What do you think are the biggest challenges men face today, and how can we address them?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

In general men’s issues aren’t taken easily. That isn’t just from women but men as well, society in general. A lot of times women say they want a man who is in touch w his feelings, who expresses himself. But the minute he does express something to do w how she acts or how he’s not comfortable w whatever, he’s controlling or misogynistic. That’s why it’s just easier for men not to talk cause men know most women won’t listen. Men are still expected to be traditional, compromise everything but the girl can do what she wants w out having to uphold her part. These days women are uplifted as far as school, dominating colleges. Men are expected to stay, to fight in times of war like they did in Ukraine. Being falsely accused of things. Told we’re trash, we don’t need men, we can do better w out them. But women fail to realize everyone g in society is pretty much built by and maintained by men. Women want the right to say my body my choice but young men are subjected to selective services. Men have a higher rate of suicide. We’re not allowed to have a say in reproductive rights according to most women but you’re still expected to provide financially. A man can’t opt out of parenthood if he wants unlike a female who can choose to do so. Funny how a lot of women said men shouldn’t have a say in reproductive rights so a lot of men voted for Trump, now these women are mad the men didn’t support them. So now we’re misogynistic again, we don’t care about our women’s health. Doesn’t make seen lose custody of their child cause the system favors women even if she is crazy. Basically everything is blamed on men. Am I complaining about it? No I’m not. Just pointing out things I didn’t realize growing up. That I was as the man taking responsibility for everting that every happened in my relationships. But now that I’m older I think, no that wasn’t my fault. She just okayed on my emotions that you’re not a real man if you don’t do this or that. Men need to stand up for their selves more these days. Stop being what women are telling you to be. Stop being feminized. Masculinity is not toxic.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

The biggest is the simple fact that men's issues are not taken seriously. They get no attention because society doesn't care about men.

Some more specific issues...80% of suicides are males, and society does nothing to address it, because it doesn't care about males. If it were females committing suicide at 4 times he rate of males, billions of dollars would already have been spent trying to address the underlying causes.

Men get treated very unfairly by the legal system, especially when it comes to divorce and child custody.

Fathers are seen as optional and unnecessary, despite all the evidence that children raised without a father are harmed in countless ways.

Men have no rights in parenting and reproduction. In most states women can choose opt out of parenthood by having an abortion. Men have no such right. In fact, men don't even have the right to know they have a child in the world.

Our education system is rigged against boys. It is set up to meet the needs of girls but not boys, and boys who struggle in school are branded as trouble makers, something that typically affects them for the rest of their lives.

Simslover92 · Accepted Answer

Being falsely accused
Being rape victims and it not being taken seriously
Having their children taken away from them
Their mental health not being taken seriously
Expectations of men to be more masculine but at the same time shooting down masculinity

It's a long list but those are just the few I could think of.

LeatherDame · Accepted Answer

Lack of emotional connections/friends they can be really open with and get emotional support. I think there’s a lot of chronic loneliness right now.

Zack-Bann · Answer

Men are being shamed for behaving like men and told to follow in the example of women’s behavior

The problem with that is: those men of old that get demonized today are the ones who built the world, not the women (for better or worse)

And being a man doesn’t not mean being a bad man. There have always been good men, that remained men nevertheless

We need to stop teaching people, kids especially that masculinity is inherently bad and femininity is inherently good

It’s false

And that is what I think is the core problem that creates challenges for men today

BTigers96 · Answer

Falling testosterone levels, accross the board.

Big agriculture and Big pharma are likely culprits. All of the chemicals, pesticides, plastics, etc... that were consuming is decaying T-levels.

American men have lost around 60-80% of their testosterone since the 1940's. It's an epidemic nobody the medical community refuses to address do to big pharma.

CuriousMoonFox · Answer

The answers to the first and subsequently the second question will change dramatically once there is war, famine, catastrophies, etc. People in the west can count themselver lucky.

That said, I do recall a time in my life when I wished there was undiscovered territory for me to conquer and make mine. Every time I come up with something new I have to realize that it's not. Kills my motivation like nothing else.

glennos89 · Answer

The biggest challenge is definitely to behave ourselves when we see profiles pictures like your own haha😋

Another thing is that woman try to step out of being a traditional woman that wants to be mother and take care of the family instead of going all in for their careers. Woman like the majority of feminists are behaving is something that isn't making the majority men of happier in any kind of way

AaronKrieger · Answer

Lack of self-control , which goes for people in general, but it's bad for men to experience it due to us just naturally being more violent to ourselves or others.

Djaay · Answer

I guess this question is for males in the continental United States. Most of the rest of the world just isn't facing such gender war plaques such as Americans. Personally , I believe that American women disrespect and have 0 respect for any man. That I think is American mens challenge.
Men , find ur women elsewhere. Lots of better ones outside the continental US.

D_Bone_Steak · Answer

Anything that was male-centric has been chick-washed..

exitseven · Answer

Age discrimination. What needs to be done is the government needs to have an all out war on aging. Lets make America Young again.

Garud · Answer

demonization of men by textbooks, media, feminists and the justice system

hotman5 · Answer

I don't know , im a man and i love my life i may not have it all but at least i got faith in God thats all that matters to me

seeyounexttuesday · Answer

Men need to stop acting like liberal pussies. It's time to get masculinity back and testosterone levels up.

SolitarySolace · Answer

Women and their issues overshadowing men and their issues.

Anonymous · Answer

Men have turned into big cry-babies. We need to turn them into real men again.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Honestly I think the biggest issue is nobody cares what men want and the way we can make it better is to respect all men not matter what colored

BLP11520 · Answer

First of all earning a decent living. Secondly, finding a good person to have a serious relationship👍

shortster · Answer

The biggest challenge I face is finding someone willing to go out on a date with me?

sage2021 · Answer

Being a white man in your 30's and older.

Potteplante · Answer

That people only care for a day.

katiesmuff · Answer

Same challenges that women face today.

ihateTaylorSwift · Answer

they should get more sex and do less work

LiamJHayden · Answer

Being lied about in legal settings.

Stu234432 · Answer

Too much jerking off, porn and weed

josepppiiii · Answer

Men aren’t men anymore and everyone is offended

Wise4myage · Answer

Masculinity issues.

MasterKS · Answer

sexual performance.

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