> So why isn't it when the genders are reversed?
Men occupy a position of institutional and societal power that makes such a comparison unhelpful, at best.
>Men occupy a position of institutional and societal power that makes such a comparison unhelpful, at best.
That doesn't justify discrimination. You're using the same argument Nazis used to genocide Jews: "they're overrepresented in positions of wealth and power so it's ok to discriminate and kill them all because it's obviously their fault for your problems".
You average man has no benefits in common with the top 1% of wealthy and powerful men who write the rules. The top 1% of Americans have more in common with the top 1% of Russians or Chinese then they do with your average Walmart American male.
Why punish men todays for the original sin? This only leads to extremism as backlash.
I’m not justifying discrimination. I’m justifying the comparison being bad, which it is.
Has the same energy as "President is black therefore talks about racism against blacks is unhelpful"