I think there are equal issues for both sides. You will see on the polls though that either gender thinks the other has it easier, because they've probably never been the other gender.
Men are told to be stoic, can't get things for free, are dismissed on terms of sexual harassment and abuse from women (if they are brave enough to admit it) etc.
However, women deal with child birth and a harder chance of being promoted due to the chance they might get pregnant. They also deal with higher positions being male dominated.
On top of this, societal pressures seem to be pretty even for both but as a woman - I've always felt them more. In school, especially, everything seemed to be about having big back etc... whereas I didn't hear much about boys unless they were particularly overweight. And even then, not much. However I can never be sure.
To rephrase the question, I generally think good-looking people have it easier in life, regardless of gender.
They don't have it easy cause girls have menstrual cycles,
they go through Childbirth , There is lot Single Mothers who
raise their kids , There is Single Moms hold jobs down plus
come home to take care of their kids after the babysitter
leaves or she picks them up at daycare. Than she has to
help their kids with educational things. Yes Moms have a
full schedule i know cause my late Mom had a full schedule
and there was only two of us me and my sister so yes things
were hard for us all , my Mom had us kids in school plus
going out to babysit to make a living my Dad was never at
home he would go to his Mother's house or to his Friends
house yes life was rough road and there was no bed of
roses for my Mom ( late ) .
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Thank you for your question
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You're welcome.
Life is only as hard as you make it. Yes, there will be roadblocks, but it's how you handle the situation that determines how difficult it will be to live.
I believe that. Just like I also believe that it's how one answers this specific question that gives away how they perceive and go through life.
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Go back before the women's rights movmenet, and women had it worse than men. WAY worse. However, they mobilized, got active, fought for their rights, and now have more freedom.
Men, as a culture, have yet to go through the same liberating phase to free them from their own self-imposed gender restrictions as well as overthrowing the gender-restrictions placed on them by women.
This isn't to say that women don't still face issues caused by sexism, but that they've continued to tear down the walls of sexism that have laid in their way. I think we've hit a point to where, although there are still walls of sexism to be torn down on women's behalf, there's more to tear down on the behalf of men.
While men have *tried* to have a similar rights movement, this has resulted in a mess known as the "Male Rights Activists". Hypothetically, a rights movement for men is just what they need to address that convincts men ten times as frequently as women, address the 'disposable man' culture among some more predatory women, address the concerns of men being raped and the damage of false rape accusations, ability of men to be respected as caretakers as much as women are, and much more.
In practice, however, many men of the more toxic variety used Male Rights Activissm groups as a springboard to fight AGAINST ending sexism. Instead of being the second wave of humanity being freed from sexism, many MRAs tried to tighten the shackles.
Now, granted, there are MRAs that tried to release the shackles of sexism as well; similar to how among feminists there are those who want an end to sexism despite the 'man-hater' feminists who just want to oppress men.
That said, I have spent time in both groups, and I notice the ratios are different. Among feminists, I'd say roughly a quarter are man-haters, while the other three quarters actually want an end to sexism for both men and women.
Among MRAs, I'd say it's more 50/50.
And neither group seems very good at policing their more toxic members.
But, basically this results that men's efforts to throw off sexism has been much less effective than women's efforts.
I'd say men have it harder in America, but easier in the rest of the world
Women only scholarships
Women only schools
Women test higher in school, get better grades, go to college more, succeed more in education
Insurance rates for women is less
Women get preferential treatment due to their gender in the hiring process
Women get into bars / clubs free
Women get preferential treatment for demands men couldn't make as customers to a business (my x% coupon is X weeks expired)
women "try" to commit suicide more but fail less than men
Dating for women is more or less effortless
Guys buy free drinks / food and entertain you while you sit back and enjoy yourself
Genders are equal until the bill comes
In divorce you take half of what the guy owns
child birth is 9 months of hell but you come out with a stronger bond with your child that no one (not even the dad) can ever have
Being a stay at home mom is ok but a stay at home dad is looked down upon
somehow being a stay at home mom is one of the most celebrated jobs on the planet, while oil rig workers get nothing for scraping their dead coworker off the platform
sentencing for crimes is greatly reduced
women's prison / jail is a joke compared to its counterpart
the court and law sides with you on any accusation you make because of your gender
When a guy calls the cops on you for domestic abuse, you somehow still send the guy away in cuffs with irrefutable evidence you did something to him upon no retaliation on his part
people listen to your problems and help you through them
talking about your gender is ok while bringing anything up about men is somehow oppression of women
News, TV, social media, etc. has endlessly promoted how great you are and how horrible men are
women can do everything men can do and better
women are smarter than men
women live longer than men
women are the first off a sinking ship, along with your kids (sorry dad!)
when in danger, women are protected while men are expected to be protectors
women aren't expected to be the bread winners in a relationship
being able to blame their outburst or change in character on hormones while men have their hormone but get no sympathy when theirs flairs up
the cons of being a woman?
you have to worry about getting mugged, raped and murdered walking in a city at night while men only have to worry about being mugged or murdered
women have cramps / flows every month
controlling parents?
being each other's own worst enemy
sexual harassment / abuse (which can be solved immediately but for some reason women fear going to the police and solving the issue)
being drugged at a bar by a shady guy
women can't see how good they have it until one day it gets taken away
women are the easiest targets for social media apps and other various social skinner boxes
not sure why this argument is still ongoing. when you break it down the answer is obvious but irrational people don't like to look at reason
I don't think women have it easier than men, but men don't have easy lives either.
