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Is female the more dominant gender?

Does gender sensitivity mean only being sensitive towards the female gender?

  • Gender sensitization is becoming synonymous with sensitization towards womens issues but nobody seems to be talking about sensitization towards men's issues. Why is that? In other words does it mean that an individual is gender sensitive if he or she is sensitized towards the female gender but does not have the foggiest about men's issues?

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    i worry about mens issues as i do about womens. I dont think its fair that men sometimes do not get fair custody in divorces as fathers love their children adn children need their dads. I also (as i have said in previous posts) work in a child related field and I am in my 3rd year of Ba (hons) Early Childhood Studies. We have only a coupel of men on the course and they have said they have encountered certain prejudice and have been treated as if they were paedophiles for wanting to care for children. This is due to the stereotypical view that only women are good with children and its not 'natural' for a man to take an intrest in this kind of caring career as they are unemotional and not good at it or some kind of sexual predator. We were talking in class and loads of the girls that have worked with men say that men encounter these problems within their settings too. A woman even removed her child from the nursery when a man started working there and stated that was the reason. If this happened the other way round there would be outrage and women were getting discriminated. Gener stereotypes and prejudices hold back both of the sexes. This is why there are not many men child care professionals or primary school teachers. The men I have worked within settings have been professional and great at their jobs. The boys have really enjoyed a male presence and there has been more of a balance for them. I will defend men in these roles as I will men who dont get custody with their kids.

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It's always been that way. Women ask us to be 'more sensitive and caring'. What they mean is that we should care about them more and make more of a fuss over them. It's not like men aren't caring and sensitive, it's that nothing is enough for a woman. These same women don't give back. They control our feelings. They demand that we be sensitive to them, but they stop us from being so to our own kind. They put men down as "All of you are the same", "You'll never change" and the like. And we're expected to be nice to them about it for good measure. THAT, my boys, is the definition of 'being sensitive' - letting her get away with everything. http://www.fatherland.info/docs/if-men-have-all-the-power.pdf Women don't give a damn about men. And even men tend not to care about it - they write it off as something 'real men' should put up with. Maybe it is time men realized it is never unmanly to stand up against anyone (that includes women) when you believe you are right. No matter how nice-looking and innocent the opponent may appear to be, your feelings and rights matter more than 'being fair'. Women are never fair to us. So maybe it is time we looked at ourselves and asked ourselves why we so unthinkingly ditch our buddies and go out of our way to help a woman in need while it is impossible a woman would do the same. 'Real men' don't put up with BS, they stand up for themselves. 'Being fair to WOMEN' about losing YOUR rights says an awful lot about your backbone.

My name is ABC

It's simply a euphemism for advancing sexual harassment litigation by modern Feminists both in and outside the workplace. It doesn't apply with respect to men's protection in any way.

R. Gaspari

because the world is sexist against men.

aripal2k

Yes it does mean toward the female gender. Feminism is moving to make men second class citizens. Men's needs, natural functions, and way of being are under attack and never to be accommodated. Thanks for feminism. Equality can only be achieve when both sides are considered. Which, right now, feminism only considers their own side and seeks to just keep piling on extra rights and special privileges while eliminated responsibilities.

Voice of Reality

Not becoming always has been. When gender is mooted connotations highlight the female. Should not be so as much more critical, robust analysis of male gender and masculinity is required.

bearalice

"In other words does it mean that an individual is gender sensitive if he or she is sensitized towards the female gender but does not have the foggiest about men's issues?" Yes.

Malevolent Blessing

Well, if you have to be sensitive towards females, then isn't that just promoting the stereotype that females are weaker? If the men at the office have to "take care of Baby Susan", then Susan is obviously not very professional. She's immature. General sensitivity is enough. Just recognize that we are all dealing with PEOPLE and as such, we should not be selfish, rude, and inconsiderate.

Victoria Love-Williams

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