New Student Organization at U of Chicago: "Men In Power". There are twelve female-oriented advocacy groups at the university, none for men; until now. Some see the one as misogynistic.

PierceHarlan · 2009-05-14T21:23:08+00:00

To suggest that men don't have unique interests because we are not disadvantaged in the workplace is absurd.

Consider: women outlive men worldwide by ten years; men have higher death rates for all 15 leading causes of death (except Alzheimer’s); men are approximately 50% of the workforce but account for 93% of job related deaths; young men between 20 and 24 have a seven times greater rate of suicide; overall, men commit suicide at rates three to four times greater than women; innocent males are far more likely than females to be victims of violent crime; during FY 2007, 158,935 names and addresses of suspected violators of the duty to register with the Selective Service System were provided to the Department of Justice for possible investigation and prosecution for their failure to register, carrying a penalty up to five years in prison -- and every one of the violators was male, because young women are exempt from even registering; government funds for breast cancer research outpace funding for prostate cancer research by nearly two to one even though prostate cancer and breast cancer have roughly the same caseload; death among young men due to testicular cancer in the 15-34 age group outpaces the number of deaths from breast cancer among women in the same age group; and victims of war -- both combatants and non-combatants -- are more likely to be male.

I could go on and on. I didn't even get to the anti-male bias in family law court or the female sentencing discount in criminal law court.

Still don't think there's a need to concentrate on men's issues as well as women's issues? That's called misandry.

AFGiant · 2009-05-14T14:06:36+00:00

It was only a matter of time...if the playing field is leveled, then both sides can have advancement groups without issue. I don't see what the problem is...

WebZen · 2009-05-14T13:50:29+00:00

Damn hypocrites.

Kuonji · 2009-05-14T07:06:28+00:00

Oh man. They're in trouble now! hyuk hyuk

tom2275 · 2009-05-14T16:32:52+00:00

I was in an male advocacy group in college, we called it a fraternity.

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