You've probably heard the dismissive claim: "Misandry irritates, Misogyny Kills." Or that "there's no systemic discrimination against men." But is that really true? Even some feminists have started questioning that narrative, Cassie Jaye, creator of The Red Pill Documentary, shared her journey in a powerful TEDx Talk about why she no longer considers herself a feminist.

Pointing out that women have certain privileges does not deny that negative stuff happens to women. Being privileged does not mean that women receive everything in life for free or that they don't work hard or suffer. In many cases, the very society that upholds female privilege and gynocentrism also inflicts significant harm on girls and women.

How feminism has harmed both men and women: - A list of feminism misandry for anyone who thinks that feminism fights for men’s rights, for anyone who thinks that feminism was only a sexist movement starting from the third wave, and for anyone who accuses the MRM of being a sexist movement, while still defending feminism.

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In this post, I have tried to provide as much data as I could gather regarding the discrimination against men. It leads to the inference that, discrimination against men isn't a sword to nullify legitimate women's issues. I seek to highlight the true state of men's suffering and, at the same time, provide arguments for the dismissal of many bogus claims by feminists and misandrists.

Misandry is real, and it's institutional just like misogyny. Here is the reality.

Law & Criminal Justice

Men receive 63% longer sentences than women for the same crimes (Sonja Starr study) - a larger gap than racial disparities. Men are more likely to be stopped, arrested, and killed by police (source, Statista). Men make up 90% of prisoners, 98% of death row, and 98.8% of executions. Killing a woman results in harsher punishment than killing a man (study). Society's empathy is tilted: the "women are wonderful" effect persists, even when women break gender norms (source).

Mental Health

Men commit suicide at far higher rates globally, despite seeking help (91% had tried). Even using the same methods, men still die more often (source). Suicide prevention and therapy are tailored for women who drop out early and see less benefit (study). If men are dying more, and support systems don't serve them, that's systemic failure.

Physical Health

Men die younger, from more causes: cancer, heart attacks, suicide, workplace deaths, war, child abuse, drowning, COVID-19, and more. Despite this, women's health receives 4x of the funding.

Hate Crimes

Gay men face more hate crimes than lesbian women. In 27 countries, male homosexuality is illegal, but the femalee isn't.

Work & Economics

The "wage gap" is mostly due to life choices. Men take riskier, higher-paying, longer-hour jobs.

Men are 10x more likely to die at work.

Boys dominate child labor globally - and are in more hazardous roles.

Men provide more but spend less: women control most consumer spending.

Offices prioritize female needs (maternity leave, breastfeeding rooms), yet men work more and suffer more.

Military

60 countries draft men, but only 9 draft women.

Men serve longer and are often targeted in war zones.

Retirement

Many nations still let women retire earlier than men.

Housing & Homelessness

Men are more likely to be homeless, but shelters overwhelmingly serve women.

Landlords prefer female tenants.

Society is less responsive to male suffering (study).

Education & Parenting

Boys are punished more in school and more likely to be physically abused by caregivers.

Rape & Domestic Violence

Men are raped at similar rates, but legal and social recognition is rare, due to the definition of 'rape.'

Most domestic violence shelters serve only women.

Men pay more in taxes, which fund services they're excluded from. Earl Silverman tried to build a shelter for male victims-he died by suicide after being ignored.

Life Satisfaction

Women consistently report higher life satisfaction. In a study published in 2019, researchers looked at gender discrimination in 134 countries and claimed that in 91 (68%) of those countries, men were more disadvantaged than women. Men are actually the ones that more disadvantaged in the western U.S. (see source).

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CLOSING THOUGHT

When you account for both male and female disadvantages, it pretty much evens out it's not clear that women are overall more disadvantaged or more in of liberation. There are pros and cons on both sides of the coin.

In developing countries, women encounter far more inequality than men, while in developed countries, men encounter marginally more inequality than women. And upon this basis, men or women don't have it universally or globally harder.

If this imaginary patriarchy said by feminists truly is real and rigged to benefit men, why are men overrepresented in prisons, suicides, work deaths, homelessness, war drafts, and ignored as victims? Privilege is invisible to those who have it until it's gone. It's time we stop silencing men's suffering and start talking about it. Let's bring men's experiences to the table. It's time to stop ignoring the evidence.

These are just a few examples. For more, check out Not All Is Great in the World of Men: A Reference Book of Men's Issues. and a critical look at feminism, written by Redditor u/dakru