Difficulty of being a woman:
- Periods
- Painful childbirth and pregnancies
- Sexism in many countries. E. g. in Middle-eastern and African ones
- Physically weaker than men on average. Therefor easier violence target
- Lower payment
- Higher expectations to look beautiful and follow the beauty standards
- Worrying about unwanted pregnancy
- Have to sit down to pee
Difficulty of being a man:
- Crying and showing emotions are often seen as socially unacceptable
- Have to prove the masculinity for acceptance in some societies
- Less likely to be taken seriously if violence or rape victim
- More likely to be imprisoned or commit suicide
- More dangerous and harder jobs
- Although there's less pressure on looking good, men still wants to look good and it's harder for a man to look handsome than a woman to look beautiful
- Worrying about unwanted impregnation and not having a say in abortion
- Sensitive testicles
- Periods
Tampons.
- Painful childbirth and pregnancies
Modern medicine is wonderful.
- Sexism in many countries. E. g. in Middle-eastern and African ones
Okay, you have a point but only if you were born there. Here in the US women are privileged.
- Physically weaker than men on average. Therefore easier violence target
If there's other men around then typically they'll rush in to protect her. Can't say the same for a man getting beaten up.
- Lower payment
? what did he mean by this
- Higher expectations to look beautiful and follow the beauty standards
True, but even uglier women have less difficulty dating.
- Worrying about unwanted pregnancy
Entirely preventable, and men are affected by the same issue.
- Have to sit down to pee
Big deal.
@mateynine By 'Lower payment' he says that women get paid less than men.
The burden of opening your mouth first when it comes to starting a conversation or interaction with the other sex still falls on the guy shoulders and very likely always will be that way
Men and women are different and they are not equal.
Certain responsibilities and difficulties make a man a man.
Both face difficulties.
Men have to be bread winners and they do difficult jobs by working in the construction industry or the army
Nowadays, both men and women work in the factories including pregnant women.
Women give birth and raise children.
Both are important for the world, just like both mother and father are important for the child.
It was so difficult to read the answers
There is so much hate and bitterness
This is becoming a woman hating site
I couldn't read those bitter comments for more than two minutes
Why can't we just get long, respect each other and be sensitive towards each other?
Why can't women behave like ladies and men like gentlemen?
I am really disappointed.
It seems like everyone is miserable and bitter in this site and ungrateful too.
Are there any men on this site who genuinely respect women?
So what if women have it easier, men shouldn't be jealous, and men also want their mothers, sisters, wives and daughters to have easier.
People are so jealous nowadays
I have a request - don't ask a question like this again, people post vulgar comments
Piss off you expect us to just accept our shit lives and not be jealous over the shitty hands we've been dealt?
Perhaps if women would understand men and how shit it is to be one while acknowledging how much easier it is to be a girl then we wouldn't have to keep asking this question. Instead we are accused of turning this site into a woman hating site when it seems women have zero sympathy and respect for men all round.
woman still have it easier. Stop deflecting and denying it. Men have zero reproductive rights and are more likely to lose custody of their children. We are less likely to be trusted with children and have zero emotional support. Men are 4 times more likely to commit suicide. You can't fucking tell me women don't have it easier.
More like "Keep being an obedient sheep"
@ranger32 A mother should get the custody of her child because a mother carries the child in her womb for 9 months, gives birth and raises the child.
A mother has a higher status than the father.
A mother and the father are not equal.
A father should be allowed to see the child once a week.
There are also many jobs who will hire women over men to fill a fucking quota many more scholarships much more support options from the community women despite making less are the top driving consumers get shit for free etc...
Women have better access to.
Mental health services
Education
Health services
Jobs
Emotional support
Favored court bias
Favored by media academia and government lobby
etc etc etc. Women in the western world have it so easy.
So? I don't give a flying fuck. Men should have an equal chance we care about our children too it seems to me that you think men ate disposable. You clearly dont respect your father and brothers who took part in bringing you into this world as well. Where the fuck would you be without him?
@ranger32 My mother has a higher status than my father.
A mother can take a father's place by being a bread winner but a father can never take a mother's place.
A mother's heart is more gentle. A mother is more loving and sacrificing.
A mother is more patient, forgiving and emotional.
A mother's heart is different.
A mother has the patience to deal with the baby 24/7 whilst a father might only spend an hour with the child.
It is the mother who changes the nappies, give the baby a shower, breastfeeds, wakes up at night and deals with tantrums.
In Islam, a mother comes first, second, third and a father is at fourth place.
A husband has a higher status in Islam but a mother and a daughter have a higher status than a father and a son.
