2nd to men?? Let me give you some statistics here and then tell me men are still 2nd to women in our society.
Women, on many campuses, make up over 50% to as high as nearly 70% on some college campuses. Women earn most of the degree's in the US.
Men make up over 95% of workplace deaths.
Men commit suicide 3 times more often then women, and as much as 7 times more likely once they reach old age.
Women live longer by 3-5 years depending on what stats you look at
Women make up more than 70% of the consumer spending in the US (but somehow make less then men, interesting)
Women initiate divorce 70% of the time
And those are just a few statistics, there are many more that should sway anyone with a working brain that men are certainly not ahead of women.
Great, how is women's pay stacking up to men's pay? Career opportunities? On the job harassment? How are the women being treated there? The same can be said for women business leaders ,politicians, CEO's, etc. etc. etc.
Men work more dangerous jobs then women so it is logical that they run a higher risk of getting injured. And who knows, maybe women are not getting injured or killed that much because they are more attentive to what they are doing. They do not let their male ego get in the way of doing a good and safe job.
And that women are the stronger race might have to do with the fact that they do not act as stupidly as men, they do not beer guzzle as much, take better care of their bodies by not smoking, binge eating, shuffling down red meat, etc. etc. etc.
And that women do more than 70% of the consumer spending might be because men are at work/lying on their backsides watching the game when their wives do the shopping.
And I have a few statistics for you.
Rape statistics, the statistics of women who are sexually abused in their marriage, the women who get killed by their idiot husbands/boyfriends for doing something the big ego of the man could not live with?
That is because most women will not marry a man that makes less money than she does. Men who are willing homemakers, or willing to sacrifice a meaningful career to take care of children so a woman can continue her career simply do not attract women. Women demand equality, but still carry many traditional values themselves that they need to adjust. They need to be willing to lower their standards in the area of marrying a man who wants to be successful in the workplace. Women want their men to be well educated and high earners in the workplace, but at the same time complain that men do not take their fare share of the housework. Well, you can't have both! And if you marry a man that wants to have a successful career, don't be surprised when he WANTS A SUCCESSFUL CAREER! The most successful people are going to be the ones willing to work the longer hours and put more effort into advancing. When you have a family, you simply do not have the same amount of time to invest as someone who is single and has a lot less responsibilities at home.
And that is the problem, men see it as an either or issue. Women might not all be attracted to men who want to become househusbands, women are looking for partners is life in general. Not an either or. It is not you go to work or I go to work but let us both go to work, both take care of the children and both be responsible for the household.
Women are still not being empowered enough when they grow up, too many parents till work with the old "man strong, woman weak" mentality, combined with the "man work, woman not" attitude. This will not happen in one generation but women are finally taking up their place and some men (no doubt in part due to their upbringing) cannot handle the new power that women are taking. These men are confused and need to get with the program because true partnership will work much better than the male machismo run household where the woman does what her male master demands of her.
Their rightful place? I thought the whole point was to give women the CHOICE to enter the workplace if they wanted. Nothing about being career minded makes one better then another. In fact, I believe, that telling women they have to go out and work simply made Men equal to Women and not the other way around. Men, for centuries, have had no choice to work. Working jobs they don't like, putting their lives on the line to support their family. Now women are expected to contribute financially as well as maintain the family. Before, the roles were evenly spread between a couple. While women did not have a say in what role they would play in a relationship, neither did men. Both men and women had roles and societal expectations that came with those roles. We like to pretend that only men had a choice, but they never had a choice. And they still don't have a choice today. A mans choice if he wishes to be successful with women is to work....work....or work. That has never changed... A womans choices have expanded. She has the choice to work or stay at home if she wishes. A choice men dont have. When men get married they have a choice to work...work...work... when children come the mans choices change to... work... work overtime...work more than one job. Where as a woman has a choice, a man does not. Not unless he wishes his wife to divorce him at least. The real fight should be to expand a man's choices. There needs to be a push to change societies view that men who do not work are deadbeats or undateable. They may be great fathers!!! If women have the choice, men should as well!
Yes, their rightful place. This is not about men giving women "the choice" but rather women being given the same chance as men to succeed in a career. It is about an attitude change of women being forced to choose between their children and working towards a career. The whole system has to be reworked so that women do not have to choose for one or the other. And no, the roles were not evenly divided between men and women, men were the decision makers and women were the ones who had to do what their men told them. Don't get me wrong, men deserve the same life choices that women should get, but to be fair, usually they already have all the options women should equally have.
And men need to stop being enslaved into the workplace for women. Need to stop being slain on the battlefield to protect women. Men have been enslaved by women for centuries. Both sexes have been enslaved to each other for centuries. In all acutality, both statements are pure ignorance. There was always a really good reason men and women had traditional roles. The reason those roles existed have only, in recent time, been deemed unecessary due to technology. 100 years ago, the workplace was not safe for women which is why there has always been traditional gender roles until recently. Men have not enslaved women. To say so is just ignorance. Both men and women traded their own freedoms to each other in order to survive life and pass that life on to the next generation. This whole idea that men have enslaved women is pure rubbish.
Men are whiny pathetic creatures who have made all the decisions in the past few centuries that have made the the main breadwinners, the only ones who got to be soldiers/fights. Men have enslaved women. The only thing men are enslaved to is the male ego and their own idea that men are better than women and should be the kings everywhere. Not only in the house but also on the job site, in decision making, in war mongering in just about everything.
It is not for nothing that in the brides wedding vows in days not too distant, it said "to love, honor and OBEY".
