Imagine what would happen if the roles were reversed...

Imagine with me if the NY Times had published a story with the following headline:
"Men are both necessary and sufficient for (something really important, you fill in the blank); women are neither."

Now suppose that the article that followed that line went on to discuss how important men are and how completely unimportant women are.  Imagine the most misogynistic language you dare to muster in your head.  Imagine if the NY Times basically said that technology has made women obsolete, and that we don't really need them anymore.

Imagine the public outcry that would ensue.  The scenario described above would generate billions of angry tweets & blog posts, letters from hundreds of elected officials and other societal leaders, news media outlets would cover the story with clear disdain.  There would be counter articles denouncing the author, the publisher, and who knows who else associated with it.  Others would put forth great words on the wonderful things about women.  Others would talk about the negative effects that an article like this has on the psyche of young women.  Discussions of lawsuits & boycotts would be heard.  Someone at the NY Times would get fired.  And all of this would be entirely appropriate; I myself would join the outraged chorus of voices denouncing such an article and demanding a retraction.

But what happens if the NY Times publishes a piece with the tagline "Women are both necessary and sufficient for reproduction; men are neither", followed up by an article that states that men are good for entertainment, but that's about it.  We're really not worth much.  We're not needed.  Life would go on just fine without us.

What would happen in such a scenario?  Probably not much.  Watch & see if this article makes any waves, and if it doesn't, think deeply about the message that this sends to young men in our society who are trying to find their way in life, figure out what they're good at, some contribution they might make, some importance they serve.