Something worrying is occuring within our society. You only had to watch the Men Only drama to realise this. Basically men are finding it increasingly hard to cope with women's equality. That's not to say all men are sexist bigots who believe a woman's place is in the home, but that what makes a man a man is underthreat.

I'm a feminist, an equalitist, and I'm glad we women are becoming more equal, I'm happy we now have the sam opportunities as men. But in all this equality for women stuff we are forgetting the men.
I know, I know, men were our oppressors, they made all the decisions, they got to work, to vote, but now they're in trouble and it's affecting everyone.
You see, before men were in charge, and they liked that. They went out to work, earned all the money to support their families, went to (men only) pubs etc. Men and women's roles were clearly defined. People knew what was acceptable behaviour for a man, and what was acceptable for a woman.

But now, thanks to our fore-sisters, we can get good, well-paid jobs, support our families, go to the pub, get pissed, watch the football. We are wearing the trousers. Anything the lads can do we can do better, just witness the ladette movement of late.
Part of the blame (if there is a blame) lies with the closure of industry in this country. Manual labour jobs have decreased and this has resulted in mass unemployment, whilst work in sales, PR, etc sectors have increased. So many men with limited skills are jobless, while there are plenty of jobs for their wives. And for some men it's incredibly hard to stay at home while their partner goes out and supports the family.
There is also nothing that is 'men only' anymore. And I guess that's a good thing for us women, but for the men they have nothing that is 'theirs' anymore, that identifies them. It's all under threat. So they have to find new levels of masculinity.
And these new levels are frightening. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of suicides amongst young men. Of course pressure at school and with peers could be blamed. And the pressure of school can be just a great for girls. But schools are now so much more girl-orientated, we've over taken boys in nearly all subjects. Men also find it very hard to talk about their feelings for fear of appearing unmanly.

Blokes have always had an appetite for alcohol. But now us women are going out and downing frightening amounts, so blokes have to go up a step. We've all seen them on a Saturday night. This over-drinking results in violence, accidents, amd sexual assault.

Some men now have to prove their masculinity to each other and women. What better way than to pummel some bloke outside the pub into a pulp, or to exert power over a woman by forcing her down and raping her? It's scary and it's on the increase
So what's the answer? I don't know. But my yummy friend Alex has written his view of it all.

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