[Akashic_Librarian]

This is mostly for British and American men:

We, as a society, have slowly and methodically poisoned our young womens minds into believing Men are the root of all Evil, and our young Mens mind into believing they are wrong for being masculine. A (sadly) common thing to happen, more in the US of A than in Britain, but it still does occur over here, is that when a man holds a door for woman, rather than a polite "Thank you" and the reply "Your welcome" a good natured smile and a brighter day, you get "I don't need a man holding the door for me", "Chauvunist(sp?) Pig" etc...etc...

Further more, and far more seriously, Men are constantly dehumanised in family courts, Feminist ideals have meant that men are seen as incompetent parents, and at worst an optional thing to have in a family, Single Mothers, once the image of unfortunate circumstances, accidents, or just downright unwholesome people, are now seen as pioneers, casting of the shackles of the opressive man, forging a new path for the little child who will no doubt grow up with some kind of social dysfunction, sexually confused, or a man hater. (Not my opinion, actual figures show that Children are more likely to be sexually confused, disruptive or have defective Schema when it comes to men and women).

Why is this? Why are men being so opressed. Is it because feminists (and lets admit it boys, most women) think we are inferior? Or is it just the social conditioning we have all undergone - and as a matter of interest, I have yet to see an Episode of Two and Half Men, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens, Fraiser, Lab Rats, The IT crowd, Peep Show, Family Guy, The Simpsons etc...etc... where the man was not stupid, evil, incompetent, crass, rude, lazy, boring, drole, or [insert favourite insult].

Secondly our education system is heavily geared towards women. It is psychologically and scientifically proven men and women have different wiring in their heads, we think differently and learn differently, Men respond better to male teachers, and women respond better to female teachers, yet schools are going out of their way to make sure MORE women are being hired. That despite a deluge of evidence, the Governments of our respective countries refuse to change the teaching methods to provide equal balance to boys and girls, and leave it favouring Girls, which can no longer be ignored because the academic achievment gap is growing steadily, and alarmingly, vast between men and women - women scoring higher.

I don't feel comfortable being a man anymore, I don't feel comfortable expressing male emotions such as strength, courage, anger and instead have to wonder, might my sexual jokes offend the women around me?

Further more, I have to make sure I don't seem TOO dominant, because that might, again, upset the women around me.

TV tells me and the 6 billion others on the planet, that - as a male - I am not allowed to make decisions without a womans consent, I am not intelligent enough to look after children, and I am far too insensetive to ever understand the complex emotions of a woman.

However and I am excluded from deciding if a baby I have, in part concieved, should be aborted or not. However, should the baby be born, without my consent, should I not wish to stay with the mother I have to pay dutifully through the nose to pay for said baby, while the mother can live comfortably on my earings. But wait...theres more folks....

My government, the Feminist loving cowards that they are, are quite happy to give every single mother a free home, and constant benefits until the mother is ready to go back to work. Should a man have the child on his own, its tough. Should a man want time off from work to raise his newborn, then he's being unreasonable and is not allowed.

But the most beautiful thing is whenever this argument is raised, all I am seen to be is a stupid man who doesn't know that women have equal rights now, and do you know what? It makes me sick to live in a world where I have to cower in fear everytime a women deems me a sexist, where I can't hold doors open, or offer to do heavy lifting, because its not fair, and the most horrifying thing is, as far as society is concerned my role in parenthood is negligible if not obselete.

Now I know most people on this forum are smart enough to recognize men and womens differences and celebrate it - but I am not talking about the smart ones here, I am talking about the millions of sheep out There, what can we do, as both men and women, to stop the stereotyping of men and perhaps see our way back to true equality - the real goal of early feminism, before it became the Female Supremacy farce it is today.