Men are just not allowed a voice as men in the popular media. And the few voices you do hear are derided and ridiculed. This has some very important implications for men. Very, very important public debates on things such as Family Law, Parenting, Child Custody, and Reproductive Rights just to name a few are dominated by the voices of women both friendly and unfriendly. This is not good at all for men. Take the birth control issue for example. When the female birth control pill was finally developed in the early sixties it was inconceivable that men, or any individual man, would have any serious sway on the attitudes of women at large about it. It was, and still remains, all about women; and rightfully so. Nowadays whenever you...

There is something about this particular issue as well as other many other issues that surround men and men’s problems that is never pointed out. For some reason, the only way these kinds of comments are palatable to the general public is when they are written by a woman. I applaud Rebecca’s attention to this very important social subject and as a man appreciate it so much. However, if you were to change the author’s gender the reaction would be quite different from the ones that I have read in the posts below. It would be one of scorn! The author would be told by scores of women and some feminists men to “get over it” or something to the effect of: “you’re just upset because men aren’t in charge anymore and are now seen for the...