@ranger32 Men should have equal rights over their children if they're making equal contribution. A woman's contribution to the gestation of the child, as per surrogacy, is $50,000. If the man also contributes $50,000 in value, he can have equal rights because he has equal responsibility.
A man can contribute equal value by acting as a body guard for his pregnant wife (which is $20,000 in value) and paying the hospital bills & putting a roof over the wife's head.
But then you people will have to stop complaining about how men are expected to be breadwinners. The man financially supporting the wife, at least during pregnancy and breastfeeding (the latter of which also has $50,000 in value as per wetnursing) is the only way that equal custody is fair.
Just having to wear those high heel shoes 👠 makes a womenâs life tougher. Not joking. The things you must do to meet societyâs expectations of beauty if she chooses to... having a monthly cycle, that seems bad... the whole child birth thing... itâs harder to go pee... especially at large events... on the flip side;
You have a hoo haa, a vagina, which means you rule the world. At least as far as heterosexual males go... then there is the whole giving life, being able to breast feed and bond at that next level a man will never know... and no one can surprise you years later by informing you the child isnât really yours. That the child is the product of an affair. That will never happen to a woman. You donât have to buy your own drinks if you donât want to... guys will buy you tons of other stuff, like cars and jewelry. I know this because I have a much younger girlfriend and she doesnât even have to work it to get stuff out of me. She walks in and my wallet flys open and money falls out, just like it did for my daughters all of whom I adore...
So there are pros and cons either way.
I am seeing a they don't from girls. Let me put it this way, relationship wise, they are in control as rightly they should be, an oopsy for a guy is a broken condom and a oopsy for a girl is a baby in her belly. You kind of have to meet the right guy. But But But,
A sexy guy that walks into a hotel, may or may not get any action
A sexy girl that walks into a hotel will have someone hit on her at least once that day if not more.
It is part of the girls burden, she is attractive and as such, she has to learn how to deal with being stared at by guys on a daily basis, a real pain. But with that comes choice. I think just about any guy that is single will take any girl that will take him on but girls won't take on guys that easy. Overall, I think that is where part of this is. I know, not all girls have it that way but I think girls carry the majority of the weight for selection.
Second part, girls can choose to have their own kid, its theirs, they can go to a clinic and that's their kid, or in a relationship with a kid break up happens, the kid goes with mommy.
Third part, support, girls have a lot of support from different places. That are not available to men. and they can openly express their emotions too
Fourth Part, girls while in society have had a hard history, now they have woman's day and the celebration of women. Jobs want more women now. and Women are taking on more popular roles. Women are preferred in society now a days.
Let me address this, pregnancy, periods, being a mother, emotions, being a sexual object, makeup, clothes... not being able to protect yourself as much as a man. I get it. But overall, I think relationships are the most important and that is where girls have choice and guys just have to wait until a girl picks them
I suspect that, averaged out, men and women are pretty equal, though we are definitely NOT the same. Our advantages and disadvantages are very different, and of course you can point to individual examples of one guy or one girl for whom the advantages are working strongly in their favor (and examples of the opposite).
We each have struggles that few of the opposite sex will ever appreciate, and we each have advantages that we take for granted.
That's why I don't complain - it's a waste of time - but I do try to explain to people the perspective of the opposite sex. Having real understanding of what the opposite sex is going through goes a long way towards improving the relationships between us. And we could all do a better job of that.
I think we get away with some things. I've heard of this sentence a couple of times, "You are a girl you don't have to worry about getting your shit together."
Like with having a job. Girls can resort to being a stay at home wife if they want. Because that was ok back in the day. Most women dont want a life like that. They want purpose and they want a career. A lot of guys now want a girl who works and helps with the bills. Some guys still want the old school stay at home mom. But women always have that option to work or not unless their husband/boyfriend is totally against it.
I am a male single parent and FT worker / own venture owner too , to be fair there are considerably more single mothers , however single fathers get less support , deal with sexism , as the default belief = men are all pedos / rapists in waiting and just plain useless without a smart woman saving the day , had a lot of hostility from mothers. At my workplace , partnered mothers get a lot more leeway than I do. Single no ties men are often socially isolated @MusicMayhem nails this with his excellent summary , women tend to have much greater and well developed support networks , they always have someone to turn to , men are on their own in life in most cases. However , females have their own crosses to bear , being a father of a tween daughter is one steep learning curve at times.
Both have difficulties but if I had to choose I'd say women have a slightly better quality of life. This comes down to the great importance of social connection in life. Women are much less likely to be socially isolated and devoid of love (friends/family as well as intimate) then men are. Men are much less appreciated in society. We have to work much harder to develop and maintain relationships with friends and potential lovers so we go through more extended periods of loneliness and depression.
I like how most women say oh itâs more equal and that both genders have different struggles, while men on the other hand say they have it harder. Whoâs scared of walking down the street because they are scared they could easily get sexually assaulted or kidnapped, oh thatâs me. Who has to deal with discrimination at work because they are a woman? So many. Some countries still donât have womenâs right just look at the middle east countries. Women were only allowed to drive a car last year, what is that? I get that men are scared of being emotional etc because society says they should be strong for women but we donât live in that society anymore. Oh and whoâs the one who pushed you out of their genitals oh thatâs right it was a women, your mother. We have different struggles, end of story.
