Just want to clarify first off, I’m a man myself.

Many times in this subreddit, I’ve seen men bring up statistics on gender imbalances that could be interpreted as being in favor of women, such as;

1. Women receiving higher level education on a more frequent basis

2. Women not dealing with as much unemployment

3. Men taking on more highly physical and dangerous jobs and therefore being more at risk for workplace injuries

Those statistics are certainly true, but I notice men often don’t go into the context of it…

Did you consider women go into higher level education on a more frequent basis because they don’t have nearly as many opportunities as men do to earn a good living without school?

Did you consider women don’t deal with unemployment as much because they are often pushed to go into jobs such as teaching and nursing, which are much more stable, and they aren’t as welcomed or encouraged to go into engineering or computer science jobs that are dominated by men?

Did you consider women are often looked down upon, treated poorly or even outright rejected by men when they try to go into the trades, construction or more physically intensive jobs?

I also find it interesting that these men have no problem going into the context for things like the gender pay gap. If you bring that up, they will immediately point out that this is because men are more likely to pursue higher paying jobs. But why are you then choosing to only look at things like education, unemployment, and workplace injuries at a surface level? Isn’t it important to look at the context of that?

Sometimes I wish feminists and women might be open to talking about men’s issues. I’ve posted about that before. But I totally understand why they might be turned off by it when men don’t discuss women’s issues, and when they see men blaming them or pointing fingers at them unfairly.