@Moxie group
I think some of the things you're saying are a bit true, but I think you're missing the point/ just don't know about certain topics, which isn't your fault.
1: Despite the fact that women are more likely to end up with depression, male suicide rates are far higher than female, and no one ever talks about it.
I'm pretty sure this is fair.
2: They're expected to work harder and longer on more stressful/dangerous careers.
Not . . . exactly. Sure the rules of 1950's misogyny state that men are supposed to provide for the family and women are supposed to stay home and cook and clean and care for the children, but that's not the way it is anymore. Or maybe it is where you live. We do live in different states and the difference in culture in America is shocking. Anyways, even if men are pushed to have a career, the careers they are typically pushed to are more white collar, office type of jobs.
Believe me, I understand the stress of a father's job when he is working to provide for his family. My dad is a first responder and I've seen it affect him both mentally and physically. But he chose this. He was hardly pushed into any type of job and it was always something less hands-on then what he currently does.
I think you have a pretty good understanding of the difficulties of your father's job, but I don't know if you fully understand how hard it is for your mother. And maybe you realize how hard it is for her, but maybe not for most mothers. Mother's don't get paid, most have to go through an extremely difficult and body-ruining process to become a mother (or they have to go through the really really difficult adoption process) to children who are definitely going to be rude to her and are definitely going to hurt her (whether intentionally or unintentionally) at one point at the very very least.
Plus cleaning and cooking and raising children are no easy feats, and I think that you should acknowledge more how hard being a mother is.
Also, I'm sorry to tell you this, and you may disagree, but your mother not pushing you into something other than art because you'll marry a man who will provide for you is sexist (because the notion of a woman not having to worry about a career is sexist) and belittling your art. By telling you that you don't need to worry about it because you'll marry a man, it doesn't really sound to me like she believes in your career as an artist.
3: They're often stereotyped as violent, heartless, and/or complete perverts.
I think . . . that men are often stereotyped as violent, heartless, and/or complete perverts is true because statistically, they are. But I don't think that's the point you're making, I think the point you're making is that violence against men goes overlooked. Which I think I agree with. And the point about how men are expected to want sex. But yeah, I think you may have wanted to title this point differently because the current point you're advertising is correct.
See? You can't come up with an answer. So don't go and say that men are judged unfairly. Men are given everything simply because they are men.
As a woman, I'm sorry, but this ticked me off and I'm really hoping you aren't serious… Men aren't given everything simply because they are men. A lot of the things they're given come from their own hard work and efforts that most women typically don't achieve, not just their biological sex.
When I say both sexes have their own problems, I mean it. It doesn't matter if women have things worse, that doesn't instantly mean that men are just handed everything without question and live perfect lives. To say otherwise is, in my opinion, quite sexist.
I think you're overlooking the privileges that men have over women, which I think was Eris's argument. Men get a higher salary, they are more likely to be hired for a job over women, and those are just two examples I could think of off the top of my head.
As I said, I think you made some good points, but I also think you're either overlooking some things, or you just don't know.
