tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816989.post114736423520090478..comments2023-11-05T01:39:15.441-07:00Comments on excuse the mess...that was just my head: um, what?shayerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197131864540346728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816989.post-1148277638756693212006-05-21T23:00:00.000-07:002006-05-21T23:00:00.000-07:00Few would find it so petty if women were denied st...Few would find it so petty if women were denied stereotypically "male"<BR/>handouts, such as baseballs or baseball cards, when women asked for them<BR/>(even on Fathers' Day). Even "petty" discrimination against men feeds into<BR/>the larger problem of gender stereotypes, misandry and anti-male sexism.<BR/><BR/>The fact that men are conditioned to accept it is partly why it continues in<BR/>larger areas involving human rights, such as: fathers denied equal parenting<BR/>rights; men getting higher sentences for the same crime; incarcerated<BR/>fathers denied equal visitation rights with their kids; male victims of<BR/>domeestic violence and their children denied equal services; men exempted<BR/>from the international ban on forced labor; men denied equal pricing or<BR/>services at hotels, car washes, restaurants; etc. Therefore, I support any<BR/>man who complains when he is discriminated against as a man, no matter how<BR/>large or small it may seem, and no matter what his subjective motives may<BR/>be.<BR/><BR/>Most media ignore men's complaints about the larger forms of discrimination,<BR/>but jump all over the smaller forms such as this one, giving it national<BR/>coverage. That's because most media is sensationalistic, reactionary, lazy,<BR/>ignorant and biased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com