Can we have a discussion on this article?

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24. Is a 2:3 deficit in college "an equality gain"?

Equality is an admirable goal. It is a disconnected, disperse group of men advocating for more men in college, and more men in shared or full parental custody that are pursuing it.

One of the main reasons I think this group (TMG) is so important is because there needs to be an organized men's movement that isn't inextricably linked to conservative dumbshittery. Yet, even here, the two are conflated.

The linked article is mostly gibberish. As "evidence" that today's courts are now super-duper fair to fathers, the author notes that only 20% of custody arrangements are contested. Ya think that perhaps the fact that lawyers discourage fathers from petitioning for custody in any but the most egregious situations might have some relevance? The fact that men serve their family role as wage slave also tends to skew the results when courts officially make that role permanent and irrevocable.

IPV is mostly reciprocal, and 75% of the nonreciprocal violence is perpetrated by women. This escalation is the front edge of a cycle of violence of which women get the worst injury. If we really wanted to do something useful to address IPV, we'd arrest the cycle in its early stages.

There's also something deeply ironic about being lectured about women's rights and toxic masculinity by Al-Jazeera.