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This is something that’s confused me. Feminism claims that part of fighting sexism means men will lose their benefits, but I legitimately cannot see a single thing that I or any other man who isn’t actively profiting off patriarchy lose if we lived in a world without it.
Abortion rights don’t effect men at all, equal wages would mean we still get paid the same, safer streets are universally beneficial, and I don’t take advantage of desperate women for easy sex.
In other words, unless you’re being a jerk or committing specific crimes, patriarchy doesn’t really benefit you at all, at least I don’t really see how it benefits me. In fact I’ve always subscribed to the idea that everyone would be happier without gender roles or stereotypes at all.
I guess some people might take my opinions more serious than women, but it’s kinda hard to tell when that is.
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I don't think this is necessarily true though. Think about very basic economic principles.
More women working means more economic output. As a rough approximation, double the workers means double the output, which means there will be more companies and/or companies will be larger, meaning more promotion opportunities overall.
You could argue that, as women enter the workforce, men have to work less so that they can do their 50% of the child-rearing and domestic work. But a major part of what drove female empowerment were technological inventions which made that stuff easier like the washing machine and the dishwasher. Ultimately, that work still needs to be done, so if women aren't staying home to do it any more then some mix of government and private enterprise will meet the resulting demand and find ways to provide those goods and services (childcare and domestic stuff), which will help increase the number of jobs.
Men may lose out a bit, but mostly there will be an interim period of structural changes as companies expand and new companies get off the ground.
These zero-sum arguments unnecessarily spook people, but the worst part is they don't even make sense!