#GenderEqualityForMen

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

VIDEOS:

• Global Campaign to Remedy 12 Areas of Male Disadvantage — provides a 3-minute overview.
• #GenderEqualityForMen — reviews each of the 12 areas of male inequality in detail.

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.
   • Press release:
     • May 27: Urgent Call to WHO and Member Governments to Address Longevity Crisis Affecting Men
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:
   • Fifteen times the number of occupational deaths, compared to women: Men: 6.2 deaths/100,000 workers, Women: 0.4/100,000 workers.
   • 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 men 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.
   • Wartime deaths: “Estimates across conflicts classify men as between 1.3 and 8.9 times as likely to be killed in war as women.” The vast majority of these deaths befall civilians (Figure 2). Also see: Gendercide.
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 — see photos of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard >>>.
   • VIDEO: 2024 Conference on Violence against Men and Boys
8. Boys:
   • 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 and Adoption 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 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.

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

Country-Level Analyses:

• Spain: Differences of Rights Between Women and Men
• United Kingdom: Ten Male Disadvantages
• United States: For Every 100 Females…

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