Male victims of domestic and sexual abuse often face stigma, shame, and a lack of specialised services, with a 2022 report finding that 82% of men found it difficult to access support.The Men & Boys Coalition highlights structural challenges for men as parents, particularly in family court systems where mothers are more likely to be awarded primary residence. Boys have trailed girls in education for years, with issues in literacy and engagement starting early in schooling.Society frequently assumes men are less capable of raising children, particularly after divorce.Sexual assault and intimate partner violence against men is frequently ignored, downplayed, or met with mockery. There are fewer resources available for male victims. Men are overrepresented in dangerous, high-risk, and fatal jobs. There is also societal pressure for men to be the sole "provider," leading to higher pressure in professional roles.Men may face biases in child custody disputes, with stereotypes suggesting children are better off with mothers, and may face unfair burdens.Ignoring Reproductive Rights: Critics argue that treating abortion strictly as a "woman's issue" allows men to be excluded, even when they desire to become fathers.These are just some examples of how society in the Uk can sometimes be seen as sexism or misandry against men and boys.
Women and girls also face sexism, but the difference is that women and girls sexism or misogyny is often highlighted on the mainstream media, whereas men and boys problems often get sidelined or blatantly ignored.
Worryingly, there is now a ever increasing incel culture going on which seeks to spread hate towards women and girls which in my view is often driven by their own hurt feelings. Incel culture seeks to take out their anger on women instead of trying to advocate change. This surely does not help matters.
There are also some men across the western world who are "MGTOW". Which stands for "Men going their own way". These individuals seek to have nothing to do with women in their entirety, although some do caveats this by still seeking paid sex with them.
Yet, Gb news a month or so ago had a discussion on whether men should be allowed to work in nurseries. This debate started due to the recent paedophile who was charged and given a lengthen sentence for abusing children at the nursery where he worked.
Gb news did not mention the fact that there have been a number of women over the past year who have done similar crimes to him and yet no one called for females to be banned from nurseries settings.
Men feel judged when other men do bad things, it seems this is the truth and is played out by society at every level.
Men can feel unfairly labelled when a few bad actions are used to characterise the entire gender, a feeling that is often countered by the sentiment that "not all men" are the same.When society is trying to become more equal, are we doing so without equalising the fairness for men
I also believe men and women are different which is obviously the case. But they can be equally treated the same.
In the news today, Transgender girls told to leave Girl guiding groups by September. Yet girls can join boy scouts. I know they are different organisations, but it does seem to be the case (so clearly) to some that girls and women are allowed to have their own space where they can be around people of the same gender but boys and men don't or is not allowed to be around people of the same gender as them.
A golf club ( I forgotten the name of it) has now allowed females to join their club due to societal pressure.
There are times where females are allowed to enter nightclubs for free, gyms for free along with other freebies at other venues. Men don't seem to get any freebies. I am not saying they should or I am not saying they shouldn't. What I am saying is that it does seem now that in 2026 equality means if it benefits the female population regardless if men benefits or don't.
I am not saying companies should be forced to treat men the same way as they do with women, I am mearly stating the fact that females do often get cheap or free stuff because of their gender while men do not. I am also stating that if a man did get something for free in a company then they may well be a outcry by some stating about the unfairness of this.
There is a women and girls minister in parliament but no minister for men and boys despite many tries and attempts by advocates in the past.
Women face problems because of their gender too, but their problems seem to not go unnoticed by the mainstream media and the wider society. Women and girls are more likely to face sexual harassment, sexual assault or stalking. The most concerning thing that women face on a regular basis is the risk of being the victim of a sexual assault.
Both genders still face really big challenges to navigate the road to true equality and fairness for all. Norah Vincent died via assisted suicide at a clinic in Switzerland on July 6, 2022, at age 53 after living life like a man (including dressing and acting like a man). She was a radical feminst who then rethought the way she thought the world was. In the early 2000s, Vincent disguised herself as a man named "Ned" for 18 months to research her book, Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again (2006)
Her suicide was some 15 years after this experiment.
There has also been a documentary film produced called "the red pill" which dives into some of the problems that men faced back when the film was filmed. I should add that this film was not mainstream and was not shown or broadcast by the mainstream media or was reported on by credible newspapers at the time of the film released.
I first named this thread "are men the real victims of sexism in Great Britain today?", then I decided to change the title to "why are the problems men faced are not talked about in the mainstream?"
Your thoughts and feelings on this subject?
