"But my main argument is that people should get equal recognition for what they acheive and equal support for what they want to achieve."

Tubley the sports market is mainly driven by ratings etc. When people clamour to watch female football, then no doubt players would be paid more. Now if I had a say in female football, perhaps I'd suggest that they play topless and ratings would go through the roof :) Thats biology for you :)

Regards support, I think its well accepted that society helps the disadvantaged more then the less disadvantaged, which is perhaps
fairer then equal support.

One thing I have learnt is that life is not fair and never will be, get used to it.

Personally I prefer male company. Even at school I liked to hang around the boys. Girls can be so bitchy and they are often worse bullies than the boys. Men tend to be more physical but I think I would rather a punch in the guts than a stab in the back. At least with a punch in the guts you know who hit you.

It’s difficult once you marry. Most women don’t like another woman to be friendly to what they refer to as their man; they automatically see it as a threat and think that something will happen!

Too sad and such a shame that men and women can’t be seen as just friends without somebody getting cut up about it and ruining what should be a perfectly normal and healthy relationships between male and female.

Kaep.These problems of male bashing don't happen in private enterprise.There is no positive discimination in the real world.

You may have to work harder,have fewer holidays,less super and be responsible for your actions,but hey,you'll have the balls to realise your potential.This is far more important than being a whimpering,simpering bowl of jelly,too frightened to confront your female superiors.

Men do DEFINATELY understand our reality... intimately.

It matters not that we can, cannot, will or will not rationally and lucidly ellucidate our understanding and awarness.

There is a certain and absolute power that comes from privacy of the mind. There is a very real and practical reason that men prefer not to telegraph their intentions. Its not just women who know how to play men. We too have evolved with the same ability. Its absolutely necessary to survival for the sexes to ADAPT to each other.

We can see and hear with our own senses. We have or observations and experiences. Plenty of horror stories close to home. We all know exactly whats going on. What we do, is what the cliched male does, namely... NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

But we are THINKING about it. Oft times its all swilling about on an intuitive level trying to get out front and make sense.

And like men do, once we have thought about it for long enough, understood the issues and posited a solution... WE ACT.

Just because you cant hear what we dont say, dont make the fatal error of assuming we are not aware. Big mistake, very big mistake. Why? Because by the time everyone else truely sees the problem in broad daylight its is going to be far too late to do anything that hasnt already been done by those amongst us who are indeed aware and are acting on that understanding.

The cracks are starting to show. Very few want to admit it though.

The noise that flies in the media and the generalised undercurrent of anti male hostility amongst women is much of a muchness after a while. You get used to it. You learn to see it for what it is, which ultimately is not very much. We humans are a resiliant lot and we will adapt. If it doesnt kill us, those of us who survive it end up stronger.

This, is what many men like myself are doing. We are aware of the reality and ordering OUR lives in a way that SERVES our primary interests, one of which is harm reduction. Everyone else can take it or leave it as they see fit.

The Usual Suspect and Yabby

The truth and solace I find in all of this is that the gaps between the binary oppositions that create unfair divisions between females and males are in fact becoming more narrow – albeit very slowly.

It will not be in my lifetime that fairness is achieved nor will my grandchildren see it. But one day equal opportunity will be a reality and the unlimited potential of people from both genders will be recognised in its entirety. What a remarkable part of human history that will be.