Overcompensation seems to be the name of the game. We have centuries old traditions which were designed for a world where women were subservient and have few rights, e.g. the man pays, don't hit girls, the man must be the breadwinner, etc.

The feminist movement has been a wonderful thing. I advantage of its benefits on a day to day basis. However, in a society that won't allow male only Gentleman's Clubs, but will allow female only gymnasiums, I think it's become a little weighted to one side.

My girls are given stickers in school which say "Girls can do anything". My son gets nothing, and so he asks "But what can boys do?" He's not given the same treatment, so in reality they are giving a hand up for the self-esteem of my female children, but at the same time they're pushing my male child down without even realising it. He needs to know that it's his world too.

And the worst thing I've seen... here in Australia we have a campaign to stop domestic violence against women. It's everywhere. Government funded, and it always pinpoints male aggressors. However, there's never any talk about domestic violence against men. This is because it isn't reported as often. A friend of mine was subjected to consistent domestic abuse over a number of months. He had called the police, who arrested him, then released him back into the custody of his abuser. They wouldn't take his story into consideration, even after she placed him in hospital.

There's still this big blockage in the way people think of men and women, women are still fragile and delicate, even though they're proving themselves anything other than that.

I'm sick of giving money to breast cancer when I rarely hear a peep out of prostate cancer charities. I'd rather give there where they aren't getting a flood of money.

Yes and No.

Some things are unfair for men and some are unfair for women.

However instead of pushing for equality or 'bettering women' - the feminist movement in general takes from men and gives to women. That's what it is. It's similar to racial equality. Females play the feminist card when it suits them. Instead of looking for equality they just look for more for themselves.

As a mother of two teenage boys (i also have two girls) , it is very important to be neutral.

Actually feminists piss me off more then male chauvanistics.

I warn my sons about feminists , they are ALL nasty pieces.

As for men ,

Actually there is a lot of areas of health that are overlooked or not acknowledged.

Like for instance , most boys start pubescent chemical changes around the age of nine.

Their emotions , for a long time have also been stifled.

I’m completely for equal rights for women, once they are just that, Equal. It seems to be the case today that women have more rights than men (both socially and legally). ‘RevKristine’ makes many points in which I planned to state in regards to equality but the points have already been made, the only other point I’d like to add is the inequality when it comes to parenting. I'm from Ireland, and it disgusts me that in the case of the parenting of a child with separated parents the father is legally entitled to little or no access. A father is entitled to a weekend every fortnight or there about. I’m not saying that a child should be assumed to the father, I’ve no objections to a mother having sole custody, just too legally have fair and equal access. Or to judge the situation subjectively before assuming sole custody to either parent, surely that’s fair, equal and in the best interest of the child. I’m arguing EQUAL rights here, especially in the case of a child. I’m of strong belief that a father is of equal capability as a mother. When having this conversation, women argue that a child needs their mother and I for one agree with that but I also believe that a child needs their father. A father can be just as good a parent and it seems it is the opinion of women that we are inferior parents. Judging a person and their abilities on their sex/gender, which to me is gender discrimination, is it not? What happened to practice what you preach?

The modern feminist movement is anti-male and has the agenda of female supremacy, certainly not equality.

Men are getting trampled over. They are so concerned with making women equal to men that they are lowering the rights of the men while raising women to a higher pedestal - that is why I was angered to hear that women are now allowed to serve on US submarines - can men not have one place left on earth (even the bottom of the ocean) to be men?

At least one of man's rights has been overlooked, the right to have sex when desired. She has a head ache. Who cares? At one time prostitution took care of that right, now illegal most places. Where is that right now?

All joking aside, part of the loss of men's rights are man's fault. There are too many eunuchs running around. Get some balls and take a stand. Enough is enough. Stop calling or texting your wife, girlfriend, mistress every second to get permission to do everything.

I think it was good that the feminist move came along in the beginning to help women have a say in a male dominate world, but at the same time I do find females selfish too sometimes . Yes women can use feminism to suit themselves. I really feel sorry for the dads who want to be a part of their child's life after a broken marriage/relationship and the mother won't allow him to have access to the child. Sure, if the father was abusive to their child, I could understand the mother's concern, but thats not always the issue.

There needs to be equalty between the two sexes..

God help those feminazi wenches who try to date my boys.

Ive already had to scat one off.

The Abused Men's Area;

http://home.earthlink.net/~elnunes/abindex.htm

Abused Men-The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence;

http://home.comcast.net/~philip.cook/

Lets just forget about 'rights' and what is a 'right' or not and treat each other as the moment demands!

Ends justify the means.

Yes, without a doubt! We have come a long way in the fight for womens' rights and still have a ways to go. On the downside, men have been bashed, villified and tossed aside like old garbage in the fight for women to have those rights.

We need to recognize that there are obvious differences between the genders (that some women don't want to accept) and men are superior to us....in certain areas. On the other hand, there are areas where we are superior to men. But we are both needed and important for a functional and civil society. We just need to develop a mutual respect for each other.

The feminist movement is anti-male and misandristic. It intentionally favors women's rights over men's, even if women's rights overstep men's.

In custody cases, it is almost always the female who get custody of the children.