# The Gender of Political Correctness.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-of-political-correctness/743719>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 20, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-of-political-correctness/743719 "2016-01-20T23:13:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-of-political-correctness/743719/61 "2016-01-22T01:17:57Z")

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> [@Robert163](#):
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> The issue is that for every claim of discrimination against men, you can find 10 that women have to put up with.

The majority of people in USA would agree:

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> > American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a ZeroSum Game
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> > Jennifer K. Bosson, Joseph A. Vandello, Kenneth S. Michniewicz, Joshua Guy Lenes1
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> > 1. University of South Florida, United States of America
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> 22% of men and 9% of women believe that men face worse discrimination then women.
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> Of course 57% of men and 77% of women still believe that women face more discrimination.

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**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-of-political-correctness/743719/62 "2016-01-22T01:21:55Z")

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> [@CCitizen](#):
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> The majority of people in USA would agree:

OK

But what are some examples of men being discriminated against on a daily or weekly basis? Sit coms do not count, that is fictional TV. Divorces do not count, that happens 1 or 2 a lifetime.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-of-political-correctness/743719/63 "2016-01-22T14:55:27Z")

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> [@CCitizen](#):
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> The fact that many people get all information from the Mainstream Media and take no time to search the Internet.

“The problem with things you read on the Internet is you never know if they’re true or not.”

– Abraham Lincoln

At least the print and broadcast media have editors, fact-checkers, gatekeepers.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-of-political-correctness/743719/64 "2016-01-22T15:06:59Z")

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> [@CCitizen](#):
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> The fact that many people get all information from the Mainstream Media and take no time to search the Internet.

What information would you have them find? The fact that men are discriminated against in some areas in the legal system is not exactly glossed over by the “Mainstream Media.”

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**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-of-political-correctness/743719/65 "2016-01-22T15:36:30Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> What information would you have them find? The fact that men are discriminated against in some areas in the legal system is not exactly glossed over by the “Mainstream Media.”

[CCitizen has decided to take a two-month break to focus on his internship, which undoubtedly, given the compensation involved, is quite time consuming.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19036343&postcount=245)

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-of-political-correctness/743719/66 "2016-01-22T16:31:01Z")

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Well that’s… interesting.

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