White Men as an Oppressed Minority

White Men as an Oppressed Minority


Maggie Gallagher discusses the gender gap in schools and jobs. But the same gap exists to other areas of society. Access to governmental services is one. The same reluctance of men, and reaction of others to men seeking help makes them girly-men at best. Often it is abuses by women, homosexuals and African Americans who are always thought of as victims. White men, though not discussed by Gallagher are beginning to become an oppressed minority. When considered in the context of the global society whites are only 16 percent of the world population. If half are women then white men are only 8 percent of the world.

"And yet every sign that boys or men are hurting gets determinedly turned around into a happy news story of female success. The disconnect between the happy headlines and the reality underneath will only be solved by women. The irony of men is that they cannot defend themselves or organize around their own systemic, gendered problems. Putting their own gender in the position of "the weaker sex" unmans them -- and also makes them deeply unattractive to women. It's not going to happen.
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When men fail, fewer women get married. Since 1970, the proportion of 30- to 44-year-olds who are married dropped from 84 percent to 60 percent. What's next? Ask black women. In 1970, black wives were already more educated than their husbands, and just 62 percent of black people aged 30 to 44 then were married. By 2007 that figure had plunged to 33 percent. Fewer than one out of three black Americans in prime marrying/childbearing years is now married. This is one core reason why out-of-wedlock birthrates are so high."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucmg/dowecareaboutboys

DO WE CARE ABOUT BOYS?
Maggie Gallagher
Yahoo News
January 20, 2010