Maruti Suzuki SX4 ad says, "Men Are Back", but where are they to be seen? Aren't they slowly becoming an extinct species? For the coward and subdued non-females that are roaming around here getting hit by a woman every now and then can't be called for men for sure. The Men who were considered the symbol of power, strength and valor, are now getting beaten everywhere, socially, legally, morally albeit more from their own brethren.

One of the social constructs where they are hit the most is marriage and that is because of the way the current structure of marriage is poised. It gives men (read husbands) only responsibilities and women (read wives) only rights. As a result of this imbalance, wives have a lot of choices in marriage like whether they want to continue the marriage or not, whether they want to stay with the in-laws or not, whether they want to work or not, whether they want to serve their duties or not and so on and so forth. However, husbands do not have this luxury, as they still need to carry on with the traditional role of a protector and provider and whether they likes their wives or not, they cannot take divorce at will without shelling off a big alimony in addition to fighting false cases of dowry harassment and domestic violence. Men face abuse to such an extent that every year over 57000 of them are committing suicides with the rate increasing four times the rate they are born, and still other men are sleeping and doing nothing for their fast vanishing Diaspora. And worst is, that they are not even fighting for their rights; either they pay off their estranged wives to escape legal and social harassment or commit suicide. Both of which are cowardly and non-manly manifestations of escapist behavior. Men have to learn to fight for their rights.

They simply should not be taking the abuse lying down thinking that if they fight, they will be considered bad. It's because they do not fight and the society knows this, that they are taken for granted, denied their basic rights and women are given concessions after concessions at the cost of men. And this is why, the phrase "Men Are Back" seems a misfit.

A handful of men have taken cudgels against the age old mindset of escapism of men and are fighting tooth and nail for their rights. And the question that they are confronted with is, "Do you think your actions are setting precedents?" And the answer that they give is, "If it does not set a precedent, MEN ARE MEN NO MORE.

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