Feminsim has gone too far - resulting in a disadvantage for men
Masculists cite one-sided legislation, selective enforcement, and neglected civil rights as examples of discrimination against men and boys. Examples may include:
Violence
Masculist concerns focus on societal acceptance of violence harming men paired with the stigma against violence harming women, as well as males being taught or expected to take on violent roles.
* Men forced to risk their lives in male-only conscripted military service.
* Portrayal of "violence against women" as more important than other forms of violence, including "violence against men" (e.g. "never hit a woman/girl, but it is acceptable for a woman to beat a man")
* Depiction of violence against men as humorous, in the media (e.g., the movie I Love You to Death) and elsewhere (see Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!), when women are equally violent.
* Societal failure to address prison rape issues such as prevention (e.g., reducing prison crowding that requires sharing of cells), enforcement, and even correctional staff punishing prisoners by confining them with known rapists. Attention has been drawn to portrayals of male rape by women, or implied rape, as humorous (as seen in the Virgin Mobile adverts featuring Wyclef Jean) where portrayals of female rape could not acceptably be used in this fashion.
* Male genital mutilation (circumcision) being socially accepted or even advocated as opposed to female genital mutilation.
Parenting
* Equality in child custody, such as shared parenting.
* Pregnancies carried to term despite agreements ahead of time that they would not be, subjecting men to unwanted parental responsibilities and/or child support expectations (see Dubay v. Wells).
* The opposite of the above, where a man who feels he wants to have a child has no say in whether his girlfriend/wife aborts his child (see paternal rights and abortion).
* Equality in adoption rights (several states allow single women to adopt children but not single men).
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