It’s the news of the day: Taylor Swift actually spoke out politically. She officially endorsed Kamala Harris for US President. And she did so in dramatic fashion, signing the Instagram post “Childless Cat Lady” in reference to J.D. Vance’s slight of the Vice President that caused widespread outrage.
In somewhat overshadowed news, Seth Rogan also made the entertainment section for his response to an interview asking why he didn’t have kids at 40. Naturally, this was covered as a question “that men never get.”
So once again, I’m staring at the newest feminist meme thinking, “Am I in the Twilight Zone?” Women are upset about societal pressure to have kids? And men are immune from this? Are you kidding me?
Sorry, No, It’s Men Who Receive The Brunt Of Stigma For Being Childless
Women may get asked a lot when they’re going to have kids. Female celebrities may get the question a lot from reporters. It’s even possible they get the question more. But a simple question is nothing compared to the actual policies that discrimate against men who are childless.
Bachelor Taxes
A phenomenon mostly left out of mainstream history textbooks, many parts of the world throughout history have placed taxes specifically on single or childless men. Ancient Rome was one of the earliest examples, placing a tax on childless people, both men and women, though extending the tax on bachelors 10 years longer and allowing certain exceptions for women not available to men.
Various nations and communities imposed them throughout the millennia, and they continued into the 20th Century. Italy, Spain, Finland and Germany all had bachelor taxes in the early 20th Century as well as the US state of Montana. Other US states had bachelor taxes in the 19th Century, and several proposed them in the 20th Century, including California, though they were rejected.
Immigration Bans On “Unmarried Men”
When the subject of immigration, refugees and asylum comes up, “single men” are always demonized. Preference for immigration is given to women and children, even single, childless women. Some countries have even banned single men from asylum shelters in an act of clear gender discrimination.
Social Housing Exclusions For “Unmarried Men”
In social housing and homeless shelters, families, women and children are generally given preference over single men, despite the fact that single men make up the bulk of individuals in need of these services. Ironically, feminists promote these policies based on the “vulnerability” of women even though this reinforces the very gender roles they complain about.
The Persecution Of Homosexual Men
Feminists like to disgustingly co-opt the persecution of gay men and somehow make it about “misogyny.” It’s well known that gay men have always faced more stigma than lesbian women. Feminists attempt to claim that this is because gay men threaten the “patriarchal” power structure and childbearing family unit more than lesbians.
Yet any thinking person can see how little sense this makes. Women have more limited childbearing years than men, and each individual woman is more valuable to the childbearing project of society at large. If that is the only issue, then a lesbian is far more of a threat to overall childbearing than a gay man.
Additionally, since feminists simultaneously claim the “patriarchy” opresses women, how can women extricating themselves from the heterosexual family unit be less of a threat than other men doing so?
In reality, gay men being persecuted is not another example of “women most affected.” It is an example of men being persecuted for being childless, and in a way that women are not subjected to.
Another Example Of The Empathy Gap
Once again, we see complaints about societal pressure to have children as an example of women receiving more empathy and support for a problem that affects them less than men. At the end of the day, questions from reporters are trivial compared to actual codified policies that discriminate against men and discriminatory cultural trends that have resulted in widespread and often lethal persecution.