In the UK, men are discriminated against more than women.

Rebuttal of Con's round 1Con's first paragraph mostly consists of claims but no evidence, ending with this:"and the message to women is: you are not good enough just the way you are, you must be better looking or you're not worth it. All that matters is the way you look. There is nothing else about you that matters, you are purely eye candy for men. Shut up and look sexy, that's all you're worth."(Spelling and grammar corrections are bolded.)But men are taught that they're not good enough just the way they are as much as woman are, if not more. Except the male desirable characteristics are different. They are commonly bravery and muscle. Just like beauty can be worked on, so can bravery and muscle, and some people are born naturally more beautiful just as some people are born more brave or with more potential for muscle growth. Muscles and bravery being held so highly means that being a nerd isn't generally seen as a good thing. Just as ugliness or lack of beauty is primarily a female problem, lack of bravery and muscle, and having cowardice is primarily a male problem. Look at the examples above, these nerds aren't treated like people with complex personalities of their own, these are objects to be violently abused and victimized. That's what your equivalent of a feminist analysis would be for men.Con's second paragraph is also full of assertions, and he also urges me to watch "Killing us softly" on YouTube. I'm not debating against any external sources, and he never actually clearly states what the discrimination women face is, that men don't also face.Rebuttal of Con's round 2 #1: The right to financial abortion Con argues that only one sex should have a say on the baby, but he's missing the point. The men aren't allowed to pull out of having a baby, and he should have as much right to say that as the woman because that foetus/baby wouldn't be possible without his foetus. On top of this, men are still expected to pay for the child that they never wanted in the first place. Is that freedom?#2: The Cancer funding gapMy source from the first round quoted a charity saying that prostate cancer funds are lagging, and it although prostate cancer is one of the more curable cancers, it has been estimated by the British Journal of Cancer that it will be the most common form of cancer by 2030 [1]. This is also striking as it is the most common form of male cancer, which again points back to the fact that breast cancer is publicized far more than prostate cancer is despite them both being the most prevalent form of cancer for females and males respectively. This is discrimination in favour of women.#3: The Domestic violence shelter gapI must say that despite what my opponent implied, Domestic violence rates cannot simply be ignored, or missed. The percentage of male domestic violence victims being nearly 40% higher than what my opponent thinks the domestic violence shelter owners thought it was all this time. The difference between 1/181 and 4/10 is not an easy thing to miss.The cause of this discrimination is the view society has of women being the oppressed underdogs and men being the high rulers who never have any problems with anything in their lives and have it so much easier. When a woman fights against her husband making him look defenseless, society's response is "You go girl!", whilst you just need to stop the genders and people are quick to interfere, because that is wrong [2].#4: Women are favoured by the criminal justice systemThere is some truth to the statement that men are (generally, but not necessarily inherently) stronger. But natural strength isn't all that matters whether you're talking about domestic violence or any other crime, as women are more likely to compensate for this by using weapons [3], and they are equally or more agressive than men [4]. Therefore, it is discrimination, and you cannot claim that men are the more aggressive gender.#5 & #6: The homelessness gap & The massive differences in suicide rates by GenderMy opponent suggests that I don't consider biological differences between men and women in both cases. Con describes men as "impulsive, aggressive and careless". These traits generally go hand in hand, and I have proved that women are equally as aggressive as men, if not more, and my opponent, more importantly, has offered no good reason to think that men are the more aggressive, impulsive, or careless gender, and even less so that these differences would be substantial enough to mean that men are 3.5x as likely to commit suicide than women and are 9x more likely to be homeless.My opponent also suggests that a possible reason is that men are more likely to do things that they'll regret, such as rape and murder. But this relies on several assumptions, none of which he's given us any good reason to believe. Namely:1. That men are responsible for ~90% of rapes/murders2. That men are impulsive, and significantly more so than women.3. That there are large numbers of rapes and murders that are regretted to such a degree that the person responsible sees no possible option but to kill himself.The third contention seems extremely unlikely when you consider the fact that 97% of rape cases will result in the person responsible not having to spend any time in prison [5], and only 10% even lead to an arrest [6].Therefore, it still stands that it seems silly that women would be more discriminated than men.Thank you.Sources[1] http://www.nature.com...[2] (The video about Domestic violence)[3] http://www.theguardian.com...[4] http://j4mb.wordpress.com...[5] Department of Justice, Felony Defendents in Large Urban Counties: average of 2002-2006[6] FBI, Uniform Crime Reports: 2006-2010