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Also, you don't need to wait two decades to see if modern feminism is a success or not. Well, first of all there needs to be a definition of modern feminism. 1960s-1980s feminism is second wave feminism which we know ended more or less due to internal strife about pornography (among other topics) and the religious/conservative uprising of the 1980s. From the 1990s onward, "modern feminism" has been third wave. There are already growing backlashes to third wave feminism with varying degrees of extremist views (such as the misogynistic views of Kadagar). Whatever the actual products of "modern feminism" have been in the past 15 years, the image many have of it is akin to the view of Fragony. That is, that women deserve special treatment and to just be given positions and privileges for the sake of being a women. There seems to be (I put that in italics for a reason) very little discussion about men's issues from current strains of feminism (despite the assertion that feminism fights on behalf of both genders). Why is there no Federal council on men when men have successful suicide rates almost 4 times higher than women? Why do men make up 40% of college graduates when they are 51% of the 18-40something population? Why can't I paint my nails without having people look at me weirdly or questioning my sexuality?

Granted, even feminists I do not like will talk about the problem of "aggressive masculinity culture" repressing men from being able to express their feelings, which has a large degree of truth to it. However, most commentary about it features a lack of solutions or solutions that I feel won't actually connect with young men.
Has it?

I think around this Backroom and Frontroom, men have often shared their emotions and feelings, and been generally handed well.

Heck, looking around in my age group, 30-40 year olds... We have no problems discussing feelings. Neither with our spouse or with our friends.

I often heard women say they prefer to talk with men, as they are more sympathetic and less prone to backstab you afterwards.

I know me and the people around me are extremely open with stuff like this, so I don't understand where the idea that men cant handle feelings come from.

We don't act like ****ing drama queens around it though, but that's another issue entirely.


Also, we just had an accident in Sweden when some workers died. That's OK, it happens all the time and it's a known hazard of the job.

How come I never see feminists violently claim 50/50 gender balance in those jobs?

I agree with Frags, the feminist movement seem to only want a gender balance in the cool or finer jobs.

Men simultaneously go to the coal mine, gets killed once in a while, and frown some when they read about the new feminist ideas of equality in government and CEO boards.