History of Feminism

I recall a time a few years ago walking past a "Take Back the Night" rally on the campus where I was a graduate student. As a progressive male I was indeed sympathetic and even thought of joining the rally. As I listened I heard the speaker on stage declare that "All men are guilty of rape." And I'm not paraphrasing nor exaggerating. That indicated clearly to me that I was not welcome at the rally and the reason had to do with the Y chromosome with which I was born and could not choose to not have.

I'm very sympathetic to feminism and to women's causes and I recognize that statements such as "all men are guilty of rape" are the exception held by those who have their own serious problems. However, when a discussion turns towards discrimination against men because they are men, as an outspoken person, I object from the deepest parts of my soul.

In my opinion, deciding to ignore the academic problems male teenagers currently are facing apparently because "it all evens out later", is blatant discrimination. It doesn't "even out later" because class isn't consider here. But even if it did, it would still be discrimination.

The test is simple, reverse the genders and see how you feel about it. As a High School physics teacher I work tirelessly and with deep dedication to solve the problem of why young women shy away from math and science. And I can proudly say that, at my school at least, I have made major contributions to reversing that specific trend.