Many feminist advocates keep pushing the idea that men are supposed to actively support the feminist cause and act as "allies" in their struggle. On a pragmatic level, that's very understandable. After all, men make up 50% of the population and meaningful change becomes easier the more people hop on your boat.

However, the problem that becomes apparent here is that feminist advocates have made it abundantly clear that they have no interest in "returning the favor" and help solve male-specific issues. In many cases, they refuse to even recognize that male-specific issues exist.

Research shows: People are more accepting of men struggling because they are more likely to believe that men struggle due to low effort compared to women

A recent study from the Journal of the European Economic Association shows:
Men are falling behind, but people tend to not care and view it as men's personal failure.

The paper's core findings are:

1. People are less supportive when men are behind

Across multiple experiments, respondents were generally less willing to redistribute resources to disadvantaged men than to disadvantaged women.

2. Men who fall behind are more often blamed for their situation

Participants were significantly more likely to believe that struggling men:

  • had not worked hard enough,
  • or were personally responsible for their outcomes.

These are patterns that ultimately led to reduced support for struggling men compared to women.

Furthermore, the study's findings may explain why there's such a discrepancy in public awareness for gender-specific issues:

→ People, including self-proclaimed feminists, are less eager to help struggling men or even recognize male-specific issues. Instead, they tend to view male struggle as a personal failure that deserves no external support system.

Feminism views awareness for male-specific issues as a threat

Another reason why a lot of feminist advocates have no interest in men's issues is because they view them as a threat to their own movement. Feminism has put women in a role of chronic victimhood. Conversation about male-specific problems would sabotage the feminist idea that women are victims in just about any facet of society.

This is why, whenever someone brings up issues that men are dealing with on societal level, it's met with either:

1. Dismissal: People refuse to even recognize that male-specific issues exist and in many cases shift the focus back to women.

2. Refusal: Even when people actually do recognize male-specific struggles, it's met with comments like: "Well, no one's stopping men from organizing themselves and solving their problems."

(Examples of this phenomenon are abundant on this subreddit.)

Ultimately, it all leads to one simple question: Why should men act as allies to a movement that's caught in a narcissistic loop of victimhood and refusal to care about anyone but themselves?