Men, Do you feel targeted these day?

[hahahmm]

Well, I live in a society where women constantly claim to be victims, and men are blamed for the woman's problems no matter how deeply she was involved & causing bad things to happen to herself. A society where if a man is accused of a sex crime he will lose his job and can go to prison for 10 years with zero evidence. But when Card B admits to drugging and robbing men & a male victim comes forward and confirms it and even says that not only did she steal his money but he woke up with a used condom and doesn't remember having sex with her: she gets pats on the back and is declared to be a role model for women. If a man did half of what she did to multiple victims he'd be in prison for life.

"If you're a straight male or white male no one seems to care about how you feel especially terms of your mental health." It's NOT just white men. Black men are treated poorly too. The gender war that's happening isn't limited to white people. Attacks are being made on traditional masculinity, regardless of the race involved! This is why images of gay black men are promoted and pushed heavily while images of strong black men are kept to a minimum. And by "strong" I don't mean macho guys who do whatever women want. I mean guys who actually are leaders & think before they do things. One theory is that way too many guys have been feminized by single moms, weak dads and media imagery & music that is all designed to make men weaker/softer.

[Anonymous]

I feel like you’re the first woman in a long time iv heard that actually notices or gives a damn, thank you

[OlderAndWiser]

The pendulum has swung a bit too far on some issues but there are other issues on which the public is unaware of changes that have occurred in the last 10-20 years.

Child custody. The majority of men do not want to have primary custody of their children. For those who do, the courts in my area are very close to dividing the children's time equally between the two parents when that is feasible. It is very commonplace to see a father have custody 45% of the time and not unusual to see a true 50/50 split.

Child support. Child support is calculated on the basis of the incomes of the parents and the amount of time the children are with each parent. As timesharing schedules get closer to 50/50, child support obligations are getting substantially reduced. I routinely see child support awards of $150-250 per month for one child, instead of the $700-1,000 awards that we saw 20 years ago.

Alimony. There is a presumption against the awarding of alimony in marriages that have lasted less than 17 years. Beyond 17 years, alimony can be awarded but I have seen cases in which the wife earned more than the husband and she was ordered to pay him alimony. Also, courts are more inclined to award alimony for a time period to allow the other party to retrain and then re-enter the work force.

Everything is not as lopsided as it was 20-30 years ago, despite what the MGTOW crowd claims.

[Barbaric]

All of the things you're saying are true, but I don't feel "targeted". I don't care. I realise that the world is unfair, and that as a man nobody gives a shit about my problems but myself. What's more, I wouldn't want the sympathy from other people anyway, that's a symptom of my supposedly "toxic" masculinity I guess. I don't need anybody's help, I can deal with it myself.

I also choose to focus on things I can control anyway, and I'd encourage other men to do the same. Men really are treated badly in divorce courts, when it comes to parental rights, being forced to pay alimony and shit lie that. Am I gonna be able to change it? No. Then what's the point in wasting time thinking about it, complaining about it, or feeling sorry for ourselves? There's too much of that goes on and it gets you absolutely nowhere.

A lot of that has to do with the quality of the woman you're with anyway. It's the vindictive bitches who'll use the system against their ex-boyfriends/husbands, use their kids against them etc. It can be avoided if you look out for red flags and don't take the advice of idiots.

As for the shaming stuff, encouragement of men to be less "toxically masculine", the bashing of white men, I simply don't care and I don't take much notice myself. It rolls off like water off of a duck's back. Sticks and stones and all that. Those people are usually losers anyway. I speak about this stuff, but only to encourage other men to ignore it also.

[Anonymous]

Seems "normal" but yes sad still. It seems like the world revolves around women and women appear to be very selfish in general. And seems to be getting worse. Just look at how selective some can be with dating, it blows my mind sometimes. BUT, society and men have made women be this way and it has become "acceptable". They're selective because they can be. And selfish because they can be. To the point that some don't even realize how selfish they are (it's just normal to them). But yes nobody cares about guys and we are even "taught" that by society. Women wonder why guys don't express feelings, because we are shamed for it if we do. We get called a girl, pussy etc. Even by women we'll hear "be a man", or the ever famous "suck it up". Do women "suck it up". Imagine if we said that to them.

It may seem like I hate women and I don't, I love them, but society today and how it's shaped women (and guys) is sad and mind blowing! Male or female, we are all human beings.