The thing is women are either treated as much superior beings or lesser inferior beings...
Not as equals anyways!
Either women have it very easy and better life / benefits or less advantages.
Don't worry we will inscript you to war when shit hits the fan in the world because we support equal rights. Look into the bigger picture, you might think you've got it hard in this short time in history but I reality it's this way for a reason...
I never said that I got it hard, I’m saying there are different challenges that both men and women have. I’m saying we both have it hard and easy depending on the situation. Look closer, different genders can overcome different things easier than the other, “it’s this way for a reason” don’t belittle a gender to get your point across
Oh without a doubt. We all have our own challenges in life. But I wish woman would not fight against men for equal his equal that... we are not equal and never will be. None is better then the other we both need each other and we all need to realise we need to work together, none of this independence crap
Algood, world needs more woman like yourself
Girl I donât know what life youâve been living or been given or brought up with but excuse you!
One persons experience shouldnât not be account for all and this is where people then take it upon themselves to judge.
Be careful what you write, say etc and make sure you express that this is your opinion based on your experiences and your life ONLY.
Mind you your only very young and still have a lot of life to live to learn.
Life in general is not easy. Not for one gender or the other. Life is a personal journey and in that personal journey you go through good bad and tough situations. One may have an easier smoother nicer journey with a lot less speed humps or hurdles to climb over. But life in itself is not easy from the time you are born till the time you exit the world.
Sorry this very much touched a nerve with me and I had to say something as I donât feel this statement should be put out in the world in this way.
(talking about the US only)
men are expected of more. they are suppose to take care of a lot of things and are expected to make a lot of money. they have to be strong and are usually seen as the perpetrator in many situations
women have to go through a lot of other suffering. they have periods, childbirth, and are usually the one stuck with the child when they guy leaves. they are much more commonly sexually abused and though the successful suicides for men are greater, the actually attempts for women are more.
this shows me that BOTH struggle and neither has it easier
Socially I believe they do. I know many handsome men with likable personalities who struggle to make friends or find love or at least sex. Iâve never known a beautiful woman who has no friends or struggles to get laid, no matter how irritating/rude they are.
They have sexier options in clothes as well compared to men; it shocks me that not enough of them take advantage of this. They could easily have people like me bow down to them if theyâre in dresses and tights, yet many still go out in leggings, hoodies and sneakers instead, somehow thinking theyâre all that & more 🤢🤢🤢
I mean it is hard to say because you can only be one sex at a time. But I think women don't really know what having something bad happen to them is. I mean I see women making a big deal out of things that aren't really a big deal. Like to women someone getting sexually assaulted is a BIG deal. like "A guy touched my rear end!!!" like it's a big deal. While men get into fights and get the shit beat out of them. And they consider that a big deal. I mean getting punched in the head 25-30 times is way more painful than someone touching you. I mean just sounds a little chicken shit to make such a big deal about someone "Touching" you. Lol. Like it hurt or something. I mean getting punched 25-30 times and kicked and knee'ed in the head is like 1000 times more painful.
@Reach500 That's not a good comparison? I have been in over 50 fights in my life. My friend over 200. You can disrespect me all day. I will take it every time over getting my head kicked in. It's extreme pain compared to "disrespect" lol. I mean are you serious. Would you rather have someone call you a "meany" or be stretched on the gurney? It's physical pain vs disrespect. there is no comparison.
@Reach500 Dude. Bad sides of town still exist. Most people, even today, don't make more than about 25 k a year and live in a poor area. Where they go to school. Where they will be in plenty of serious fights where they will take that many blows. These ghetto's are huge. And they are densely populated. And that's how life is in the ghetto. You fight. Even though most people probably don't live in the ghetto. I can't forget them and just slap that to the side and say it rarely happens. It is time we start realizing what is bad and not bad and start focusing on the things that are really bad. Sounds like since it is more likely for you to get sexually assaulted than violently assaulted that you don't even care about all these kids getting sent home with their heads all swole up. Like you only care about yourself.
It depends what area in your life it's referring to or getting at, but I will admit, I did hear this response somewhere, and it really angered me, pissed me off, the guy said:
"Boo fucking hoo. We also don't have to go through child birth and we're strong as fuck. Testosterone gives us ambition + mental and physical strength that MANY (not all) women are lacking. Being a man has many benefits and with great power comes great responsibility. Stop crying about it and get your fucking shit togetherďťż"
Both genders suffer with things that the other will never experience. I donât think anyone has it easier than anyone because each gender has difficult things they have to deal with.
There are really too many personal factors - especially, genetic physical and mental health, where you are born/environment and things like history of child abuse, family finances, race, sexual orientation, etc to say one sex has it easier than the other.
