What exactly are "women's issues" and "men's issues?"?

Question

I hear a lot about how John McCain doesn't focus on women's issues. That made me think about something. What exactly are women's issues? For that matter, what are men's issues? If there are women's issues, there must be men's issues too, however, I have yet to ever hear that term used.

The only thing I can think of would be health-related issues. Prostate cancer would be a men's issue, for instance. But otherwise, what is there? I guess the draft would be a men's issue too. Before you say it's not, keep in mind it's only men who are registered. If you're going to say that it affects women too for seeing their husbands, sons, boyfriends, and so on go into battle, then you can't say abortion is a women's issue, because that decision affects men as well.

So really, what makes something a men's issue and something a women's issue, since in the long run it affects us all eventually?

Answer 1

To me, anything that is a woman's issue SHOULD be a man's issue and anything that is a man's issue SHOULD be a womans issue.





We all have husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons or daughters. What effects them, effects us.

Answer 2

I see issues relating to the body of males and females (where they differ) as being men's or women's issues. So medical or health related stuff that affects only one sex is a man's or woman's issues. Getting pregnant issues or raising the child if you are left a single parent as a woman are women's issues. Men's issues can be related to this, such as should men have to support kids they fathered unknowingly when they weren't married to the mother (no I think).



Or where laws differ (like in the selective service) they are man's or women's issues.



Some issues like poverty are said to be womens' issues because many more women live in poverty and most of those are single parents with kids.However there are a few men in the same boat.

Answer 3

I would have to agree with you on health issues. Women getting the right to vote or equal pay is a human rights not a woman's right issue. Many issues are put into a context that only focuses on gender specifically and not in the context of a human being that is treated unfairly. This is why feminists are hated. They are gynocentric.

Answer 4

Speaking as a western person, "women's issues" are those issues that are popularly focused on by females or presented in a female perspective, or deeming to have greater consequence to females. Men's issues are exactly the same: Issues that are popularly focused on or presented from the male perspective, or deemed by popular culture to have greater consequence to males. As for the apparent unfairness of the lack of popular term for mens' issues, hey - disparity in common vernacular between the genders is already beaten to death.

Answer 5

It's all high-tech talk about abortion and is routine political talk which says that Dems are pro-choice, while Reps are pro-life. That's all it means, and it's as if the Supreme Court is gonna so much as touch Roe v. Wade (they won't). If they do, it'll be overturned faster than anything. It's a talking point that the liberals use against McCain, nothing more.

Answer 6

It's called Human Issues.

Answer 7

Men's issues? get real man, there is no such thing as men's issues. Well at least that's what i have learned growing up, and in the media.



As a man, I have to fend for myself, and no "charitable- men's-group" is going to pick up the slack for me.

Answer 8

Not to sound sexist, but "womens issues" is everything related to giving women more power. In all honesty, women ARE equal to men, theres no discrimination these days that men dont suffer as well, and on top of that men have to treat women like queens of the world and act as their slaves and all that crap. "Womens issues" are what feminists bring up to grant themselves EVEN MORE political and economical power.

Answer 9

Don't focus on women issue? Are they nuts? Politicians are constantly reaching out to female voters and catering to their needs. Women's rights and issue are being promoted all over the media whereas men's issue often take the far back seat and isn't even a blip on their radar; in fact when was the last time that you actually hear any politician mention or say anything about men's rights and issue?



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/12/ST2008061200099.html

Answer 10

its all crap anyway its human issues that no polotician is focusing on. look up libertarian party my friend you might like what you see

Answer 11

its just different