You commented that if we descended into a theocracy, it would be due to the #MeToo movement. Very demonstrably, even according to you, they are not given massive support. Even your invented narratives don’t make actual sense. We live in a rape culture that teaches men they are entitled to women's bodies and that it's a woman's fault if something bad happens to her. This is hardly a thing of the past.
Victims are still re-traumatized by the system and even convicted rapists (something that rarely takes place) are pitied, at least if they are white men. Brock Turner, anyone? Black men don’t get the same courtesy. The fact that male victims aren't given support either is a function of patriarchal norms where men are "supposed" to be strong and in control and "ought" to be able to protect themselves. I've never personally seen a woman who laughed at male victims, but if you have, that's due to internalized patriarchy. After all, we're all steeped in the same system. The fact that women are more aware of how it harms them doesn't mean they've necessarily deprogrammed from it entirely.
Feminism is absolutely not a zero-sum game and in no way seeks to harm or marginalize men. You're just being silly and I challenge you to give me one example to support your assertions.It is not remotely true and there is no mainstream feminist organization that seeks to do what you are claiming.
You can yell and stamp your feet all you want but statistics are not on your side. It's just your emotions taking you for a ride. There is no place in American culture (or any other, for that matter) where women are "winning" at the expense of men and where men are systemically victimized by anything other than the patriarchy they are so desperate to uphold.
And no, those two statements are not remotely contradictory. Men have HUGE structural and cultural advantages in nearly every aspect of American life. They are so deeply entrenched, that some men are not even aware of them, but they're clearly aware of a lot of them or they wouldn't be fighting so hard to maintain patriarchy and the privilege for men that come with it. And at the same time, men are constrained and harmed by patriarchy in many ways as well. Patriarchy offers advantages to men, but it also harms them. It's not a slam dunk, but it is still a huge advantage that many feel they are "unfarily" losing because it's "owed" to them.
Thirteen years in the making, they (new guidelines for psychologists to work with men and boys) draw on more than 40 years of research showing that traditional masculinity is psychologically harmful and that socializing boys to suppress their emotions causes damage that echoes both inwardly and outwardly.
“Though men benefit from patriarchy, they are also impinged upon by patriarchy,” says Ronald F. Levant, EdD, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Akron and co-editor of the APA volume “The Psychology of Men and Masculinities.” Levant was APA president in 2005 when the guideline-drafting process began and was instrumental in securing funding and support to get the process started.
The main thrust of the subsequent research is that traditional masculinity—marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression—is, on the whole, harmful. Men socialized in this way are less likely to engage in healthy behaviors.
