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#GENDEREQUALITYFORMEN

VIDEOS:

 * Global Campaign to Remedy 12 Areas of Male Disadvantage — provides a 3-minute
   overview.

 * #GenderEqualityForMen — reviews each of the 12 areas of male disadvantage in
   more detail.

The conversation on gender equality has focused almost entirely on the concerns
of women and girls. But the needs of men and boys deserve at least equal
attention. Minority men face even greater challenges.

Around the world, men and boys are lagging in 12 major areas:

 1.  Education:
     * The World Bank reports, “more than 100 countries have lower levels of
       male secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion. Learning
       poverty rates—the proportion of children unable to read and understand a
       simple text at 10 years of age—are higher for boys than for girls in all
       regions and almost all countries of the world.”
     * The OECD reveals, “boys are significantly more likely than girls to be
       disengaged from school, get lower marks, repeat grades, and play video
       games in their free time.” (Page 123)
 2.  Health:
     * Lifespan gap of 5 years: Men: 68.9 years; Women: 73.9 years,
     * Nearly three times higher suicide rates than women: Men: 14.7/100,000
       persons; Women: 5.3/100,000.
 3.  Extreme Weather Deaths:
     * Men are more likely than women to die during famine.
     * Males account for 79% of all deaths from lightning.
     * Men are 2-3 times more likely to die from extreme natural heat.
     * Males are more likely to die from excessive cold.
 4.  Workplace Deaths and Injuries:
     * Three times the number of occupational deaths, compared to women: Men:
       51.4/100,000 working age adults, Women: 17.2/100,000.
     * Nearly twice the number of occupational injuries as women. Men:
       1,443/100,000 workers, Women: 755/100,000 workers.
 5.  Legal System:
     * Strong court biases in awards of child custody and parental requests to
       relocate. As a result, fathers represent only 15.7% of all single parent
       households (UN Women, page 63)
     * Requiring male victims of statutory rape to pay child support.
     * More severe treatment of men at every step of the criminal-legal process,
       including the treatment of persons accused of sex offenses.
 6.  Victims of Violence:
     * Males account for 78% of all homicide victims,
     * Among children 0-19 years old, boys account for 70% of all homicide
       victims.
     * Gendercide: Mass killings of civilian men.
 7.  Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse:
     * Far fewer services are available for male victims of domestic violence,
       even though men are equally likely to be victims of partner violence.
     * Among adults under 30 years of age, 43% of men and 38% of women have
       experienced online harassment.
     * False allegations of abuse.
 8.  Children:
     * 97 million boys, compared to 63 million girls, are subjected to child
       labor.
     * 90% of sextortion victims are males.
 9.  Homelessness:
     * 76% of homeless persons are men.
 10. Military Conscription:
     * Many countries have compulsory military service only for men. (The vast
       majority of military jobs are in non-combatant roles.)
     * Nine countries have compulsory military conscription for both men and
       women. But in three of these countries — Chad, Eritrea, and Israel — men
       are required to serve for more time than women.
 11. Reproductive Rights:
     * Upon becoming pregnant, a woman can choose to have the baby, get an
       abortion, or put the baby up for adoption. Men have none of
       these reproductive rights.
     * Paternity fraud.
     * Newsweek editorial: Give Men Reproductive Rights, Too
 12. Media Portrayals:
     * Reporting and commentary about men: 69% unfavorable, 12% favorable, and
       19% neutral or balanced.
       * Henry Makow: Food Giant Fosters Lesbian Chic

The Basic Index of Gender Inequality, which measures childhood educational
opportunities, healthy life expectancy, and overall life satisfaction, likewise
reveals men have fallen behind women in 91 out of 134 countries. Other
disparities have been documented in sex discrimination against men in hiring
decisions, including for STEM positions.

These problems are occurring within the context of a broader cultural assault
on men and masculinity. But funding agencies continue favor females over males
by more than a three-to-one margin, according to one analysis.

Country-Level Analyses:

 * United Kingdom: Ten Male Disadvantages
 * United States: Boys and Men Well-Being Index

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