Men's Group
In reply to the discussion: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against men [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Men aren't paid 25 cents more because we're men. If we can find work (men are more likely to be unemployed) we tend to choose the highest paying jobs regardless of other considerations (92% of all on the job fatalities are men). We also work more hours and take fewer days off. Once you normalize those factors, we're paid about 6 cents more, and some of that can be attributed to negotiating for salary.
Second, women are more likely to be physically violent. It is generally when that unilateral violence on her part escalates to reciprocal violence that she gets injured and the cops called.
We're poorly educated, in a bad state of health and increasingly depressed. Fixing those problems among men isn't a priority for progressives or conservatives.
Just because you don't see or understand all of the problems doesn't mean they are nonexistent.
... welcome to the group.
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