Depend on the society. I donât think that you can that women have it easier in Saudi Arabia because of the stupid rules, that forbid them to drive a car, or going out without being with someone. Being a beautiful woman in a poor country can be more a curse than a blessing because of the mount of perverts you will attract.
no way. women have to deal with monthly cycles and all that stuff, breast pain and body discomfort all the time, get pursued by men they don't want, feel insecurity... spit out a watermelon 9mon-18yrs of kid rearing (each one), hormonal swings through life, they aren't as strong to fight... get abused, many sexually. end up working, caring for kids, and taking care of aging parents...
There's some benefits and not saying men's role easy, but I'd say women have it harder.
Thank you. Not everyone realizes that some of this applies to us trans women too.
Monthly cycles? Some of us get it. Cramps, mood swings, excessive crying, hot flashes. Yes breast pain too. In part because I'm 51 years old and my breasts are still growing. I don't get many unwanted advances from men, but they happen. I never had the honour of being pregnant, but I am a single mother with a teenage daughter. Aren't as strong? TRUE! One loses a LOT of muscle when they start estrogen and their testosterone is depleted. Quite fast too. I don't bother with my aging mother since she doesn't want my help. Hard? Yes. Don't be fooled. If a person isn't serious about transitioning they would never go through with it. It's not for wimps.
didn't know were trans. didn't realize wouldnimoact... do yoi take estrogen?
Men have harder jobs, work longer hours, get punished infinitely more legally, have absolutely no say in abortion / keeping babies, get drafted to die in wars they donât care about and get cheated on in every relationship because women are cretinous rats.
Women can literally become millionaires for picking slutty vile selfies on Instagram for fucks sake.
Anyone who picks men have it harder are genuinely retarded.
I don't think women have it easier in life than men. Woman have gained a lot more rights over the past 100 years or so that have made things easier for them in society compared to how it used to be but no I don't think women have it easier.
Everyone has their problems.
I think in western society it may seem like women have it easier in life because well feminism.
But I don't think it's that easy. You need more than being a women to make your life easy/easier.
easier in what way?
have it easier in their career? in their social standing amongst their peers? in pursuing their interests? in being their authentic self regardless of the stereotypes associated with their gender? (this list could go on & on)
as someone else said, it depends. each gender has their own challenges.
Why do feminists always talk about careers? In a few hundred years careers can be as useless as the institution of knighthood is today.
I think both genders have their own challenges in life and its so individualistic it's hard to rule a norm. Men do harder labor, but women have more things to worry about in their bodies like periods, emotional shifts, etc and these days are also expected to do labor while at the same time taking care of their children.
No. Attractive women have it better than most men. But also, attractive men have it better than most women.
The answer is simple: if you are attractive, you have it easy.
Not-hot people have it all equally difficult. I have never had any single benefit from being a woman in my life
So you trying to say that you aren't that attractive looking woman? 😬😋
Jokes apart, I don't think that " not so attractive" women have I difficult than more attractive women anyway.
Yep we do. Men have a lot more expectations on them and a lot less is said about it. Men deserve a lot more praise than they currently get for all they do and put up with.
Women get trophies just for showing up
Yes. Especially if she's good looking. Basically women have all the rights that men do now but with the added benefits of being a woman. A general public attitude that's keen on helping/protecting women.
"Being an attractive woman = living life on easy mode." Agree or disagree? â
I think generally women might have it a little bit easier in terms of the comforts of life afforded to them.. But I think men have it easier in terms of social ridicule on some things.. And I feel like people don't judge men as much as they may judge women in some aspects..
I don't think women have it easier. Biologically, women automatically have to deal with burdens that men do not. In addition to that, women also have to deal with judgement, disrespect and everyday issues that all people face. Men do have unique challenges and are expected to be strong and confident, but I'm not convinced that it's easier for women. From what I hear, men do seem to have it rough after a divorce though.
Yeah in the legal system women basically have almost all of the power over men
We also die far far more often. We get conscripted into wars (few countries conscript women), we die far more on the battlefield, we die far more at the workplace, we are both attacked and killed on the street more often than women, we die more often to heart disease, and commit suicide far more often.
Men have biological struggles too, such as dealing with and controlling high amounts of testosterone which can cause mood swings and especially a tendency towards anger and violence. People tend to sympathize with us less because of our gender, so we often get looked down upon if we are depressed or overly emotional, and we less often get support when we are hurt or abused (physically, sexually, etc.) by friends, family, teachers, etc.
Men are still expected to be providers and to fulfill their traditional gender role. Men are viewed as an easy target by the media and often ridiculed (even by companies that make almost exclusively mens products... yes, I'm talking about gillette), where as women get inspiring messages such as the recent ad from Adidas. Men are often not allowed in domestic abuse shelters and are barred from the support women have access too, even though reputable studies have shown domestic abuse rates are almost even. Good fathers have less chance of winning legal custody of their children, and are often restricted to 2 days a week or barred from seeing their child, as a result of their gender. Men are smeared as rapists due to their gender (teach men not to rape).
I'm not trying to be rude to you, I just want to spark debate as I respectfully disagree with you. If you're not interested just let me know, or ignore this, either works.
