Real world effects of criminalizing maleness

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'Real world effect #1 – reluctance to help a child.

This has been seen before. When you have airlines refusing to seat a man next to an unaccompanied minor, and a man suspected of exploiting girls when photographing his daughters, is it any wonder men are reluctant to help a child in distress? ...

Real world effect #2 – men abandon teaching as a profession

John Bangs, assistant secretary of the National Union of Teachers, believes many men have been put off teaching in primary schools – often regarded as a woman’s job anyway – by an increasing vigilance over child abuse. “People have become much more suspicious of men who want to work with young children,” he says. “These perceptions are absurd, but men are reluctant to be stigmatized in this way.”
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Real world effect #3 – men avoiding college

The college gender gap switched from male positive to female positive almost three decades ago. ...

With all of the rape culture hysteria and affirmative consent laws making college a hostile environment for men, I expect the gender gap to widen. Fewer men will subject themselves to the risk that comes from attending college while male. At least at liberal arts colleges, which are already skewed female more than the national average. STEM schools might still draw men, since those BS degrees can lead to some well-paid careers, and fewer women choose STEM careers.
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Is the decline of men really a problem? Feminists think not. In fact, when these indicators of male decline are pointed out, feminists respond with “yeah, but men are still overrepresented in elected offices and corporate boardrooms.”. Apex fallacy. Because a small percentage of all men are in power, all men must be fine. It doesn’t matter to feminists that marriage and fertility are declining. In fact, they probably view that as a success metric.

I’m of the opinion that the decline is not a problem on the individual level. If men are making rational choices about what is best for them, and are choosing to avoid the rat race and career ladder, then that’s fine by me. Men are just responding to the incentives and disincentives offered by our culture.

But, while men “standing down” may be fine for individual men, it isn’t a success strategy for society as a whole. Under-achieving men don’t pay as much in income tax as their more ambitious brethren. And since women aren’t choosing high paying careers, their income tax isn’t replacing the tax lost when men check out. This is being masked by the high-earning baby boomers, but as they retire the demographic bubble will burst, and national tax revenue will decline. Politicians will likely respond by raising the top rates, further discouraging ambition and entrepreneurship.
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Take it easy men. Relax, work less. Do your part to reverse the wage gap. With culture and society denigrating men at every turn, what do men owe society in return? Nothing. If you can’t Enjoy the Decline like Aaron, then kick back and Observe the Decline with me.'

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