The concept of Male Disposability is the idea that men are disposable in our society. Many points can back that idea up, and it seems to hold a place in our society even today.

Point 1. Workplace Deaths https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/men-hard-at-work/

Men make up 92% of workplace deaths. That's not discrimination by itself. What makes something discrimination is not that it's happening, but why it's happening, and what's the reaction to it happening?

Well, let's see. Men make up most of the more dangerous jobs. Construction workers, logging, fisherman, coal miners, firemen, and food delivery drivers. (yes you heard me correctly)

Why is that? Well, it's because many of those are physically appealing jobs, and jobs that appeal to men. I am a man and I've personally never liked fishing, or logging, or coal mining, but I can tell you that many more men are into those things than women in my experience. Also, generally when it comes to carrying logs, and operating heavy machinery, men are better at it because they have more physical strength on average.

So, why is workplace deaths an issue showing discrimination? Publicity. In this case, I'll compare it to women's experiences in the workplace. We've all heard of the outrage over the gender pay gap. The 77 cents for a dollar phrase has been repeated over and over again.

We've all heard of how women are disrespected in the workplace when it comes to jobs like engineering and construction. We've heard it over and over again.

This isn't to say that those aren't problems. Everybody should be respected and given the chance to be useful. I'm not for discrimination against men or women.

But it feels like nobody ever talks about the workplace deaths. I just think it speaks a lot about discrimination when disrespect and getting paid less, (the gender pay gap has been disproven multiple times) are getting talked about so much more than death.

I don't know about you, but if my demographic was getting killed and nobody was talking about it, and the other demographic gets paid less because they do less work, I'd be pretty angry, and frankly, I am a bit irritated about it.

That's point 1.

Point 2. The Macho Expectation https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/the-%E2%80%98stoic%E2%80%99-stereotype-and-its-impact-on-men%E2%80%99s-men

I'd say it's common sense that men are expected to be stoic, to be strong, to be unrealistically emotionally mature. This quote is from the link above.

When Tom Harkin, Australia’s ‘bloke whisperer’, asks teenage boys what kinds of rules define masculinity, the words and phrases he hears over and over again include ‘fearless’, ‘strong’, ‘muscles’, ‘don’t cry’, ‘no emotions’.

‘We grow up so early on and it is all about being tough, being strong, being invulnerable,’ he told the ABC.

We all like to think that gender roles are a thing of the past. The fact of the matter is that while yes, they have much less of a role than they do now, they definitely still exist. Women and men are both expected to do this and be that. Or be this and do that.

Stereotypes of masculinity can be very harmful, especially to developing young boys. Nobody wants to grow up being told that they can't be emotional, or they're not supposed to cry, or they're supposed to be fearless.

Emotions are very important. Humans are social creatures and showing emotions is a major way that humans communicate and it also betters our mental health. When emotions are bottled up, our problems are bottled up, because you can't really show that you gave a problem without showing some emotion. Fear, anger, sadness, frustration. Tom also quotes this in the article,

"‘But the downside is that those men, in times of emotional difficulty, haven’t got the ability or even the words to think through their emotional problems.’"

That's a major reason that the male gender role can be incredibly harmful, and that's why men's mental health is a focal point in the men's rights movement. That's an incredible weight on men's shoulders and it's not good for their mental health.

That's point 2.

  1. Selective Service https://www.sss.gov/faq/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/23/fewer-than-a-third-of-countries-currently-have-a-military-draft-most-exclude-women/

Selective service, as you all know, is that all men ages 18-25, are required to sign up for selective service in the United States. Many other countries, 83 according to the second link, have conscription. Some for men only, some for women and men.

Male only selective service is a great example of male disposability. One could say that it's just protecting the country. That's true, it does protect the country, but the fact of the matter is that there's no qualms about flipping over, and risking the lives of millions of young men to do so.

If I made every woman sign a contract saying that they promised to have 4 kids between the ages of 18-25 in the cases of a major population drop by a disaster, disease, terrorist attacks, (etc) it would be a horrid thing, and it should be. It's using other people's bodies for other's benefits.

Selective service is doing just that. It's saying it's fine sacrificing young men's lives and their dreams to defend the country in a war. However, there's no law like that for women, showing it's ok to sacrifice their lives and worlds for the country's best interests. I don't think there should. I think selective service should either be made open to all sexes, or eradicated entirely. I'd prefer the latter.