Fair enough regarding your point about male babysitters, but clearly I still have issues with the way you’ve written this article, and since you’re unwilling to edit out the misogynistic b.s. you cite, I suppose this discussion is over.

I don’t disagree with anything you wrote in the first paragraph. I also noted that the vast majority of sexual predators are male. However, I’ve had numerous people tell me they would never leave their child in the care of a man (except the one they married), whereas they would have no problem leaving their child in the care of a woman. It is wrong to assume that all men are a danger and wrong to assume that no woman is a danger.

With regards to the statistics, I provided one link to the Canadian Children’s Rights Council, which is a compilation of statistics and examples from numerous sources, including incredibly credible government sources.

You ask me to give other examples, but not personal anecdotes. There are numerous articles out there on the Internet from parents saying that they wouldn’t hire a boy as a babysitter (here’s one example: http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2008/01/male-babysitter.html). All of the articles would be personal anecdotes, but they add up. My brother and I both babysat as teenagers and I got many more jobs than he did, even though he was very capable too. My kids have friends who aren’t allowed to come over to our house unless I’m home, which is incredibly hard logistically because I work full time, whereas my partner is a stay-at-home dad.

I have other things to do today, so I don’t have time to go and look for more sources for an article I wrote years ago. I do think you have missed the point though. My point wasn’t that boys are at a disadvantage across the board as compared with girls. My point was that there are certain circumstances in which unfair assumptions are made about boys and I think those are worth correcting. Just as I think assumptions that girls are bad at math and only care about their looks are hurtful, I think assumptions that boys are violent, hyperactive sexual predators are hurtful.

Although you say that you get misogyny, what you say in this blog post indicates that you don’t get it. And as for your claim that boys are treated unfairly in some circumstances, I implore you to give an example of one of those circumstances that isn’t such an isolated personal anecdote as the one you provide in this post. Because it simply isn’t the hard evidence needed to back up such a claim as yours.

Any comment on my findings (in my article) that all the sexual assault research that you cite in your post is from one illegitimate source? I say this because you should probably edit that part of your post if you don’t want to disseminate lies.

I get misogyny. I understand that women still have a lot to fight for. That doesn’t mean that boys aren’t being treated unfairly in some circumstances.