When will men and women finally have equal rights and liberties?
This is a tough topic to address without upsetting either side of the gender-issues spectrum. To answer this question, we must first assume that people of the male and female sex are treated differently in their day-to-day lives. Everybody who asks this question can agree that men, and women, are not treated the same in every area. Where the divide happens regarding this topic however, is in the perception that people have about which gender is "ahead" of the other. Mainstream knowledge is that women are "behind" men as a collective sex, when it comes to the rights they are granted by governments, and when it comes to the social expectations that society has in place for them. However, as time progresses, more and more men are raising their voice and saying "hey – we have problems too!" - in a humble attempt to argue that men may have it as bad as, or worse than, women, when it comes to economic and social liberty.
In order to answer the posed question, you must first choose a side of this spectrum. You must believe that either the male sex, or the female sex, are "ahead" of the other. My goal is to be able to make an educated argument in favor of each side, and to fully understand the current challenges that each sex faces, simply for being born with their respective reproductive organs. Once I have achieved this, I will be able to create a hypothesis in response to the posed question, as I will understand the differences and struggles that males and females must go through and live with.
The toughest part about this for me, could be my bias for the MRA movement. I am already well versed in the realm of "Mens Rights" and I understand that end of the spectrum well. However, that brings up a secondary goal of mine, which is to eliminate my previous bias – or at least, to understand the "other" (feminist) side of the spectrum well enough that I could emphasize with people who fall on that end. With that in mind, I may need to spend more time researching and writing about feminist ideals and arguments, which may pain me a bit. However I understand that the end result for me will be a proper unbiased mindset, and regardless of my end position on the "gender rights spectrum" I will be better able to argue and articulate my position.
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