What sexism towards men have you noticed in real life?

AntiAbleism · 2017-05-14T11:15:38+00:00

Autistic men are targeted and seen as "creepy"

nofullstopperiod · 2017-05-14T07:48:14+00:00

Many news reports will read the number of people killed and then highlight women and children as more tragic than male death.

mwobuddy · 2017-05-14T08:56:28+00:00

I get looked at funny and scoffed at when I mention I am a stay at home dad.

iainmf · 2017-05-14T11:10:11+00:00

One of the problems with asking men about everyday sexism is we just tend to brush it off and not think about it. It's only because I have had a chance to reflect on this that I can list several things.

I was sexually assaulted at school in full view of the teacher and the reaction was to tell the girl to stop doing it and that was all.
I called the police after I was assaulted and they essentially told me to man up.
I've been expected to do the 'man jobs' at work. More dangerous jobs like climbing ladders to change light bulbs and being expected to be security.
I've been called a paedophile when I have been out taking photos.
My opinion has been dismissed because I am a man.
There are precious few health services tailored to my needs

Imnotmrabut · 2017-05-14T09:43:32+00:00

In UK Public administration there are whole levels of Hidden Sexism against men. Due to the use of IT Systems in decision-making, many are programmed to make weighted decisions in light of case law. Much of this case law is 30 years old and derived from "The Equal Opportunities Act" and "The Sex Discrimination Act". MOst f th systems are so bad they don't recognise male as a sex - they are programmed for "female" or "not female" - men are rendered genderless and decisions based upon gender to not look at men, male needs and data on compliance with gender and equality obligations only addresses the idea that women are oppressed.

As long as incompetent middle managers can produce a set of results that they believe shows they are not being sexist ..... the longer it will run on.

I'm aware of Hospitals in the NHS which are still using software from the 1990's which causes gross institutional bias - and which can't be reprogrammed to remove it. To deal with this legally will cost Millions so, for now, It's quicker and cheaper for me to actually emigrate.

Anyone got some nice spots picked out where gender stupidity is at a minimum.

2017-05-14T12:21:57+00:00

As an American, I was circumcised against my will at birth (extremely fortunately it was not a "full" circumcision how the jewish people seemingly tend to do it and I retained the useful mucosa) and it makes me shiver knowing the COMMON thing to do is to cut a male's penis to the point of where they can't even move the skin around. Not sure how most men who are aware of this don't just like.. go completely insane.

While being circumcised without permission is bad enough, there is a horrific difference in a "new jewish type" circumcision vs a looser one which is similar to a natural shorter foreskin. The first type is extremely fucked up but justified because people just do not care about men to the point of thinking it's fine to do this to their child.

A personal thing that kind of started my mentality was when I was very young (16) and working at a restaurant cooking the female waitresses would literally make 200-500$ a day while the males would make no more than 100, ever. Also.. observe sex work. I have done similar things and made alot of money but would have made more as a woman, period.

zulu127 · 2017-05-14T12:23:40+00:00

I was told I couldn't be raped because I was a man.

I didn't get a job because they were preferentially hiring women.

Was told to "be a man" by a couples counsellor. (I asked her what she meant by that...to hit my partner?, have an affair? or treat my ex like shit?...I was pissed.)

Went to a talk about sexism where the speaker said that sexist/body shaming jokes were unacceptable. Shortly thereafter, during Q and A, someone stood up and made a small penis joke to preface her question and many people laughed, including the speaker!

Had a store owner state to a customer and her chld in front of me and my two children that "That's what daddies do." When the child talked about getting yelled at. (I put down our potential purchases, told her that was a terrible thing to say and that I would never come back into her store.)

Was at a small drugstore so my partner could get some medication and was perusing the health pamphlets and noticed that they were all directed towards women. Even dietary ones had only women's pictures on them. I mentioned this to my partner and she conveyed that to the pharmacist who responded with, "Who cares about men?"

Organized having the Red Pill to be shown only to have the venue cancel days before because of "anti-MRA" groups. These same groups have disrupted several other events that I helped to organize.

Was told that circumcision should be dealt with only after all FGM was eradicated.

I think I'll stop there, my post is getting too long.

Bobbystopfreestyling · 2017-05-14T12:48:18+00:00

"Women and children first!"

Every lifeboat commander.

2017-05-14T14:14:34+00:00

The entire educational establishment

Andpeggy123 · 2017-05-14T07:48:42+00:00

Maybe I should have said in YOUR life

OhNoNotSam · 2017-05-14T13:34:02+00:00

More of a social thing but I've seen it considered weak to cry as a male. We are human. We have emotions.

Mgtowuk · 2017-05-14T09:35:49+00:00

I was told by a female lezza cop that even though I was being attacked at work by a group of dykes, the important issue to then entire incident was that a Oman was punched in the face!

I went fucking mental!

2017-05-14T16:04:40+00:00

I can't think of a single instance that I have been inconvenienced by misandry.

But, I also recognize that I am swimming in privilege as an upper middle class white man that is relatively attractive.

Take away any one of these and I'd be singing a different tune.

Title	What sexism towards men have you noticed in real life?
Author	Andpeggy123
Upvotes	11
Comments	31
Date	May 14, 2017 7:37 AM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/6b2shb/what_sexism_towards_men_have_you_noticed_in_real/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/what-sexism-towards-men-have-you-noticed-in-real.922727 https://theredarchive.com/post/922727

Comments