Men Have It Worse Than Women In Modern America.

Response to C1: Financial Status and Health Firstly, in consideration of the topic of finances, I believe we should address the elephant in the room. Wage gap. Studies show that once accounting for factors such as difference in education and experience there is virtually no difference in wages (http://consad.com...). I will however concede that currently on average women earn less, however, I would like to raise that this is in part due to mortality. Firstly, men on average can expect to live to 76 years of age while women can expect to live to 81 years of age (https://www.cdc.gov...). Secondly, men account for ~93% of workplace deaths (http://www.bls.gov...)(2005). I would charge that this lower life expectancy means that the impoverished ratio fails to account for the less weighted geriatric community meaning that much of the statistics are based on data which has the average age of men younger than women and in essence allowing the elderly women sub-demographic to drag down the women statistically. Likewise, I would like to contest article (2), on the basis that wage gap statistics typically only include full-time salaried workers and not part-time salaried workers (http://www.pewresearch.org...). I would argue that the higher cost of health insurance indicates a boon to women as evidenced by their significantly lower percentage death rate to cancer and heart disease (https://www.cdc.gov...) and significantly higher investments in diseases specific to them such as breast cancer (http://www.telegraph.co.uk...). I showed that men are more likely to die on the job, live shorter, have higher mortality rates and get less in funds for health research in key areas. Response to C2: Sexual Violence This is actually a really interesting one since it is hard to even know if female on male rape is even illegal due to the often gendered terms used in the definitions and lack of inclusion of clauses referring to "Rape by Envelopment" (https://definitions.uslegal.com...). Additionally I would generally consider all statistics related to sexual violence and domestic abuse as needing a high degree of scrutiny due to low reporting rates among both sexes. For example, In domestic abuse it is shown that men and women commit it in similar numbers: http://www.statcan.gc.ca... (Yes, this is Canadian, but I believe the point would persist across the border.) Additionally, simply because 1,000 rapes are reported that does not mean that a rape was committed. While it is horrible for women to be raped, it is also horrible how we treat the accused of late, with lowered standards in colleges resulting in lives ruined and relatively little in the way of protecting the accused (https://docs.google.com...). Lastly, it is repeatedly shown that men are less likely to be taken seriously when reporting rape or domestic assault, given less aid in the aftermath of such incidents, and general discriminated in such proceedings with many refusing to believe such a thing could happen to a man (http://www.saveservices.org...)(http://docserver.ingentaconnect.com...)(http://www.mndaily.com...)(http://www.xojane.com...). I proved that we know absolutely nothing about the rates at which male abuse and rape happen at while also showing there is De Jure discrimination against men. Short response to R1: Suicide I would argue that it doesn't matter how long it has been happening if it is still happening. It's relevant. Also many statistics include self-harm, lack of care for life, and actual attempted suicide. Additionally, I would raise it is a concern if one party is clearly much better at committing suicide, likely indicating a better competency at doing so or a higher resolution to the matter. Additionally, I would charge men are more likely to conceal their suicide attempts. Short response to R2: Impact I assume you mean less rights for men. I charge that the impact of our current situation is the higher suicide rate, the lower life expectancy, the dropping rates of attendance at college, the general struggle in education, the rates of homelessness, and the lack of report on rape and domestic abuse. (http://www.theatlantic.com...)(http://www.deseretnews.com...)