Male Role Conditioning Exploits the Lives of All American Men

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-12-04 02:53

School Newspaper Opinion Piece: Male Role Conditioning Exploits the Lives of All American Men. Excerpt:

'Names of the dead from the War on Terror are displayed on the hallway walls of Valley College’s Behavioral Sciences building, but those names are just the tip of an iceberg that shows the role of men as the disposable sex in American society.
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Men are approximately: 94 percent of industrial accidents and deaths, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Men are approximately 80 percent of suicides, according to the Center for Disease Control. Men are approximately 76 percent of homicides, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Men are approximately 93 percent of the prison population, according to “The Sentencing Project.” Men are also a significant percentage of domestic violence victims, according to the DOJ and CDC.

It’s high time that the status of men and men’s health, which contributes to their disposability is accurately and equitably addressed at all levels of government, including college level liberal arts curriculum and men’s studies programs. To do otherwise, smacks of a misandrist disingenuousness that clearly reinforces the role of all males as second-class citizens under the tyranny of a government that does not equally protect, or value, their lives.'

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Why do they always attribute stuff like this to 'role conditioning'? That is not the root cause of the problem, thus the root cause is not being addressed. The fundamental 'problem' is that biologically (e.g. ev psych), we all carry within us a profound natural prejudice against the male. It can only be addressed by first recognizing that it exists, then compensating by 'adjusting society', for example, going to boys-only classes. However, the prejudice itself can never be eliminated, since it is innate.
-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Sun, 2009-12-06 04:37

Posting that at the school site would be likely be most welcomed by the author. I see some viciously attacking the article. I guess that just shows what its like on college campuses these days.

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Submitted by MR on Sun, 2009-12-06 16:15