Why is it strange that men in a progressive society thinks that they are a bit too progressive? The more privileges given to women the closer we are to women having gotten too many and now men are disadvantaged, so I don't think it is unreasonable for a large amount of men thinking it has gone too far regardless were you are on the spectrum.
Privileges, you mean rights? The same rights that men already have? Even in the most progressive parts of the world we are still far from equality.
"given", given by whom?
No, I mean privileges, don't argue with a strawman.
> The same rights that men already have?
Women hasn't lacked a single right men had in my country for my entire life, but women has many legal rights/privileges that men hasn't had in my life. That is why I said privileges and not rights. Maybe they need those privileges to make up for cultural privileges men has, but you can see why some men think that maybe they gained too many.
OTOH I am not going to ask what "privileges" women have in your country, but I hope you don't count abortion, longer maternity leave, reduced VAT in feminine hygiene products and such, as women's privilege.
A major cause of inequality is that mothers spend less time in the work force during and after pregnancy, and that there are a higher ratio of mothers than fathers. Fathers also do not take out their given parental leave, with many reporting that they are not allowed to because of cultural discrimination (including from their partners).
Nobody said that men doesn't have any privileges, just that women aren't lacking any rights men has. Don't mix rights and privileges.
Particularly if that gender is now the majority at universities...
And it's not only at university level. Boys are doing worse than ever before at all levels of education, yet the focus is still on helping girls succeed. And I don't believe that it's due to discrimination, I think boys are just more vulnerable to modern distractions (including girls) and schools are doing a very poor job compensating for that.