[Bananaman177]

I feel like men have been targeted for genocide, and women of course are being targeted too, just the same, you hurt men, you hurt women and children too, no matter what. But women are way easier to brainwash and manipulate and socialize them to be useful idiots for the global anti-human system that promotes attacks on men and masculinity, but also attacks true femininity with the other hand, and tries to enslave women into becoming monstrous versions of themselves. They sell women "freedom" and "liberation," hey, do you feel liberated? Not yet, huh? Well, just keep empowering globalism, see how soon they "free" your ass.

You're going along with turning yourselves into nothing but human livestock for globohomo and you're totally fine with turning your own children into livestock, and why not? It's better than straight-up murdering them in the womb, and if you'll do that, fuck, you'll do ANYTHING. There are no more limits after child sacrifice, that's the last rule, after you break the last rule, there are no more rules. That's how that works.

[Oigit]

No and honestly I never really have. I hold the majority of people and the world in general at arms length. Because it gives me a buffer zone and makes it much easier to let things roll off. Also I'm not on social media and completely ignore mainstream media. So that eliminates two major sources of why some men feel targeted.

In a lot of ways I think people can be their own worst enemy. If what you are seeing or hearing in the media or social media. Remove both from your life. Because if you choose to stay connected to one or the other, you really don't have a right to complain. Because you are the one going back for more. It's a lot like a bad relationship. We can't blame everything on our partner when we are unwilling to leave them.

[David_Kek]

I've never not felt targeted in that way.
I remember once back when i was in school a girl used to constantly pick on me (in hindsight I think she might like liked me, maybe), up to the point of constantly kicking me in my legs while walking home. After i pushed her back once, a guy on his porch shouted at me, as if i was in the wrong to not let her keep kicking me.
Another time in school with a different girl I was friends with (again, hindsight i think she liked me) we was in class and she dug her nails in my hand, and i punch her hand into the table in response, and the teach then screamed at me at the top of his voice for like 10 minutes straight, to the point of bringing me to tears in front of the entire class.

These are part of men and women's roles, it's just business and usual. It's not fair, but no one said life is.

[Wedimir]

Nowadays, there is a displacement of men from all spheres. Although it seems to be a Patriarchy, in fact, a woman has been ruling for a Long time. A man is dying out, literally and figuratively. Soon there will be no normal, real, brutal men left. All because people left the model proposed by God and came up with their own. Each of us has its own role and if everything is made the same, there will be no differences, there will be no individuality and gender. It is the difference between us that makes us interesting to each other. And if both sexes are unisex, what can we talk about?)

[Vviiccttoorr]

Yeah sadly; the media has made sure to do that because, they want to divide and conquer us as a people. The thing is though is that true men don’t bitch about it and ask for sympathy from society. There still needs to be change though because, assuming someone’s traits (and claiming they’re automatically evil) due to their race and/or gender is racist and sexist. So it’s very ironic. It doesn’t matter what race or sex you are; ANYONE can be “racist” or “sexist”. Honestly the scum who run the media are the ones trying to divide us like I’ve mentioned; they do not care about any of us. The only reason they’ll do something like side with a woman or a particular race is to just pretend they care so they can split us up as a people. An old trick of divide and conquer that they still use.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

Targeted? Scapegoats? How's that? More and more couples these days are awarded joint custody...
And accepting of women's body 🤔 Really? Not on GAG, I see way more fat bashing posts directed at women way more than directed at men...
Being a man can be difficult being a woman can be difficult, being a person can be difficult, life can be difficult... That's why people should work together to get each other through the difficult times in life instead of making everything a damn competition of who has it worse, who's superior and all that nonsense...

[Knighted2170]

Not really.

I try to things in a larger context picture. See things from their point of view kind of way so I can at least try to understand where they are coming from.

It's something I was raised to do from an early age. "Look at the bigger picture before you focus in" My dad would say.

The only time I feel targeted is when I hear the phrase "It's because of the old white guys we have this problem." I never truly understood sexism or racism until I was considered "old." I have a much better understanding now, even though I can still hang with under 30 crowd.

