What is the most pressing issue men face? Or, if you had the power to change one thing tomorrow, what would it be?

netweavr · 2012-03-13T18:13:31+00:00

Family Courts

JockeVXO · 2012-03-13T21:28:34+00:00

Legal equality.

This would entail equal rights for men, equal responsibilities for women, and equal protection and punishment under the law.

NiceGuysSTFU · 2012-03-13T18:44:06+00:00

I'd say you'll get a diversity of feedback, as everyone seemingly rallies behind their one main cause under the MR umbrella. I tend to be most interesting in forced masculinity.

rightsbot · 2012-03-13T18:12:26+00:00

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CandidIgloo · 2012-03-13T19:58:13+00:00

I think the most pressing issue we face is that the world doesn't give a shit about our problems or pretends they don't exist. If we changed that, everything else would follow suit.

ullere · 2012-03-13T18:21:31+00:00

I'd ban neonatal circumcision, that'd probably have the largest single impact of how men and mens sexuality is viewed by society, also it would completely solve one issue, rather than just improve a situation.

typhonblue · 2012-03-13T20:16:13+00:00

Compassion for men.

C0CKPUNCHER · 2012-03-13T18:37:14+00:00

I don't believe in social improvement. The government should do nothing beyond nuts and bolts policing. That's to say most of the problems we discuss are things that were created as solutions by someone else. The richer people are, the happier - that's to say wealth cushions unhappiness, without wealth people cushion their unhappiness with destructive behavior. No money program, or politics has ever made a difference beyond it's fans fantasies, the only thing that has made a difference to peoples quality of life have been scientific progress. The washing machine, the refrigerator etc.

Feel good politics have achieved nothing, it is an inefficient painkiller with misunderstood side-effects.

Shattershift · 2012-03-13T23:57:48+00:00

I think if I'd only get to target one issue, it'd be the sentencing disparity between men and women by the law. It strikes me as one of the largest components to western misandry, which is important because it tends to be a very piecemeal kind of problem. The sentencing disparity seems like one of the biggest and most important chunks of a composite issue.

EricTheHalibut · 2012-03-14T03:33:01+00:00

I'd enact the ERA (well, I'm not in the USA, but I'd introduce an equivalent amendment).

AnnArchist · 2012-03-14T01:58:24+00:00

Mandated 50/50 custody as the default with no child support for either side.

Can't have equality if one group plays the victim and claims to be less equal.

targor · 2012-03-14T03:50:10+00:00

Disposability. It would be nice to be seen as something more than a tool to be used and thrown away.

DruchiiConversion · 2012-03-14T06:16:53+00:00

I would make a single, extremely well-thought-of celebrity take up our banner. In my country, that would be someone like Stephen Fry, not so sure about other countries. This would have an enormous effect towards legitimizing the movement, and once the movement is legitimate, politicians will help solve lots of problems with us.

2012-03-13T20:57:59+00:00

If we're talking about specific issues an not just how people don't care about men as much as they do women, I think it would be men's lack of birth control options and rights once a child is conceived.

NickRausch · 2012-03-13T23:19:02+00:00

So much I would like addressed. I think I would end infant genital mutilation. It seems the most widespread and one of the most barbaric things.

stormcloud84 · 2012-03-14T00:02:02+00:00

i feel bad for men all the time.

i lie awake at night wondering how hard it is to have 23 cents more per dollar than me.

also this fixation on male circumcision is weird and comparing it to female circumcision is absurd. because female circumcision actually hurts a female during sex and is meant to keep her virginity by making the very act of sex painful.

i do, though, understand that men who are good caregivers should have rights to their children. whether that be full, partial or joint custody.

JeremiahGuy · 2012-03-14T13:29:22+00:00

If I had a genie in a bottle I'd wish all Leftists and other idiots and evil people would fall off a cliff. In this way not only would I eliminate the majority of men's rights issues in a moment, but I'd set the course of human history on a much brighter path than we're on now.

Title	What is the most pressing issue men face? Or, if you had the power to change one thing tomorrow, what would it be?
Author	TuckerTheCat
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Date	March 13, 2012 6:10 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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