why does this crud continue

[4th law of robotics]

65. First off thank you for your time in answering my question

Second I would contend that "the patriarchy" of wealthy and powerful men actively conspiring to keep women down doesn't exist. It's paranoia.

There are some wealthy and powerful men and most of the wealthy and powerful are men. But they also represent a fraction of a percent of the male population. An average man is only just slightly more likely to be in this position of power and privilege as he is to fly in to space.

They aren't conspiring to keep women down, they're conspiring to keep themselves "up". Which means that 100% of women and 99.999999% of men don't get those benefits. I would hesitate to label that male privilege.


By most every quantifiable metric it is worse to be a man today than a woman. Unless dying young in jail is your goal.

I'm not claiming that some matriarchy exists to keep men down. But pretending the men have it great is absurd. Men have real problems in many areas that ought to be addressed. Unfortunately due to watching too many reruns of Mad Men some people assume men have it all and that anyone who says otherwise is engaging in an intentionally dishonest campaign in order to keep women down.