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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

A UK Member of Parliament recently suggested that there should be a Government minister for men which would presumably do similar things to the existsing minister for Women.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/reactions-pour-in-as-mp-renews-calls-for-official-minister-for-men-356501/

This has thrown up a series of heated discussions on social media about whether this is part of the 'backlash' against feminsm, or whether there is a legitimate need for wider support of men's issues.

As a man who believes that there are legitimate issues disproportionately affecting men which should be addressed, what I really want help in understanding is the opinion that men don't need any targetted support.

I don't want to start a big argument, but I do want to understand this perspective, because I have struggled to understand it before and I don't like feeling like I'm missing something.

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I have never heard of a feminist…

…pushing for more equality/fairness in custody-cases
…being against showing men in a stereotypical bad light in ads.
…being against alimony payments or fairer judge decisions
…being against prison-rape jokes
…speaking up for falsely accused men (Till Lindemann, Jonny Depp and so on)
…being against dangerous work emvironnments or bad work conditions or bad jobs in general
…pushing for more mental health support for men
…being against men-only military draft.

Literally every feminist advocates for all of these.

this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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