Men are more exploited than women

From a business stand point, all across the world, why would an employer whose first interest is saving overhead expenses on labor, hire men to do the same job women can do and pay them 20 cents more per dollar? Whatever statistics or reports claim this data, must not be looking at other factors contributing to this ie: experience, time in service, education, tenure etc. So to say women are undervalued as a labor force is not a really huge standpoint. [1] [2] Talking about women and being exploited in the sex industry is the most harrowing and largest gap one can find in women inequality. A pandemic, I would say, that is very prevalent to effect mostly women. However, this is only one avenue of exploitation. Although a big one, a very big one. On the spectrum of social injustice across the world, that 90% figure is brought down in other areas such as: forced Labor where it levels out between genders. [3] Sexual exploitation, the biggest proponent of women inequality, is only one avenue of exploitation. Whether forced, or not; exploiting a resource is exploitation. Nobody is generally forced to buy cigarettes but the Tobacco companies still exploit target groups. This is where I want to call attention to my argument. Aside from the statistics of sexual slavery. In what ways are women exploited, that men are not equally or more exploited for? Labor, dangerous occupations, anti-depressants, narcotics, drugs, military, crime, gangs? According to labor research and workplace safety, women incur only 8% of work related fatalities; the primary reason being occupational hazards. [4] Although this statistic is drawn from countries that report organized labor, this huge margin, considering the vast majority of hazardous occupations in the world, makes the amount of men dying from occupational hazards a very large number. (It was hard to find a complete summary on a global scale so this fact is inferred based on reports from countries that report labor safety) This is an exploitation because Men are put into these situations because they are strong, physically built for the line of work they are doing. Labor companies use these Men's bodies to perform tasks that are very dangerous. Although, willingly consented, it's still an exploitation of men and their physicality. It's jobs Men are expected to do. Men are 17% more likely to use a narcotic substance in their lifetime, and 10% more likely to abuse the substance over their lifetime [5]. Men are more easily targeted at young ages to engage in this behavior because it can be inferred what usually causes this behavior is child neglect and heavy community persuasion. Exploited Men to engage in drug abuse because it's easy. Narcotics stems from criminal behavior and gang related instances, where men are predominantly more prevalent in all nations. Young men are also just as likely as women to be abducted into sex trafficking trade [6] Approximately 300,000 young boys are forced into armed conflicts in over 30 nations. [7] While older males aren't necessarily exploited in this category, boys can be easily manipulated and exploited because the social structures around them are failing. Threats and abuse, cause them to join just as much as it is argued for young females. Just because some exploitation may not be as graphic or shocking as sexual slavery, exploitation is still not good. The problem in exploitation is men face it just same and in many areas have it much worse than women do; crime rates, suicide, depression, military causalities, all factors that effect men in very huge numbers. All of these because of stigma of Men being weak if not lived up to by certain standards. Men have much less value if they are weak when it comes to labor, and crime. To do drugs and be a "gang banger" you have to be a man. To work construction and industry intense labor, you have to be a man. You have hurt feelings? Be a man, get over it. This stigma of manhood, is why men are exploited. To challenge another man's masculinity, and looked down upon others for weakness. [1]http://www.thedailybeast.com... [2]http://www.pewresearch.org... [3]http://www.ilo.org... [4]http://www.bls.gov... [5]https://www.unodc.org... [6]http://jjie.org... [7]http://www.cfr.org... [