantaged (again, even if that isn’t so), is not productive. It’s pedantic, juvenile. It doesn’t achieve anything. If you just want to shout “MEN ARE OPPRESSED!!!”, fine. Don’t be surprised when no-one takes you seriously.
Okay, let’s go into “talking to a 5yo mode”. We have these facts: a) the vast majority of people use “gender inequality” to refer to the fact that women are disadvantaged. b) terms like this are defined by common usage. c) since common usage means “women are disadvantaged”, the reasonable think to do is that when a random person utters the phrase, they refer to that. Whether women are in fact disadvantaged doesn’t matter. What matters is what information I was trying to convey. I used a common phrase. It’s not rocket science.