[Anon621]

To be honest I used to feel targeted before I shaved. I used to constantly be bothered and signaled by women even though I was never about that life myself. If a woman could explain why they feel the need to constantly signal or flirt with men they find attractive but then never actually say anything to that mans face I would appreciate it. I'll be completely honest though ever since I grew out a beard not a single girl has even said a peep to me and I can feel most people are intimidated by me now even though I'm not trying to scare anybody on purpose.

[Lionman95]

yes sometimes being a white cis man can be hard. Every girl´s talking about the privileges I have and had, that I´ve never had. I don´t know which kind of privileges, they are talking about and if I ask them, they tell me I should think harder because guys like me are the problem.

My solution, stay single and spend the least amount possible with girls because that gets you away from problems.

[p0ltergeist]

nah. if people are treating you like shit for being a member of a privileged class, 1. learn what privilege ACTUALLY means, 2. dump those friends and get better ones. when i was abused by a woman it was my feminist friends that helped me understand i wasn't less of a man for it, and those same people/kinds of people have helped me learn about how having to be a certain kind of man hurts men (the "toxic masculinity" thing antifeminists hate to hear about). the only people who really target me for being a man are the dudebros who make fun of feminists and call you a pussy when you have 1 feeling, and the occasional radical extremist that most other feminists reject.

[Skankhunt]

I don't feel targeted personally, not yet that is, but I am cautious with whom I let in my life, especially when it comes to women. I feel like it isn't fair that women have it easier. When it come to marriages I think most of time women have an advantage (Alimony, custody of children). I think this should be different. Men are just fucked. All this makes me very cautious, reserved, keeping people at arms length, and feeling suppressed by society. I'm not playing the victim card, but I'm just using my head and be cautious.

[Unit1]

At times i felt that.
so i adjusted to it accordingly. All i care about is money and avoiding idiots. I am anti marriage and childfree. A system like that is not something, that i support.
I'm kind but I'm not going to put myself into such risks like a target practice shooting.
times change and so do we.

i do not hate women because they don't have to deal with what we are dealing with. That's just ridiculous.
women are my friends.
but like with everything there are friends and there are enemies.

[Phoenix98]

Honestly no. I just honestly don't care what y'all think I just don't have any fucks left to give. Nor do I care about how women feel about me as a man. Nor will I ever allow myself to be a victim or identify as one.

And that's the difference between us.

[RingOfFire]

I'm not a pussy so I don't give a damn how people "feel about me as a man." I don't need anyone to make me "feel good about my body," "feel strong," or do me some kind of favor and grant me I gender equality. I'm perfectly able to do all of those things for myself without anyone else's approval and as far as I'm concerned whether you are a man or a woman you don't get any special credit for your gender, you only get what you earn. If there is something I need that no one gives me, I take it myself.

My happiness doesn't depend on validation from other people. I think we'd all be better off if people took more responsibility for themselves and stopped depending on validation from "society" for their happiness.

[FakeName123]

Do I _FEEL_ targeted? No. I am not playing a victimcard and whenever I become a victim of whatever unpleasant experience caused by others - I think about what _I_ can do to make it better.

Am I targeted? Or rather: Is modern society strongly biased towards women at the expense of men? Absolutely. It's not even a question.

[Kurαȷ]

I do feel the societal status quo is skewed in favor of women overall, but I do not feel threatened by it personally.

In all honesty, if it takes greater privileges for women to feel the way I feel in society, then so be it.
Just don't call it "equality", because that's stupid and hypocritical.

I'm ok with my mental health issues being trivialized if it means people with worse issues will receive preferential treatment.

[Not_Average]

It's not a bother if you don't subscribe to those who target you. These woke liberals who preach toxic masculinity are irrelevant to my life. I mentally mark them off as irrational, and move about my day. That ties in with my dating prospects as well. There are plenty of red flags to look out for in women who think in these ways. I pride myself in being self-reliant, and I don't feel my life necessitates for sympathy towards my mental health or other areas of my life.

[Guanfei]

On the internet, definitely. There's an obvious state of mind making men the ultimate evil, saying everything bad in the world is from them.
Take that question asked here about men shutting up about their issues, you'll see that almost every woman there say that it's men's fault.
And what's funny is that it's actually an evolution, because not so long ago, they wouldn't even acknowledge that men had issues, but now that it's well known, they can't deny it anymore. So they acknowledge it... but make it our fault.
And all over the web you have the modern feminism who keep making everything our fault, even mistakes women do. And make up new issues, to blame us for it. It's basically hating on men, but trying to find excuses to justify it. Women are victims, men are inherently evil and bad, and anything bad happening to women is our fault, even if we didn't even take part of it.

