Homelessness is a gendered issue, and it mostly impacts men

BlueOrange22 · 2018-08-13T15:34:08+00:00

In London, you will see that the vast majority of the homeless are white and male. Just walk around the city if you're ever there and see for yourself. I would stop and talk to them and they'd all say the same thing- the council, which assigns housing, tells them that because they are single white males, they are not considered "vulnerable" or "priority need. It's a purely disingenuous system, there's no reason not to give shelter to a homeless person who is white and male- there's no such thing as a homeless person who isn't vulnerable.

Imnotmrabut · 2018-08-13T14:39:39+00:00

Why aren't homeless charities doing more to address the fact that the majority of homeless people are men

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11787304/Homelessness-is-a-gendered-issue-and-it-mostly-impacts-men.html

McGauth925 · 2018-08-13T17:13:53+00:00

Saw a feminist comment a few days ago, something to the effect that homeless men embody the worst kind of masculinity. Of course, some idiot says something idiotic, and if it's a feminist who says it, some MRA guy is going to say ALL feminists think that. Probably not.

But, feminists, who sometimes claim to speak for men, don't really have much to say about the worst expectations that masculinity places on men. And, they really don't seem to think there's much good about men in the first place.

So, another problem that mostly men face - not much interest.

SludgeFactory20 · 2018-08-14T00:38:42+00:00

Generally speaking. If a woman is mildly attractive she will never be homeless because a man would take her in. If there's a homeless man that's mildly attractive there's no woman that would take him in.

It's has a lot to do with gender roles.

cardinal2007 · 2018-08-13T19:46:09+00:00

I don't know if homelessness groups try to highlight other homeless people to raise more money, or because they don't care about the homeless men.

I think the campaigns to try to get more support for same-sex marriage used lesbian couples because that is more likely to be positively received. I couldn't blame them much if they used societies bias to market their charity.

Title	Homelessness is a gendered issue, and it mostly impacts men
Author	Imnotmrabut
Upvotes	103
Comments	18
Date	August 13, 2018 2:38 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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Why aren't homeless charities doing more to address the fact that the majority of homeless people are men