Are Men’s Rights an Issue?
Men’s Rights Activists also known as MRAs are misogynistic, anti-feminists that want to put women back in the kitchen, or at least that’s what the general public is lead to believe. Proponents of the Men's Rights movement claim that the purpose is to bring awareness to issues that both men and boys face. These two claims are two very different statements, so who's telling the truth? Are men really being treated improperly, either out of discrimination and ignorance? Or are these Men’s Rights Activists just cynical men who want to shut down the feminist movement? In consideration of men being given harsher sentences than women and boys are falling short academically, it is apparent that men and boys do suffer from …show more content…
According to the CDC, Females are 3 times more likely to attempt suicide than their male counterparts.(Suicide 15) This is an interesting statistic seemingly contrary to the previous statistic involving male suicide; however it is not contrary women will attempt suicide more often while men die from suicide. How can this be possible? Simple, men tend to choose more lethal forms of suicide, while women choose less lethal means. According to the World Health Organization, “Gender specific risk factors for common mental disorders that disproportionately affect women include gender based violence, socioeconomic disadvantage, low income and income inequality, low or subordinate social status and rank and unremitting responsibility for the care of others.” or in other words women are more likely to suffer from a form of mental illness, later resulting in …show more content…
A Survey conducted by Stop Abuse and Violent Environments (SAVE) found that, “One in six of the respondents personally knew someone who said he or she had been falsely accused of domestic violence, child abuse, or sexual assault.” (Survey 4) This meant that about 17% of people surveyed said that they knew a person falsely accused of abuse or sexual assault. In addition to this the same survey found that almost 70% of the false accusers were females.(Survey 7) This means that almost 70% of the victims of false accusations were male, whether that be; domestic violence, child abuse, or sexual assault. Nobody should fall victim of false accusations, especially when it could ruin their life, but when males are unproportionally victim to this, it needs to be addressed as a real problem that men
Men’s Rights Activists also known as MRAs are misogynistic, anti-feminists that want to put women back in the kitchen, or at least that’s what the general public is lead to believe. Proponents of the Men's Rights movement claim that the purpose is to bring awareness to issues that both men and boys face. These two claims are two very different statements, so who's telling the truth? Are men really being treated improperly, either out of discrimination and ignorance? Or are these Men’s Rights Activists just cynical men who want to shut down the feminist movement? In consideration of men being given harsher sentences than women and boys are falling short academically, it is apparent that men and boys do suffer from …show more content…
According to the CDC, Females are 3 times more likely to attempt suicide than their male counterparts.(Suicide 15) This is an interesting statistic seemingly contrary to the previous statistic involving male suicide; however it is not contrary women will attempt suicide more often while men die from suicide. How can this be possible? Simple, men tend to choose more lethal forms of suicide, while women choose less lethal means. According to the World Health Organization, “Gender specific risk factors for common mental disorders that disproportionately affect women include gender based violence, socioeconomic disadvantage, low income and income inequality, low or subordinate social status and rank and unremitting responsibility for the care of others.” or in other words women are more likely to suffer from a form of mental illness, later resulting in …show more content…
A Survey conducted by Stop Abuse and Violent Environments (SAVE) found that, “One in six of the respondents personally knew someone who said he or she had been falsely accused of domestic violence, child abuse, or sexual assault.” (Survey 4) This meant that about 17% of people surveyed said that they knew a person falsely accused of abuse or sexual assault. In addition to this the same survey found that almost 70% of the false accusers were females.(Survey 7) This means that almost 70% of the victims of false accusations were male, whether that be; domestic violence, child abuse, or sexual assault. Nobody should fall victim of false accusations, especially when it could ruin their life, but when males are unproportionally victim to this, it needs to be addressed as a real problem that men