[PushOrganic]

I feel like I have more pressure to be accomplished. For reference, I'm a caucasian guy, and I feel like our culture sets expectations higher and puts more pressure on us to meet them. To be accomplished, financially successful, educated, etc.

I personally feel like I have to behave and strive like be a top 10% man in all aspects of life.

It might be just me for setting the bar high for myself, or it might be social media, or it might be our culture, but that's what I feel.

[Anonymous]

I just remember that as a white man I make more money, have a higher chance of getting promotions, am very much represented in government, and I'm alright. Being a white man isn't perfect, but I'm not blind. It's much better than being literally anything else.

[Anonymous]

There's some of that going on, but whatever--haters gonna hate. It's a pretty pansy-ass move to whine about it, so not planning on doing that. The way I see it there's nothing wrong with being a man so I have no intention of apologizing for it. I love women so I'm not holding the zeitgeist against them. BUT, I have no real use for the people screaming "PRIVILEGE!" over every flipping thing. For the most part those people are useless so I'll ignore them. And it's sad to see some dudes feeling they need to talk down manliness and "take a knee" to all this stupidity. I feel badly for those losers because that's no way to go about living. But it does mean that REAL manliness is getting rarer these days and THAT means it's more valuable. So I'm fine to just keep on keeping on and that's my advice to the men that ask me for it.

[Lynx122]

Having low expectations is the best way to deal with it. Most guys have other shit to do than worry about how people feel about guys in general. I personally take care of my mental wellbeing very well in fact I'm gonna write a mytake about it soon but there are definitely a lot of guys who are lonely and abandoned by everyone.

I don't feel targeted though. I think those people who hate guys in general are not worth even considering it's better to just focus on being positive yourself.

[Yaaten]

I was targeted by bullies when I was in school, but now? Nope. I think it's only on 'social media' where this happens, and possibly in the mainstream media as well, but both can easily be just ignored. Turn off, tune out, and you will live a much more productive life. Life is too short to waste it worrying about crap like this.

[Anonymous]

Are you one of these mgtw members under pink profil? Women in middleeastern/Asian have still worser than white men. At least you are not forced to marry/can't really choose your husband-arrange marriage dont do a shit-, have to go trough virgin test bullshit, have no right to have friends with different religions or in general, have no right to choose to wear what you want, etc. I really want to symphanty with men but i can't when they have it better in general all over the world. I am ex-muslim and nobody know about it, so my family can't abondon me and my mum dont get a heart attack since she has heart disease. I swear a fucking incel have better life than me. I even can't kill myself.

[lokeshdh000]

I am totally getting what you feel. I would suggest you to read The four agreements books. It will teach you a lot and help to get greater knowledge about what you are talking about here.
We all takes things directly, even if the other person really meant to say that or not.
It's all very complicated and I can't illustrate that like him. But you must give the chance to him

[John_Galt]

I think there is no doubt that men are being attacked from all sides these days.
Typical male traits are considered “toxic masculinity” these days. and then everyone wants to know why there are no good men anymore, good husbands any more, good fathers anymore...

[Tomsta]

Targeted? Not Really
Have assumptions made about us?: Yes but that is a societal problem that's been going on for generations; take mental health, it's a known fact that men suffering from mental health problems don't see as much recognition as women because society tells us that to show emotion is a weakness and a man has to be strong and be the breadwinner

[JackSmy]

So I should whine, and complain? No!! Not my way! People think what they think, and whatever bullshit they are programmed with, by the media, or society.
The only people I care about are the ones that think, FREELY, for themselves, and they CHOOSE to like me, and some CHOOSE to be in a relationship, with me!
The rest can just piss off! Couldn't give a toss at what those ignorant bastards think and say!

[MAC1983]

Até you kidding?

There is a reason James Brown sang This is a man's world... Noone mentions.

Humans is harder to metric. That is all.

[strraku]

no bcoz straight male are the ones who have already got their rights at the top priority of every inch on the earth... now slowly other people are also demanding for their.. but tht doesn't target those males

[TheFlak38]

Good to see once in a while a young woman who understands this. Especially men who are ugly. They have it the worst. They can't even go to a restaurant and get served as human beings. The waitresses almost throw the dishes at their table and run away. And let's not get into flirting and relationships. A woman getting a compliment from an ugly man is for her the greatest insult she could ever receive.

