MALE DISCRIMINATION - Yes it Does Exist

Male discrimination is still considered a rare phenomena. But unfortunately every sphere of our society is glorified by this discrimination. Be it the public transport system, ticket booking counters etc, you can find separate seats or queue for females. Is that not discrimination. Those who advocate the female rights defend these separate arrangements for male and female as a step to bring up the females to the same level as males. Some even try to cover this prevalent discrimination under the shadow of “CHIVALARY”.

Acts like offering seat to a lady (even though she can pull a chair and sit), opening doors for her (even if she can pull the doors and make hey way in or out) are expected to be performed by man if he wishes to qualify for the tag of gentleman. My question is why there is no mention of a reciprocal behavior.

Quotes like “Ladies first” is so well accepted in the society. But no one seem to care about “Gentleman first”. During argument with females one invariably hear sentences like “Don’t you know how to talk to a lady”. Most of the behavioral sessions are aimed at how to behave with a female. When I joined my organization, during induction I was given a long session on how to behave with female employee.Does that mean men are suppose to be taken for granted as far as these things are concerned

What I mentioned in the above paragraphs are just some of the discrimination that I have encountered. Unfortunately, these discriminations have become such an indispensible part of our life that most of us feel that’s how it is suppose to be. Society loves to create favorable situation for females. The saddest part is we men, are ignorant and unaware of these discrimination. On the contrary the females are much more aware of the discriminations that they are subjected to. On internet, tens and thousands of female activists can be found advocating that women should get an equal share in everything. I agree to them completely, but I advocate for an absolute equality. There has to be an absolute equality in society as far as gender issues are concerned.

I am a great patron of women working shoulder to shoulder with men, but at the same time the above mentioned inequalities should be removed. Instead of laying down different set of rules for men and women, we should have universal rules which apply to both sexes equally. Any change in universal rules will again create discrimination. A divided society can never prosper.