Firstly, women and minorites, or, "other races" as I like to more accurately refer to
mongoloids and negroids, can't be accurately compared. Primarily this is because with racial issues, it is possible to adopt an "us vs them" mentality, where as with gender it is not; when Spanish migrants all but exterminated indigenous peoples through central and south America, for example, it was simply a matter of "Okay, they're dead, this is our land now." By contrast, exterminate a gender, and you have essentially exterminated yourself. Quite to the contrary, women, if for no other reason than the fact that they bear children, have always enjoyed protected status. This"women & children first" gynocentric mentality which women enjoy in most if not all societies, was borne of necessity to ensure propagation of our species. This continues to this day, while men are considered disposable by society. This speaks contrary to your "men like you complaining that life is hard because you have to think before you speak/ use your manners''' bit, and is reflected in multiple statistics, for example:
- 76% of
suicides are male
- 70% of
homicide victims are male
- 38% of victims of
sexual assault are male
- 40% of
domestic abuse victims are male
- Males die on average
4 years earlier than females
- boys and young men have fallen
dramatically behind in every level of the education system from grade school to university
- over 90% of
workplace deaths are men (i just pulled a quick news article saying 9/10, but I think it's like 95%)
- men account for over 80% of
homeless people
That's just off the top of my head. There's also family law as it pertains to divorce and custody of children, genital mutilation (AKA circumcision), military conscription, really it goes on and on. Meanwhile, our government is almost solely focused on support and
resources for women, further reinforcing the idea of male disposability, and the protected status of women.
My favorite quote from that last article:
"“What’s the message we’re sending to the world? Are we saying that we’re going to invest in our military, but the development side, the soft side of peace and security isn’t important? That we don’t feel we need to do our fair share on that front as well?” said Julia Sanchez, President of Canadian Council for International Co-operation, an association of aid groups."
The message in that article if you ask me, is that the men can go to fight and kill and possibly die (disposable), while the women will receive all the support and aid (protected). If we had a larger & more active military, I fear we'd face a veteran's crises similar to what they experience in the USA, but I digress...
Just a few things to keep in mind when talking about someone else's "social intelligence" and then referring to the "same old issues", and I haven't even touched on harassment, for example.
Finally, while it seems there may be a generation gap between Quarter Mile'r and yourself, I think that the content of what Quarter Mile'r is trying to communicate is spot on, in spite of a somewhat antiquated vernacular. I appreciate, Quarter Mile'r, that you are entirely aware of and unapologetic in this regard (read as: zero fucks to give.) IMHO that's exactly as it should be; I admire your fortitude.