Quote Originally Posted by thir View Post
Yet I was wondering if this maybe had something to do with the general discussion about men's rights, and how boys do bad at school and drop out of university, and divorce problems, and children in divorces.
I think the problem is more that some men are having to take a long, hard look at themselves, and they don't necessarily like what they see. Screwing that drunk chick at the party? That's not proving you're a man, that's rape! Slapping your date around because she won't put out after you bought dinner? That doesn't make you a stud, it makes you a thug!

A sort of general feeling that women have gone too far and men are being pushed out.
They're being forced out of the back alleys and into the harsh light of reality. The big sports hero isn't being given a pass when he rapes the cheerleader anymore. The courts aren't defaulting to "She's a slut, so he's not guilty" anymore. The idea that men can't be held responsible if a woman dresses provocatively just isn't a good excuse anymore (if it ever was.) Men aren't being pushed out: they're just pissed that they have to let women in. Men are having to learn that the rest of the world doesn't revolve around whether they get laid tonight. And a lot of them don't like that.