Men are oppressed in today's society.

As far as I can see, you are very respectful and professional during debates- so to me, you are an excellent contender! It doesn't even seem that you are biased in any way ( or at least it isn't distinctive). I apologize for my confusing claim. As I reread it I can tell that it is very confusing and doesn't match with what I had indented on saying. Please, allow me to rewrite my claim for the purpose of clarity- My claim is that men have been oppressed for a variety of reasons. One reason for example, is the female-men ratio in college and universities- taking away the academic opportunities for men. *NOTE: these take on a list format, and are more notes instead of sentences, if that's alright with everyone. *My reasons: 1. Men are academically oppressed- which can lower their chances of finding a job without meeting proper education requirements, for example. - the male-female ratio in universities and colleges is significantly uneven. Daniel Borzelleca, a contributor for Forbes, writes that "On a national scale, public universities had the most even division between male and female students, with a male-female ratio of 43.6"56.4. While that difference is substantial, it still is smaller than private not-for-profit institutions (42.5-57.5) or all private schools (40.7-59.3)." - the men's ( ages 15-24) high school dropout rate of over 4 years (2009-2012) is statistically different compared with woman's high school dropout rate as shown in Table 3 of the NCES "Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972"2012, Compendium Report." - "boys take the lion"s share (70%) of D"s and failing grades," according to Collegestats.org's "9 SIGNS WE HAVE A 'BOY CRISIS'". 2. Men are oppressed when it comes to crime - "Adult men make up about 80% of prison inmates, but boys are incarcerated at an even higher ratio compared to girls at the juvenile level. They are sentenced to juvenile detention facilities five times more than their female counterparts," according to Collegestats.org. - "A fact that goes hand-in-hand with boys" high rate of incarceration is that they are up to five times more likely to die by homicide (as in 2004) and up to seven times more likely to die in a gun-related death than girls. These are the boys who got out of juvenile detention or managed to never be sent there and who raised their risk factors through certain high-risk behaviors, as laid out by the Department of Health and Human Services," according to Collegestats.org 3. Men are oppressed in the workplace- while many believe that wages are different between men and women, other issues have been addressed that disenvow this claim- rather supporting men's oppression instead. - "the days they worked, employed men worked 52 minutes more than employed women. This difference partly reflects women's greater likelihood of working part time. However, even among full-time workers (those usually working 35 hours or more per week), men worked longer than women"8.4 hours compared with 7.8 hours," according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics ( US BLS). - this hints at the debunking of the idea that women are paid less, because statistics clearly state that it's an issue of HOURS WORKED, rather than wages gaps - as for how this relates to men's oppression in the workplace, work is often said to cause stress and anxiety. With logic one may conclude that the more hours worked, the more stress and anxiety may result- which can be a heavy burden psychologically. - according to data collected by the US BLS, the unemployment rate in 2017 for men has been as high as 4.8, with the most significant differences between men and women being in October and March of 2017, with .3 difference during each month. Between men and women, men have had the highest unemployment rate- 8/12 months ( 3/12 being ties, and 1 month of women having the highest unemployment rate.) 4. Men are oppressed socially- it seems to me that more and more videos and discussions address how men are socially oppressed through harassment and exclusion from social groups consisting of woman - "Kelvin O, PsyD, was one of 12 men in a class of 70 in the clinical psychology graduate program at Alliant International University in Los Angeles. "Sometimes I felt like my voice wasn't really heard," he says. Being one of the few men in his program also made him feel socially isolated. "There were girls' nights and girls' outings," he says. Naturally, he wasn't invited. "I kind of felt left out at times," he says, adding that he probably missed out on some networking opportunities," according to Cassandra Willyard's "Men: A growing minority?" She writes in this cover story anecdotes from men in the Psychology field, explaining through their own quotes about their story in a graduate program. - during a political meeting, a congresswoman in question states to the man questioning her about "sexism and misogyny" that "she will not be lectured by this man" and "if you want to see a misogynist look in the mirror." - this relates to the issue of social oppression because this congresswoman was harassing a man who, did not seem to purposely offend her but instead, question her- the purpose of the meeting. Her response with fighting back was more so harassment than a mature and professional response that should be expected from a political leader. A video of the meeting is located in my sources. Because this is such a dense topic full of different perspectives, I realize it can be very hard for everyone to find and write well-backed claims, and with such a short time-frame ( obviously my fault, my apologies) and short character cap ( once again, my fault [ geeze! I'm on a roll!]) it is understandable. Either way, what matters is that the person debating cares about the topic and cares to put the effort into supporting your beliefs on the topic. So in that case, I'm looking forward to your points! Thanks for the read everyone! If you have any questions feel free to cover them in your turn, or message me. I'm always happy to get feedback and will try and respond as soon as possible. Sources ( please, excuse my poor organization) - #1) male-female ratio https://www.forbes.com... #1) men & woman drop out rates https://nces.ed.gov... #1, 2) Collegestats.org https://collegestats.org... #3) US BLS https://www.bls.gov... https://www.bls.gov... #4) congress meeting #4) "Men: A growing minority?" http://www.apa.org...