The belief that men aren’t systematically oppressed, is ironically, a form of oppression

hendrixski · 2024-01-31T12:29:07+00:00

mens issues are not that significant because in false accusations, rape, child fraud are things that “never” happen to men

Men are systematically oppressed. My goto example is: gender discrimination in the military draft. False accusations are one men's rights issue but I don't think they're a good one to start a conversation with. Conscription is a much more straightforward issue to start a dialog about.

The military is, was, and probably always will be, a tool for wealthy families and big businesses, to profit off of the sacrifices of men and boys. These men and women specifically target men and boys for exploitation because of gender.

Wealthy men and women are living the high life by exploiting men through war. They're saying men's service won't pay well at all - at least not in dollars - but it will instead reward them with valeur and glory. That's the same bullshit as telling an artist that you'll pay them in experience. That's exploitation.

You can't pay rent with experience nor with glory.

At least artists don't lose an arm nor their lives in order to be paid in nonsense instead of money. Only in one documented case did an artist lose an ear. But we - all of us in society, women included - tell men and boys to line up for this life-threatening exploitation that will make them lose arms, legs, and sanity. And if men DON'T agree to be exploited then we shame them... women especially.

Because of gender-discriminatory conscription we can safely say that "men have been exploited for thousands of years". And it's difficult to deny.

hottake_toothache · 2024-01-31T15:29:42+00:00

Society's denial of male disposability is an example of it, not a refutation of it.

Title	The belief that men aren’t systematically oppressed, is ironically, a form of oppression
Author	Important-Back-9545
Upvotes	79
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Date	January 30, 2024 11:04 PM UTC (2 years ago)
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