Few days ago I saw something about “Men’s rights” movement and my first reaction was to think of it as parody and laugh it off. But then I looked at few stories and videos and it was eye opening. Many people don’t understand how badly some of the men are being exploited and even driven to suicide. Current laws in Western world are heavily tilted towards perceiving men as guilty party, someone who must always be making sacrifice. A women, for example, can call in police at anytime and put her husband in jail by claiming domestic violence however other way around almost never work. Women can threaten her husband of divorce and take away house, car and half of the bank savings even if she has contributed negatively by causing lot of stress or performing large spending sprees. Courts tend to give women custody of children and in some states women can claim it any way by citing reasons such as husband has (non-existent) violent behavior. Judge and jury almost always will take side with women.

I understand above are rare cases and that women gets sharp end of rope far more often. However still this would be like saying that it’s ok to sacrifice those minority men who lose everything including their life’s work and even their children when women simply decides to wave magic wand of law.

I don’t want to derail the conversation but Western society has only accepted one side of view and sexism on other side gets laughed off to oblivion.