This is a long one, so brace yourself for this essay.

My dad has been a duck hunter most of his life. When I was a kid, I was interested as to why he tried his best to shoot Drakes (males) and not Hens (females). He explained to me that it takes a lot of work for the hens to raise their ducklings and carry their eggs to term. Therefore, males were less of a hinderance to population growth. Also, males can breed with many females.

As I grew older, I noticed this pattern in the world of biology and other forms of hunting as well.

In deer hunting, it is more commonplace to shoot the males to help control the population. In the world of insects, males are sometimes eaten after coitus or are sacrificed for certain purposes.

In our world, we (the human race) have seen the horrors of the world wars and thanks to our social media and news platforms, have seen the horrors that go on in our own country (racism, sexism in the form of misandry and misogyny as well as various injustices). What bothers me is how we are numbed or ignorant of the human cost, especially when many males are being affected.

I’m not implying that women don’t deserve attention for their problems, it’s just kinda sad how males are ignored when talking about human costs that affect males more.

We try to forget/ ignore how young men were sent to the battlefields of the First World War by the thousands, never to return. In addition to the First World War, how the Second World War saw allied soldiers in the invasion of Normandy basically be viewed as assets, not necessarily people. Not to mention the Holocaust (that did kill many women as well, not ignoring that fact) that ended so many lives. I will admit it’s a good thing we do our best to not forget the Holocaust and how atrocious it was, just wanted to include it to show I’m not ignoring the obvious.

Also, the draft (at least in the U.S) being mandatory for all males and how during the World Wars and Vietnam the draft actively sent men to war, weather they wanted to go or not. I have seen many times on this sub where after an attack or tragedy, how it is stated how many women and children died while men aren’t even mentioned.

What’s also terrifying is how female pedophiles are swept under the rug and many people refuse to admit that there are female pedophiles. It seems like every month, at least one female teacher gets caught having sex with a minor (not saying that all female teachers should be treated like pedophiles).

It’s even better how we see sexually active females as being empowered, but very sexually active guys are fuckboys or sex addicts. Even when it comes to sexually inactive individuals, females are being seen as being empowered for not letting their standards down and just sleeping with anyone. Guys are viewed as virgin losers.

The point I’m trying to make with all this rambling is how it seems like our world reflects the simpler and natural world many animals live in, despite all our innovations. We try to save and care for the females while males are seen as somewhat expendable.

I find it funny that people are amazed at the suicide rate and depression statistics for men, when males are treated as expendable, that’s kinda bound to happen, which is really unfortunate.