Commentary Very few people know that July 11 is Gender Empathy Gap Day, a day inaugurated in Germany in 2018 to raise awareness of our societies’ general indifference to the suffering of men and boys. Not surprisingly, it has no official status in any country. Most people, if asked, will respond that it’s women and girls who suffer predominantly. We hear often that men are privileged, even entitled. Societies are allegedly set up to benefit men. We expect men to apologize for their privilege and to educate themselves about women’s issues. Animus against men is socially acceptable, even approved. “I bathe in male tears” is a popular feminist slogan, and university professors write mainstream opinion pieces with unironic titles like “Why Can’t We Hate Men?” The Gender Empathy Gap Day does not seek to establish a contest over which sex has it worse. But it does seek to prompt recognition …
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