I was thinking hard about what point or takeaway i wanted to give everyone as we all celebrate Men's Day. I think on days like this its good to do two things: celebrate the good things, and also be more aware of ways in which men can be the target of sexism, regardless of how that might compare to the oppression of women which is a topic for the other days out of the year.

I think one of the most important examples of sexism against men is the way they are treated when seeking help as the victim of physical or sexual abuse. In the vast majority of cases they are either turned away or appalingly often accused of being the abuser themselves if you can beleive that. The problem is massively common as the graph below shows.

Im not sure what we should do about it but i am sure we shoukd be aware of it.

@freemo why is it that whenever we celebrate x day we always talk about all the bad things that happen to x
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I think because in thia case its something that usually if you talk about it you will get attacked for it, so people dont talk about it. Its more acceptable on this day so people take the chance they dont usually have to say it and be heard.

@freemo i still appreciate the effort, and it's good to bring up issues. we should instead bring up issues anytime, and leave the celebration days to celebrate

then again the internet is built for complaining so that wouldn't work very well
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