| bdbdbd said: What the fuck is this bullshit... 1. Maybe true. This depends largely on which part of the world are you living in. 2. Last time I was shopping for clothes, it looked like the complete opposite. Also, typically household items marketed towards women are "white" and towards men "black". The "black" items are damn expensive compared to "white". Have you noticed how much more cars cost that are marketed towards men, than cars marketed towards women? 3. Not as hard as it is for men. Knock someone up and try to demand an abortion in court. Nope, if the mother wants an abortion, she can get it regardless of father's will, and if she doesn't want an abortion, there won't be an abortion, no matter what the father want's. 4. Likely true. 5. Yes. 6. Ok, this isn't really different from 5. 7. Indeed. Men are more likely to be victims of domestic violence than women. |
I would just like to point something out about rape. The definition of rape is "unlawful penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth of another person by a sex organ, other body part or an object". This basically means that a woman cannot rape a man unless she inserts her finger or an object into his anus or mouth. Being forced to penetrate a woman's vagina is not considered rape by law. Ironically, this stems from the pretty sexist view that women would never rape somebody. But, if we take into account the number of men who were "forced to penetrate" a woman and consider this to be rape, the number of male rape victims (and female perpetrators) shoots up dramatically. In this study 38% of rape victims were male by this definition. There are also studies that basically show a 50/50 split. Quote from article based on CDC study: "when asked about experiences in the last 12 months, men reported being "made to penetrate" — either by physical force or due to intoxication — at virtually the same rates as women reported rape (Source and underlying study here)
The reason why so few men are "rape victims" is because being "made to penetrate" is classified as "other sexual violence", because it doesn't fit the aforementioned definition of rape by the law.
