A UK Member of Parliament recently suggested that there should be a Government minister for men which would presumably do similar things to the existsing minister for Women.
This has thrown up a series of heated discussions on social media about whether this is part of the ‘backlash’ against feminsm, or whether there is a legitimate need for wider support of men’s issues.
As a man who believes that there are legitimate issues disproportionately affecting men which should be addressed, what I really want help in understanding is the opinion that men don’t need any targetted support.
I don’t want to start a big argument, but I do want to understand this perspective, because I have struggled to understand it before and I don’t like feeling like I’m missing something.
I’d say theoretically yes. But don’t make it two, make it three or you’ll again exclude people.
But that minister then has do do their job properly and not just hate on feminism and try to make their lives difficult and do some culture/gender war.
If you want to do it properly find out first how many things there are to do regarding gender. And if maybe one person can work on gender issues. It seems unlikely to me that you need so many people for one topic. Only have many people if it’s impossible for them to simultaneously work for men and women.