@devilman666
Men do get conscripted into wars far more often than women do, but I have a feeling that in
America, women will also be getting conscripted soon. There's no way that the gender gap in conscription can be ignored. As for what you said about men being at more physical risk in the workplace, men do get hurt and even die more in the workplace, but men and women can choose safer careers. As for more men dying on the street, I don't want to be insensitive because I don't know what goes on in other areas, but where I live, usually only people who are involved in crime are likely to get physically attacked on the street. It doesn't usually happen to innocent bystanders unless they are in really bad areas, which are probably even more dangerous for women to walk through.
As for men dying more of heart disease, it could be a stress issue or because men go to the doctor less often, or both. I can't deny that the suicide rate for men is really high all over the world. I have heard other people suggest that this is because of the stress and isolation that men face. The issue definitely needs to be dealt with though.
I actually had never thought about men's biological struggles before. I guess we both have mood swings, lol. One thing I would say though is that even the things that men struggle with biologically (ex: aggression) helps to make men more successful, while women's biological struggles are just kind of a burden. Men do get less support in general and are expected to be tough and self-sufficient, which is kind of rough if a man is disadvantaged or disabled. There does need to be more support for men who need it.
The points you make about divorce court and men being branded as menaces are real issues. Also, sometimes men do get ridiculed in tv or in ads and that actually annoys me to because these ads are so unrealistic. (to be cont'd)
@devilman666 Sorry about my longwinded response, lol.
Men do also carry the weight of being expected to provide, but it's less than before since now women are expected to bring home the eggs to complement the bacon the man brings, lol. But on the flip side, women are now expected to do both domestic work and earn a living, while men are not expected usually to meet her half-way, at least not from what I've seen. I'm not married, but it looks exhausting, for women in particular.
Other issues that women face are being judged a lot more harshly for illicit sex and being disrespected and almost having to expect to be cheated on. I know both men and women cheat, but when women are stepped out on, it's not considered as big of a deal. Also, it's harder for women to command respect. Women can have the same credentials, but be treated like less than. I think part of it is that men have a more commanding presence.
One other issue is that women have a biological clock and men do not. This puts women at a disadvantage in the dating world. We also often get judged worse for aging.
I don't know that either gender has it worse overall. I think it depends on your individual gifts. Attractive men and women probably do well. It's harder when people have less desired traits.
But you did bring up issues that I hadn't though of before. It seems like a lot of men's problems are social and women's problems are hard wired..
Sorry again for making this so long. I don't blame you if you don't read it all, lol
Why do people think other people have it easier just because there situations are different from there's girls go threw the same problems as guys do they just look different guys are suppose to be strong and hard or cold should I say while girls are supposed to be perfect and stuff but its impossible to be those things cause of emotions and the fact that everyone is different so in the end everyone has problems so in the end neither side has it better then the other side even if it looks like it
My opinion is for what it's worth no women don't have the better of it they have to hold on to the shity end of the stick f2b domestics nannies babysitters and probably provide an income for the family they work much harder than men on a daily basis and I think all men should realise that and that would help in a relationship I'm sure they're underappreciated and they do a lot there the heart of a family should be treated as such
No. To have a good life after some age you'll need job to feed yourself at least. It's already sociologically proved that men get job faster and easier, and men are paid more than a woman. So if a man live alone, he will find better job faster, will paid, and will have a better life in general, while one woman is rarely trusted with jobs with more responsibilities and her salary is less than men's one even for the same job... Which I think is very bad...
Nope it's not
It's not only at this case
Men also die far far more often on the workplace (I think its over 80% male, can't remember the exact). Women are now going through post secondary education more often than men, they just opt into lower paying careers.
www.statista.com/.../
The benefits of being male in the workforce come with a 10x higher chance of workplace death.
I mean this is a hard one I've never been a woman so I cannot say. I can say what I think though. I think men have it tougher in some spots and women in others. For example for a quiet guy having to pursue for a date is hard so that's rough. Women get the benefit of waiting but also lose some on getting to choose I guess. Maybe that's a bad example I'll try to think up a new one.
People need to face the fact that women and men arenât the same. They canât always be compared so simply. Men and women each suffer different things that the opposite sex literally will never experience. Itâs not that easy. So my answer is neither.
We have it a lot harder. There is gender inequality we have to deal with and period cramps and child labor. We have a lot more responsibilities than men to cook clean and raise children. The discrepancy is huge. And no I'm not a feminist 🙄
I mean it really depends on what area in life we are talking about. If we are talking about pregnancy then hell yes we have it tough, if it's something to do with pay in jobs I'm kinda meh about it.
the suicide rate always being higher among men than it is for women, definetley says a lot
Women give all the births... men die at war or in the workplace. We also build all your buildings, cars you ride in, and most of the food you buy at the grocery store. Women have physical hardships- yes but you also control and cen get sex whenever you want. There are trade offs. If someone thinks one gender has it better or worse than the other, youâre pretty sexist...
Not even fucking close.
You know shit if you think it's easy to be an ugly girl
@Inneedofusername It's a lot easier to be an ugly girl than it is to be an average guy.