[Makeushiver]

Its a bit difficult since I love to flirt but I understand that issues have gone way beyind that and I don't feel bad about anyone abusing their power who gets caught

[Feelicks]

I agree, which is why I'm glad to be poly and bi. I don't care if a gal rejects me, and since I'm not in a rush I can be choosy. Choosy enough to just completely avoid most crazy lol

Also I just act more gay at work so as to avoid persecution... Times are strange. LoL

[Juxtapose]

I have a lot of support and love from those close to me so I don't really consider what society thinks of my sex too much unless something concerning so comes up and then I freely point out the double standard.

Even without the double standards, people in general would still be dicks so I don't care what people in general think. They're shallow and selfish.

[IAMNathanael]

I read about it online quite a bit. Thankfully I'm able to just live my life in the real world.

[andreasderjuengere]

I sometimes have a feeling that I'm aimed at.
But I have a shield for that: I'm man.
(Not, that I'm in denial; I just feel self secure)

[ShootShootBangBang]

No. I think single moms have it much worse tbh. My mother is an awesome mom! I’m in premed and was always in gifted classes. Plus MGTOW and Red Pills are awful. When my dad beat my mom, I’m glad she got half. She deserved it. I do think men are more childish now though.

[007kingifrit]

yae we get attacked for having opinions at all, white men are insulted constantly and its very systemic, job offers and applications for anything will discrimminate against you

[ColHathi]

Nah, not scapegoats. That implies intent. I get what you're saying though, and yes I do feel that way a bit.

[Giggltr0nn]

I feel like I should be, but no I just don't care about all of the "anti-male" sentiment that is out there

[Anonymous]

If they're smart they do.
Everyone wants to be a victim these days and their go to scapegoat is white males.
Just watch any award show or female talk show for that matter.
It's all about how white men need to be contained, taken down a notch and domesticated (Cucked) basically so the rest of the world can get power.
They cry and cry and cry.
I watch it on mute or I eventually believe their shit and submit like they want.

[Anonymous]

Yes, we feel like scapegoats and the result is that we like women less even though we are still sexually attracted to them. Feminists tell us that we don't have to do all those special things for women and that's fine with us because the way they act I don't want to do anything for them except sex. I view most feminists as man hating lesbians even though a small percentage of them aren't fully lesbians

[JSmuve]

Well, if this site is any indication of the prevailing female mentality, then I think they have an empathy problem and are unable or unwilling to see things from a male point-of-view.

[winterfox10]

We're definitely scapegoats. Modern women, at least the westernized ones, definitely pin a lot of shit on men.

[Helloyouare92]

My wife bitch about my bird shitty on the couch she bitch out at me since she is obsessed with cleaning I gave out my phone number to my friends to prank call my wife. I guess covid 19 quarantine isn't so bad after all. LMAO

[Anonymous]

Targeted
Well the left want to kill all men so there's that

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

I don't feel targeted at all. I never felt any was in any way shape or form not heard because I was a guy,

[Exterminatore]

Yes. Targeted was the correct word. Targeted is how I feel.

[KingChris08]

My definition of feeling targeted is people that are get to me which they are not so ugh no I do not feel targeted lol 😂

[_____dj]

Online yea, generically lopped in to shit not at all relevant to me. Although in person no

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

Nah, because I'm not a simp and I don't surround myself with shitty people.

[navyrobin]

All I’m gonna say is...
If you were a man posting about women’s hardships, you’d be called a simp.

[John_Doesnt]

You've been watching too much conservative media. You have been brainwashed.

[Anonymous]

Obviously we do, because we are targeted and seen as scapegoats. That is obvious to anyone with any honesty.

And the responses from all the females shows there is very little honesty among them today.

[Anonymous]

Your argument is that cis, het, white, able-bodied men feel stressed because they have to treat everybody else as equals?
Read that again.

[Guy0nGaG]

Not targeted, but I feel like things are stacked against us (I think that's what you meant).

[9Livezzz]

Hit hit the nail on the head there 😉 Men can't ever speak out against it because it'll turn right back onto us. We need more women to spread the truth like this. Thank you 😊