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There are so many layers to your comment.

Aren’t you now asking yourself, “who are they scared of?”

Let the answer sink in.

amarcheschi | parent
I know what women are scared of in that area, God damn I'm autistic but not stupid. I'm slightly on the edge as well, that's understandable. What I'm trying to grasp, is how men perceive they're being discriminated against. If you feel like you're being discriminated because women are scared of men at night in a bad lit sketchy area, that's not discrimination, that's just survival instinct, and I have it too, be it some guy walking his dog on a leash or a woman in her fifties walking alone
throwaway665345 | root | parent
>What I'm trying to grasp, is how men perceive they're being discriminated against

For example, there are scholarships and conferences specifically for women, even in spite of college numbers now drastically already favoring women.

I feel as though as a white male I am very heavily discriminated against in the academic job market. I'm certain that if I had a vagina, and all else were equal, I would have 1000x the job prospects in academia. No, I can't prove this, but I know a lot of other men feel the same way.

I created this throwaway account to answer your question because I'm afraid of potential future employers looking at my posting history and seeing the above comment, which I think would instantly disqualify me from the majority of US academic positions.

amarcheschi | root | parent
I showed this to a friend doing a PhD - in italy tho - and she laughed and shrugged saying that she's in academia not because she has a vagina but because she had the right recommendations from the right people

I think the academia world is broken not in the way you think it is

Although not in the US, she says that when doing something in the academia world being a man or a woman makes no difference (here)