"In Western society, it's becoming quite obvious that woman are the more privileged class" ???????? excuse me???
That's not a direct quote, but, um ... yeah.
We get more attention and opportunities in school, and therefore we are graduating in greater numbers from universities. We are bound to get the job before an equally qualified man. We hold the vast majority of buying power - basically, most adverts are geared to attract us.
We get to play Grrrl Power/Independent Woman, yet it's still a societal norm that if we are hetero, men should still pay the bill, and they are looked down upon if they request a 50/50 split. Also, if *we* offer the split, we can rescind the offer at any time without being judged negatively by society. We can openly admit to having a separate bank account. He, on the other hand, will be crucified as greedy, because "AllMen R Assholes".
If we marry and decide it's over, we get favored in family court, even if we are objectively bad mothers/administrators, or if we were the ones who cheated and broke the marriage. No custody for him. And if he wants sole custody? Oof. He's gonna bankrupt himself, even if he's got proof she's a bad mother, because "AllMen R Terribel Parents".
It's only now that alimony is equal - before, you decide it's over, court still ruled that he still pays your way even of you're an Independent Woman(tm). IE, you get the house. He sleeps in his car. And he has no say because "AllMen R Deadbeats".
Due to changing social mores, it is now considered noble for a man to raise another man's child. Not because the father is dead - simply because the other man left and the poor woman's left in a lurch with nary a mention of irresponsibility on her part. He will discipline, love, and educate the child as his own. If he slips up, he will be judged very harshly. If he's too good, he will be suspected of foul play because "AllMen R Repists". OR, alternatively, the woman will choose a man she damn well knows is bad, willingly expose her children to danger, and when tragedy happens, she remains the primary victim - not the children, because "All Women Deserve To Be Believed. "
Additionally, women doing the same with another woman's children isn't quite so required, and the repercussions for slipping up are far less harsh.[see evil/sexy stepmother trope]
Women are given less jail time than men for the same crime. [See, like, court documents anywhere]
Sexual deviancy toward minors is seen as cool shit when women do it [see commentary beneath any article about a female teacher raping an underaged boy]
In many places, men cannot accuse a woman of rape due to a faulty physiological argument ("If he's hard, it means he wanted it", which is not true - ask any man who has gotten are hard after being frightened, or while sleeping).
They can accuse a man ... but not a woman. That's why there are far, far, FAR too many young men walking around with pain they cannot utter due to abuses perpetrated against them by mothers, aunts, sisters, female cousins and friends. And even if they did, how would the woman who hurt him be prosecuted? And the paralyzing shame after an assault/abuse isn't only a female problem. Men feel it too.
I can go on, and on, and on.
Lately, the zeitgeist is leaning steadily toward a more female-centric consciousness, so I bet these issues are things no woman even thinks about ... unless someone they love is touched by them.
So ... yeah. Unclutch your pearls and open your eyes. Our vaginas ain't magical. Bad women exist.
And we're all out here eating a shit sandwich.
