| fireburn95 said: Ironically, my city's MP literally laughs at a genuine proposal to have one day where men's issues are discussed, similar to how the same (sub?) parliament discussed how to tackle womens issues (and rightly so) on international womens day. Another MP proposed we too have a day therefore to discuss men's issues on international males day (yeah it exists) Some examples are that in the UK, less males are going to university, and males seem to be doing worse off in education vs many years ago. Also suicide rates amongst men are at an all time high. However, Jess Phillips, my MP btw, does a little fake arrogant laugh at the idea. What do you think of this? Are men's issues not worth discussing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XX6ATwQv7Q
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It's a disturbing trend, laughing at actual serious issues. It's almost like these morons think it's impossible to tackle multiple societal problems at once (why are they even in power then?). We've been actively working on solving as much of the issues facing women for what, 50 years now, but the second it's pointed out that guys are starting to see serious declines, that's hilarious? I don't get it, frankly.
Shouldn't we be concerned that 4/5 suicides are male? Shouldn't we be concerned that young boys are starting to fail in grade school, which is starting to impact College? In what universe is trading one inequality for another, a good idea? And how exactly is turning a blind eye to these issues social justice? Sounds more like Revenge to me, which is absurd. Most of western society does not adhere to the 'sins of the father' paradigm. Why then is this acceptable?
Anyway, I don't think it's acceptable for an elected official to laugh off the beginnings of what could be a very real issue. Is this something that we want to just sit back and let happen without attempting to understand/address, and let it metasticize into something far, far worse? Or do we want to take it as seriously as we have (and rightfully so, mind you), with women's rights? Fighting for, or working towards solving these issues, does not mean we stop fighting for other things. It just means we take all of these issues seriously.
