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There are few, if any, crisis lines for men and boys who get molested or raped.
- There is no national campaign to combat violence against men.
(Esquire, Oct. 1991)

A Feb. 1994 article by Time Magazine pointed out the ways in which society has forced men to be the "expendable" gender - inequality could never be exemplified better than this.

- An average of 58,000 men died in Vietnam, compared to 8 women.

- Men are six times more likely to be injured at work.
- An average of 93% of people killed on the job are men.
(Time, Feb. 1994)

Why do men do so much earlier - whether it's due to health, or work, or war? Is it because men are biologically inferior? Are men more careless on the job? These are possible answers.

However a much more plausible answer, and much more realistic, is partially understood when we examine those roles and institutional "rules" that are set in society in order to protect women, at the expense of men.

Females are not required to register for the draft at 18. Millions of dollars are spent protecting women from sexual harassment in the workplace, while men are left unprotected on the job from the many deadly hazards of the job. Hundreds of thousands of organizations across the country exist to assist women who are in crisis after being raped or molested. However men and boys who are raped or molested, few programs exist for men and boys who might have suffered the same fate at the hands of older family members, or the multitude of minor offenders who find themselves victimized in prison. It's not as rare as you think.

But it does reflect a symptom of a society that faces the issue of gender equality with overwhelming apathy.

According to writer Roy Schenk, a former feminist who turned to more truly gender-equal ideals, wrote in his book "The Other Side of the Coin" that it is difficult for most people to understand gender equality from this truly "equal" perspective. While in some aspects of society, men's roles generated privileges for men - there are a whole assortment of roles that generate privileges for women. While the men's roles have been slowly dismantled, women's "protective" roles remain in tact. Some examples Schenk provided included:

- Women are no drafted into war.
- Women are most often granted custody of children (society stereotypes women as more nurturing)
- Women are awarded more support payments in divorces, regardless of employment.
- Women are protected by more labor laws.
- Women are elible for welfare for dependant children that

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