I'm venting but... can you imagine what it would feel like to be taken seriously?

It just hit me. I don't actually know what it's like to be taken seriously about issues that face men outside of the confines of reddit.

Then I got to thinking... what would that even feel like. To go outside and see billboards saying "we celebrate men and their accomplishments". To know there are thousands of offices around the globe who have been instituted with the purpose of bringing equality to your sex. To have just about every modern TV series have an episode or arc that teaches viewers that your sex does not limit you to a certain role. To make headlines every time a man pushes across a new barrier only women have breached before. To know that if you approached a random person on the street and asked them if they thought your fight was worth fighting for that they would back you. To know that your beliefs and views on equality are widely held among other men and anyone who disagrees is close-minded and bigoted. To know that you're making progress. What would that feel like?

Hell, I can't even imagine what it would be like to post this anywhere else and not have it be downvoted into oblivion. The concept of having an entire social network's worth of people to back me up feels so incredibly foreign.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying women don't deserve this. Or that women's issues are "solved" - there's obviously a lot that needs to be done for women. I just can't help but feel down sometimes that wanting a better future for men is somehow controversial to so many people.