80% of women manage to reproduce in their lifetime, only 40% of men do. That right there suggests that being a man is AT LEAST twice as hard as being a woman, just base levels.
Yeah, of course it's hard to be an ugly girl, life is tough all over, it's just that as hard as it is for them, it's a lot harder for other people who have even less advantages. Like almost all men, for starters.
You think being an ugly girl is tough, that just means you wouldn't survive 24 hours as an ugly dude.
Lol you think I get any free stuff, or I'm treated better because of being a woman, or I'm being approached or whatever? Nobody cares about women who aren't drop dead attractive
@Inneedofusername Wait, wait. . . You think MEN get free stuff or extra attention?
What do you think? We get prizes in the mail? Are you fucking BONKERS?
No, but that's what men claim women get
Most of the time I have it easy. But if I were SUPER HOT. I would have easy mode all day long lol. Basically, the hotter you are the better life you have.
Maybe both genders have their problems? Oh no, revolution opinion, let me quickly swap genders and then Iâm just futuristic!
With certain things women have it easier, and in other things men have it easier.
I think both genders have things that work against them, just in different ways.
The inevitable feminazi downvote who hates equality and thinks only women can be oppressed.
No.
Do they face different challenges? In many areas yes.
Does this mean one of them has it easier? Absolutely not.
I donât have your experience... My life has not been easy and certainly not made easier by being a woman.
Behind personal anecdote, there are way too many variations in life circumstance to be able to determine quality of life based on gender. In any case we all love in a world where most people are truly powerless and even those with power are at the mercy of unclear weapons even when and or esp bc of the fact , they have 1000 times as many as anyone else.
We don’t live in a world where people have any real power most people love humoring unbearable lives. That’s why so Koch taje is silent discussing rights. If human beings had power over their lives , human rights would be superfluous.
I don’t see why gender is important or meaningful in any way, as long as we are all under the threat of nuclear anhilation. As long as someone can pull a trigger on the world, no one is free, ever. And life is a prison sentence.
Dude you can't compare transgender guys to women.
I guess that's true.
I love how girls won't explain whether they have it harder or easier than men only to default on the "meh both have issues" excuse. Try being falsely accused of rape and being called out for being violent rapists by the media.
"if you're cute and pretty"
Even average looking women have it far easier than men. Even Ugly women have it easy unless they're obese and gross.
Literally all you have to do to succeed is be great at looking beautiful and natural, work out and eat healthy. Soon your getting a free ride through life even for average women. Men due to the high standards for us have to work much much more harder to succeed while taking huge risks.
The suicide rate is 4 times higher for men than women. That alone should paint a clear picture of who has it worse in life
You can't fucking tell me that men don't have it worse than women.
And again with the looking beautiful thing. See, some women get to be born with a pretty face, and they have it easy. But some just don't get that, and they ain't getting shit
What do ugly women have easier? I ain't getting any free stuff and I'm not treated better just because I'm a woman because I'm not attractive. One of my girl friends who is very pretty was crying lately that she hasn't been approached by anyone since last two months, and she is so used to getting male attention and always being in some relationship. Well guess what, I have never been approached by anyone, let alone having a boyfriend, and I can't even get laid because I wasn't born with hourglass shape and my cheekbones aren't high. I can only watch all the pretty girls around me getting benefits and compliments, while I don't differ from also not a handsome man
Are you overweight? If so that is your fault. I haven't been approached either and i dont think i look ugly.
Besides you have better job prospects to fill fucking diversity quotas you do have more powers in court and you probably would get laid if you made the first move and approached men.
No I'm not fat, and even I was fat AND had an hourglass figure I would get lots of men because that's all they care about. If you're a woman, it doesn't matter if you are chubby, average or skinny - if you have rectangular shape you don't get shit, and if you have hourglass shape you won
Being drafted to what? And for my future I'm choosing paper work - a man can too
You'll never have to lay in bed awake at night thinking of the horrors of war and wondering if you would have to be forced to give your life in the most gruesome and horrible ways fighting in wars you dont understand or care about alongside your friends.
Typical of you to pick easy desk jobs while we have to tar your roads shingle your roof pull oil and natural resources out of the earth. When a ditch has to be dug women are nowhere in sight yet women complain about being underpaid while we have to risk our lives building and maintaining civilization while also putting food on the table for our families.
Sure a man could do paperwork as well but women don't do our hard labour. As a woman you even have better access to jobs due to affirmative action. You cunts have it easy. I wish i could be reborn as a woman to escape this shitty lonely life.
Compare to men, then yes. Men must be confident, tough, soldiers ready to die, lead and protect daily. All those things cause a lot of stress on men.
Couldn't have said it better myself, woman these days want equal rights, equal pay blah blah blah but they don't want to be sent to war and all the other things expected of men in the world
Neither of them have it easy.
Both sides have immense problems.
Except female issues are the ones prioritised over men's from looks of it these days...
Yeah that's true.
