Joachim Hagopian
In recent months and years much has been written and said about the fragile, convoluted, failed state of male-female relations in the post-modern era. On the one hand we have women in Western cultures making substantial progress since the early days of women’s lib back in the 1970’s - gradual yet steadily rising wage earners, moving up the success ladder in corporate, political, sports and entertainment worlds, breaking down career barriers into the formerly exclusive male domain and even eclipsing men nowadays in pursuit of higher education. 60% of all Americans who’ve earned bachelor degrees are women today. But while the “fairer sex” has benefited by these tangible gains in recent decades, men are said to be paying the price.
Not that female progress should come at males’ expense as true gender equality and empowerment is a win-win for both sexes as well as progress in human evolution. But a growing number of both men and women believe the so called third wave of radical feminism wields far too much abusive power and authority in present day Western society and is blamed for taking its toll on men. According to critics of today’s feminist movement, the fallen benevolent male warrior fighting for peace and justice for all is viewed as the movement’s casualty, through mainstream media where politically correct pro-feminist dogma reigns supreme, hardcore feminists proudly carry their V-shaped torch that spells victimhood. A growing camp of anti-feminists even including a few feminists claim that the movement’s male bashing displays an utter contempt for all men that’s embedded in misogyny, particularly against Western culture’s so called “white privileged males.” ......
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