jacquesm, I think your comments are completely justified.  And I don&#x27;t think they&#x27;re slights against the HN crowd.<p>The article enacts precisely what most feminists decry about patriarchy: it&#x27;s one gender telling a second one how it&#x27;s expected to perform.  It does this by accumulating evidence to build a case against men.  The statistics it uses [1] are clearly chosen to de-emphasize the value of men in society.  What&#x27;s notable is what&#x27;s missing.  For example, is there a stat on &quot;contributing toward the betterment of the world through open-source software development&quot; ?<p>More food for thought:  
&quot;we spend less time talking about how women help perpetuate the shadow side of the patriarchy.&quot; [2]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;opub&#x2F;ted&#x2F;2015&#x2F;time-spent-in-leisure-activities-in-2014-by-gender-age-and-educational-attainment.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bls.gov&#x2F;opub&#x2F;ted&#x2F;2015&#x2F;time-spent-in-leisure-activ...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.psychologytoday.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;owning-pink&#x2F;201408&#x2F;women-please-stop-shaming-men" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.psychologytoday.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;owning-pink&#x2F;201408&#x2F;wome...</a>