[Balto_Boy]

These are all signs of oppression. These same indicators are found in all oppressed minorities. These are signs of oppression of the male minority by the female majority.

I agree that men are oppressed, but not necessarily by women. Ultimately, it's mostly men who pass the laws that oppress men, it's mostly men in the judicial system that refuse to give men fair treatment in divorce and protection from abuse, and it's mostly men who laugh at other men who are the victims of abuse.

[Savage Beast]

What you have said is true.

I strongly believe in equality and equal opportunity, but I think that things have been generally equal, i.e. balanced, in the Western Democracies for a some time. E.g., men had advantages in property rights, but women had no obligation for military service--et al.

I have a son and a daughter--and many beloved friends of both sexes--and a sense of fair play--and I have no patience with gender discrimination.