> Who gives a crap? I would agree if 'male' and 'female' were arbitrary labels. But they're not. Gender is far less arbitrary than, say, race. It is reasona

> Who gives a crap? I would agree if 'male' and 'female' were arbitrary labels. But they're not. Gender is far less arbitrary than, say, race. It is reasonable to suppose that even a small shift in power between the sexes might affect how they interact, and by extension, society (and not necessarily for the worse, of course). In other HN articles it has been claimed that big changes happen when the sex ratio is put out of balance by even small amounts. > In other words, treat people like the individuals and stop ANY form of discrimination based on irrelevant categories, sex-based or otherwise. This is beside the point. As a demographic, men are becoming less privileged without there being overt discrimination against them. This is newsworthy.