The men's right movement, or MRM, appears to be an offshoot of the success of women's liberation. Although it is true that women have been treated as second class citizens for centuries, they now have more than succeeded in becoming the equals of men such that many laws are now heavily skewed in their favor, e.g., no-fault divorce. Male "victims" of woman-initiated divorce (75% of divorces) and other perceived injustices have formed the MRM whose main assumption is that ALL women are hypergamous: changing partners until they capture the alpha male.
Although MRM considers this bad for the males, especially the beta and gamma males who comprise 90% of the male population, we the discussants thought that the success of women's liberation is negatively affecting females, too. For example, alpha males are not exactly the type who will want to stay with their woman. Those men seeking stability look for non-western women whom they can still treat as women. Thus, many "liberated" women will realize that they need men in some way but never get them.
Although still largely a western phenomenon, we thought that we are experiencing the effects in the Philippines. We experience it in the form of "easy to make and break" relationships, prenuptial agreements, and separate bank accounts of husbands and wives. Soon we might see divorce, the perfect legal tool to facilitate hypergamy.
We did not talk about how to address these issues, i.e., to solve whatever "evils" are therein found. But in this light, we suggested that our next topic should look more deeply into what may be described as "modern" friendship.
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