I think men have certain limited issues that need to be addressed in the political arena (paternity leave, paternity rights with respect to child custody, for example), but to suggest that men are getting the short end of the stick in society is just plain silly, and tone deaf to real problems.  When I hear about “men’s rights” advocacy groups, my reaction to that is about the same as when I hear “white’s rights” advocacy groups.

But I kept an open mind as I read this article about men’s rights advocates.  And you know what?  These guys are just as abhorrent as I originally thought.  Now I just see them in three dimensions as opposed to two.

RELATED: Congrats to  Lt. Kristen Griest and Capt. Shaye Haver, who graduate today from Ranger School in Ft. Benning, Georgia.  These are the first two women to make the grueling cut. The intense, 62-day training course includes running at least five miles several times a week, swimming for miles in a combat uniform, a 15-mile march carrying a 65-pound pack, and an astonishing number of pushups in two minutes. Women had been historically excluded from Ranger school because it was thought they lacked the strength and stamina to complete the program, but these women proved otherwise.

Their class was initially comprised of 380 men and 19 women.  94 male members made it through (24.7% of all the men who started).  And these two women (10.5% of all the women who started)