What do you personally think this means?

Question

"Of course all men don’t hate women. But all men must know they benefit from sexism"

Answer 1

Seems like that person thinks all men should be chauvinists. They might also be trying to say that men can deeply insult women with sexism, but women can't do the same, because that's the way the English language is. For example, a guy can call a woman a c*nt, but there's not similar word that women can call guys. Also, you can't s!ut shame men or tell them they're provoking rape by wearing revealing clothes.

Answer 2

It would probably be more appropriate if said about women: "Of course all women don't hate men. But all women must know they benefit from sexism/feminism (choose your word)".



Women generally don't hate men. But they certainly aren't going to buck a system that allows women to benefit at a man's expense. For example, very few women would turn down a job that was awarded to them because of AA, even if that means a more qualified and deserving man is passed over.



I think the quote seems a little outdated.

Answer 3

It means that all men - regardless of their own personal views- have benefited from being male. They've received more opportunities at work, have higher salaries, have less of a chance of being raped, etc. This is an an interesting field of study. In Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In, there are a ton of relevant studies cited about the preferential treatment that men receive. Things like if identical resumes are sent to companies- and the only difference is the use of a male of female name on top- more men will be called for interviews, etc.

Answer 4

I think it means, someone's trying to over simplify.

I get so tired of over paid office droids crying about how their pay isn't equal with someone else's pay. In a management position, it's not simple math.

There is no question, you should get equal pay for equal work. Anyone that says equal isn't fair is insane.

If you focus on blue collar it's a lot easier to compare who is doing what. As a man in a blue collar job, I have found women doing the same job as men, get paid the same, but are to some degree treated like their royalty. There aren't that many of them, so their looked at as special. Managers are used to dealing with men. So the few women get a break and don't have to work as hard. They will be given light, easy jobs. The nasty, hard jobs are reserved for men that get the same pay. But no one talks about it.



Here's the problem, How to judge equal ? If we make widgets. How many do we make and how happy are our workers and clients ? If we can measure all the variables, and they come out the same, with two different people in charge. Both have earned the same pay. I don't care if one is a ham sandwich and the other is a stuffed animal. The numbers have spoken.



Believe it or not, even today, people are complicated. I'm suggesting that people may look beyond numbers, when it comes to pay. The abstracts are part of the math. A customer may prefer to deal with a man, maybe they are a bit old fashion. They could be gay and like a male sales person, more than a female.

You know some female sales persons are REAL popular with male buyers, because of their looks and personality.



If gender increases a workers sales, shouldn't their pay reflect that ? You can't change genders, but if your gender increases company profits, shouldn't you get paid because of it ?

Answer 5

It is trying to say all men are covertly sexist and support sexism.



I dont agree with this.

Answer 6

It means men "benefit" from being male. A lot of those men say anything women "benefit" from being female is "sexist", "feminist" and "man haters".



We both have "benefits", yet men want all of our benefits"! They want to maintain their own benefits and take away ours.

Answer 7

it means that dude is sick and tired of sexist feminist hating on men

Answer 8

There is no rhyme nor reason in that statement