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

Firstly I would like to re-instate my argument more clearly. My opponents stance is that men are discriminated more than women in the UK. 1. There are no laws that discriminate against men. So there is no lawful discrimination of men, therefore men are not discriminated more than women, on the grounds that they are not discriminated at all. 2. Women are objectified relentlessly by mainstream media, damaging their self esteem. Men are beggining to be subject to the same thing, but on a much smaller scale. 3. Women cannot be on the front-line in the army, but men can be mid-wives. Women are thusly discriminated against more than men here, not just as much as. 4. Women are expected to be more responsible to their children than men, putting additional pressure on them not subject to men. I am not arguing whether this is right or wrong, but simply stating it as another example by which men are not discriminated. 5. As I have already shown that men are not discriminated against lawfully, we must look more keenly. One way to see if any group (minority, ethnic e.t.c) is being discriminated against in a society, is to look at the positions, wealth and power of that group. So lets do that. Women earn 15% less (1). Only one in five members of government are women (2). Women own, on average, 17% less wealth than men (3). So women are on average, poorer, paid less and less powerful than men. So men cannot be discriminated more than women. Maybe the same, but certainly not more. Rebuttals. You say men are subject to the same objectification and stereotyping e.c.t. This is true to an extent, but doesn't show how men are discriminated 'more' than women. However, I cannot leave somebody saying that men are subject to exactly the same objectification by media, undisputed. Have you ever herd of the Bechdel test? The test is, (and its to be subject to films): does the film have more than one female character. Do they talk to each other. When they talk, is it about a man. Now, in a world where men are discriminated, you would expect that very few films that would actually show this degree of sex bias towards men wouldn't you? Well in fact, 43.3% of film fail this test (4). Meaning that almost half of our films are incredibly sex bias, and in favour of men! Women are not represented or made to seem important, heroic e.t.c in almost half of our films. So this is almost proof that women are discriminated by film at least just a bit more than men. Certainly, men are not discriminated against more than the women. This is just in fim, but the rest of media falls in line with the same cultural narrative. As for the rest of media if you need an explanation, here is a quote from a study on music videos: "Compared to male artists, female artists were more sexually objectified, held to stricter appearance standards, and more likely to demonstrate sexually alluring behavior" (5). Again though, you don't need this to tell you that, if you watch the music channel yourself. Women spend $151 billion more than men on beauty products (6) demonstrating that women are more self-conscious and worried about there appearance. So no, your search on google images for 'abs', does not convince me against everything that I see daily on tv and billboards. Male nerds are quirky and loveable. You argue that I have missed the point: that men have no right to pull out of a pregnancy and that's what's bad. I think you miss the point. The reality of the situation is that, if the man can choose to back out, then he can force someone to have an abortion. So its not possible to allow a man such rights, when they inflict so severely on someone else. But I also think you miss this point: You say a man cannot back out of having a child? Why not use protection? If your not 'ready', as you put it. Don't make forced abortion legal! This point does not stand. More funding for female cancer than male? Well the least funding goes to the biggest killer (heart problems) like I said, and so this is not an accurate measure of discrimination. Domestic violence shelter gap. Again, this is because it was unheard of until a few years ago. There will be sufficient care given to those men who need it, and they will not be discriminated against. It was not an active choice to make more homes for women, it was a reaction to a realisation of domestic violence against women in society. You say men are not more aggressive, and I assume your point is that they are NOT more likely to go to jail. Well I would argue men are more aggressive, physically violent and impulsive. It's in our genes, for males who dominate reproduce more. That's why we are bigger than females: because being aggressive has been what makes us successful. Because successful women were not necessarily aggressive, they did not evolve to be more tough, like men have. The proof is in your blood. Society also has a habit of teaching males to be impulsive, exploratory and dominant. Where as women are encouraged to be neat, tidy, responsible, well-behaved and 'lady-like' (i.e. not to get muddy or play rugby e.t.c). Women who don't conform are labeled Tom-boys. So not only our genes, but our society also encourages males to have characters that are more likely to lead to crime. They are NOT favoured by the criminal justice system, for the system is legally unbiased. I don't argue that I know the reasons why people commit suicide, or become homeless. But I do know, just from my own experience and study of male sub-culture, that males are far more likely than females to make the bad choices that lead to these lives. Why, what are you saying? Than homeless women have different laws to homless men? They don't. You say: 97%of rape cases result in nobody going to prison. Well, that's not so bad for men who only fall victim to 1 in ten rapes (7). Many of which the perpetrators where actually male. Women, who make up the vast majority of the victims, are obviously worse off. I cannot understand why you would make such an argument. Thank you. Sources. (1)http://www.telegraph.co.uk... (2)http://www.parliament.uk... (3)https://www.duncanlawrie.com... (4) http://bechdeltest.com... (5)http://www.researchgate.net... (6)http://www.huffingtonpost.com... (7)https://www.rainn.org...