"Der (stille) Krieg gegen die Männer"

Anthony Bradley, ein schwarzer Männerrechtler in den USA, behandelt in einem aktuellen Artikel die Männerfeindlichkeit in unserer Gesellschaft als ein Problem, das Männer mit den unterschiedlichsten ethnischen Hintergründen betrifft:

According to a recent study in the journal Crime & Delinquency nearly half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males in the U.S. are arrested by age 23. As the study indicates, these arrests can "hurt their ability to find work, go to school and participate fully in their communities." "The study is an analysis of national survey data from 1997 to 2008 of teenagers and young adults, ages 18-23, and their arrest histories, which run the gamut from truancy and underage drinking to more serious and violent offenses," according to the press release. These results signal a possible dark future for our country.

Will there be national outrage at these arrest numbers? Doubtful. Some might argue that these numbers are simply a part of the ongoing narrative of the war on drugs and the criminalization of masculinity. Arguably, if the same percentages held for women, regardless of race, feminists would likely charge America with being "obviously" misogynistic. Do these numbers tell us anything about the country’s disposition toward men? Does it show us that misandry is truly legalized and flourishing as some have argued?

Hier geht es weiter.