Say that to the young girls who marry some old men or all the girls who are sold as prostitutes. Definitely an easy life
It really matters where are you from and what society you live in
The young girls who marry old men do so voluntarily and of their own volition (at least in the western countries we are most likely talking about), so I don't think they have a hard life as a result, they probably just wanted to inherit his money when he eventually dies. As for the women forced into prostitution, I agree that is awful and needs to be stopped, though I don't think that works as a general example of why women have it worse. I could just as easily say men have it worse because of the young boys in africa who were forced to kill their own mother and then forced to join and fight in an army, typically until they die.
I definitely agree with that, which is why I think this discussion should be specifically on the western world. If we discuss the entire planet then it will essentially be the two of us throwing examples of shitty countries that in no way represents either of our standards of living. I say men in one country are being enslaved, you say women in another country are being raped and murdered, yet both of us sit in the safety of our own homes with little concern for such things.
@devilman666 my opinion on this, no matter If taken globally or just specific countries, is that we are equal. Noone can flat out say girls have it easier because there are stuff girls have to deal with and boys don't. But the asker didn't specify it so I had to give few examples
Fair enough. I somewhat disagree with the idea that we can just say people are equal, but we can generalize it to most people having both advantages and disadvantages to their way of life. I do agree that it is probably impossible to make an accurate statement about every man or woman in a country/the world and decide which gender has it worse.
@devilman666 I'm not saying people overall are equal, we definitely aren't but when it comes to talking about "which gender has it better", we are. I'm comparing a girl and a boy from same social class and country of course
Tell that to the families of men who die or are injured in the work place. 95-98% of all injuries and deaths at work are men...
women be like: "and every time I go shopping, I have to be looking for a toilet and sit down *ugh*"
men be like: "I have a double PhD in astrophysics and I'm still not getting laid."
I think it is no âwho has it easier.â Both genders have different struggles and things they have to encounter
That's true but I feel like certain things are just handed to women
Like a woman can be a stay at home mom and nobody judges them if your a man the expectation are tremendous we're even expected to hold the door for women. See the reason why people say the men have it easier cause most men dont conduct themselves like men. But the real men we know all that's expected of us
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Life is hard period, there is no easy life, every one has moments of sadness, loneliness, depression, triumps and failures. Thats just part of it.
Lol I love how all guys answered that women have it easier than men 😂😂
So many MGTOW on reddit
Women have to deal with sexism and ageism that men don't have to deal with
Ageism? You don't get discriminated against when you're older, you just stop receiving A LITTLE of your special treatment! Ageism! X'D
And by all meaningful measures, health, life span, happiness, standard of living, education, choice of job by preference instead of profit, amount of friends, amount of connection, emotional freedom, compassion you receive, help you receive, attention you receive, the worth you hold in the eyes of society (not your contribution to society, but simply the worth of your life, which is way higher than mens in the eyes of socitey), women have a better life than men.
You simply are healthier, happier, and live longer. And most importantly, you get to express and experience your feelings. All of this, and yet women are still the ones who supposedly have this terrible, oppressed life, ruled by their male overlords.
If I could chose, I would be reborn as a woman.
Depends.. both genders deal with shit.
Girls gotta deal with thirsty guys, creeps, etc..
Thats easier than men who have to deal with being sex starved tho. Majority of men in the United states are so ugly they couldnt even date a 300lb obese grandmother if they wanted
I too love oppression Olympics. You sound like a pick me.
My baskin Robbins chocolate malt says it depends on the individual not on their sex. Chocolate malt is wise beyond its years.
Of course they do. Anything they want they can get. Anything they need they got it. Men have to learn go earn as young as 12. While girls play with dolls.
I mean a girl can accuse a man of anything in the US and the guy spends nights in jail. Can't say the same for women. I think ultimately it depends on where you live. I feel in the US women have it much easier.
The only thing a woman has to do is look pretty , smile , and bat her eyes.
OK , maybe once in a while she has to make a sandwich. But oohhh my how hard is that?
That's sexist, you can't expect a woman to make you food and especially not sandwiches! Now you get downvotes from women for being sexist.
@devilman666
She. Will. Make. Me. A. Sandwich.
you're a turd :)
@daisydukeso make me a sandwich.
sure, i'll put a turd in it so you can eat yourself
@daisydukeso
What ever you say, what ever you do, whoever you are you need to be good woman , go to the kitchen and make me a sandwich right now.
I command you to do so.
Well, not gonna make a sandwich for a rude and condescending 40 year old! Maybe I would for my kind and respectful boyfriend, who also makes me sandwiches ;)
@daisydukeso Your " boyfriend" makes you sandwiches?
Gay.
Yikes. Do you act like this in real life too?
@daisydukeso
A good woman cooks and cleans for her man. Not the other way around. A man that does woman's work will lose respect. A Woman wants a strong and confident man that leads and commands her.
She does not want some limp wristed mangina.
Lol, you're a man, how would you know what a woman wants?
@daisydukeso I know exactly what a woman wants.
How? Because that's not what I wantd
@daisydukeso
Bullshit.
Hilarious how you think you're a mind reader hahaha
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