What male-focused policies would you like to see the Dems include in the platform next election?

Independent-Basis722 · 2024-12-03T13:11:49+00:00

Policies that address the education gap in schools and colleges.

Gingerchaun · 2024-12-03T13:22:41+00:00

Funding for male shelters.

NonbinaryYolo · 2024-12-03T13:11:12+00:00

I'd like the see the gender gap in sociology/psychology/social work/education/administration addressed. I was also thinking about a subsidy to encourage male caretakers.

ZealousidealCrazy393 · 2024-12-03T16:17:03+00:00

* Body autonomy: If males don't even have very basic body autonomy, then it's difficult to imagine the government cares about any other male issues. Genital mutilation and the draft need to go.

* Address the education gap: The system is outright failing boys. This requires us to recognize that there are fundamental differences between the needs of boys and girls, and boys are treated by school systems with neglect at best and hostility at worst.

* Mental health: Recognize men's mental health crisis and admit that it's been partly driven by reorganizing society around the idea that masculinity is dangerous/outdated and needs to change if men want to be included in the world of tomorrow, at the same time it's remained strict and inflexible when women have something to gain from it. Policy changes are needed to accommodate male identity rather than force it to adapt for women's benefit.

* Employment: Somebody already mentioned a jobs program, and I agree wholeheartedly. Generally speaking, I think men benefit from having work they can do that has an impact and allows them to earn a solid living. All people need that of course, but I think that this would benefit men a lot.

EL_overthetransom · 2024-12-03T15:19:13+00:00

Draft equality, but that will never happen.

Greedy-Affect-561 · 2024-12-03T14:53:38+00:00

A federal jobs program to harden infrastructure for the coming climate collapse. Gives people something to work for and on and they will never forget. Just like FDR.

WeEatBabies · 2024-12-03T15:23:19+00:00

Financial abortion!

rottenwormfangs · 2024-12-03T15:59:50+00:00

Just being pro-union would do wonders

outcastedOpal · 2024-12-03T19:04:01+00:00

Other than funding for male abuse shelters or something that addresses bias in the judicial system. Really all the policies that help men, atleast the ones I know about or want, are mostly about helping workers or the lower class. It just so happens that men are impacted more by this. Medical funding, psychiatric funding, addressing poverty. All this impacts men's issues a lot more then it does for women, it seems.

I don't want men to become a protected class, that doesn't help.

SpicyMarshmellow · 2024-12-03T15:40:34+00:00

A federal investigation into gender discrimination in public schools, focused on differences in discipline, grading, and medication between boys & girls, especially in elementary school.

Make it illegal for the names of victims, accusers, or accused in a criminal trial to be disclosed to the public before the conclusion of the trial. This isn't just a male issue but would benefit society as a whole in a variety of ways, imo. But men would especially benefit, as it would do something to mitigate the threat of accusation that abusive women can use against innocent men. "Where there's smoke, there's fire" is just too strong an instinct in humanity. If a trial takes a year, then I think it would mitigate that instinct if the first the public learns of someone facing charges is when they've been cleared of them, vs the build-up of association with possible guilt taking place over such a long time. Perhaps it should even be illegal to publicly report identities of anyone associated with criminal trials unless the accused is found guilty.

Conversely, build a register of false accusers - only those found with absolute certainty to have been substantially lying - same as the register for sex offenders. There needs to be a consequence. Currently, it's just free, abusable social power for women.

Eliminate gender discriminatory policy in police responses to domestic disturbance calls.

Address the way custody decisions are handled. I won't advocate for 50/50, as I don't think that's best for the kids most of the time. It would be better than we have now, but still bad as that kid just gets to grow up constantly relocating, not getting to have a real home. I have not heard good things from people who grew up with such an arrangement. Currently, custody is based on maintaining "specific tradition", meaning whoever was the most directly involved with child care activities gets to maintain the position where they continue doing that. This favors women, because most women yet today still pressure their men to be the primary breadwinners, even if they boths work, naturally relegating fathers as second place in childcare. Replace that with objective assessment of fitness to be a parent, determining who demonstrates a history of responsible decision making, emotional maturity, access to appropriate resources and social supports, and competency at managing the household. Give primary custody to the most fit parent who will provide kids with the best household environment and parental example.

Another update to the definition of rape that makes it more obviously gender-neutral, and in the official list of examples for application of the definition, include an example of an adult woman raping an adult man.

These are all considered right-wing agendas, though, so none of this is going to happen. The party would collapse overnight from protest and in-fighting if a general candidate included any of these in their platform. NOW would organize marches.

Langland88 · 2024-12-03T16:10:01+00:00

Addressing the performance gap between male and female students in general. The problem is that seen as a zero sum game. If you even mention anything men are struggling with, Feminists insist we're taking focus away from Women and their problem.

_WutzInAName_ · 2024-12-03T19:41:34+00:00

Policies aimed at narrowing the large and growing life expectancy gap between men and women, equality in the justice system (especially with regard to reproductive rights—no unwanted parental responsibilities forced on either gender), and equality in education/training programs.

NicklovesHer · 2024-12-03T13:38:39+00:00

What platform?

Specific-Ad-8430 · 2024-12-03T16:02:22+00:00

Policies? None really that I truly think will change the outcome of things.

What there needs to be is a paradigm shift on the left as a whole, not just the dem's policies. Demonizing the modern day man for the errors and atrocities committed 200+ years ago just doesn't work anymore.

country2poplarbeef · 2024-12-03T20:48:29+00:00

Paper abortion as part of the pro-choice platform. Never gonna happen given that even discussing the idea will often get you banned from most forums, but that's generally my sticking point.

Specifically, I think either parent should be able to sign away their rights (without the consent of the other parent) as long as it's done during the same time period that an abortion is viable.

FatReverend · 2024-12-03T15:15:42+00:00

I don't even think there's going to be a next election much less any focus on mail issues. We are getting a multiple felon YOLO president that the supreme court has basically made King. Purposefully or even just by accident, this buffoon is going to put us into world war III as well as civil war. Whatever comes out of all of that, if anything survives, will be an entirely new and very different post-apocalyptic reboot of the human race.

Legitimate_Issue_765 · 2024-12-05T03:47:49+00:00

I think realistically speaking, they need to step away from identity politics, regardless of who it's in support of. When people are financially struggling as much as they're going to be, they don't have the mental bandwidth to worry about social issues.

And TBH, I'm not sure what of the issues I have are in the purview of the government to address. Mental health is one I suppose, but that's something I believe is a universal educational issue, not one specific to men. Sure, there's almost certainly a lot more research on therapeutic methodologies specific to men that should happen, but I'm not sure if that's something the government can actually address.

maomaochair · 2024-12-03T07:00:22+00:00

Then Dems wont be Dems

Title	What male-focused policies would you like to see the Dems include in the platform next election?
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Date	December 2, 2024 9:16 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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