Well you see men are never really innocent are they? Somehow whatever befalls an individual man or men in general is at least partially their own fault, and frequently entirely their fault. Whereas women and children are always innocent and are therefore always victims. Just as men are frequently solely their occupation "soldier" ,"farmer" , "taxi driver" as individuals or a group. Occasionally some feminist steps out of line and points out this linking of women and children actually suggests they are the same. In my younger years there was even a vogue for rooting out "benign sexism", but always being the victim is just too useful.

Probably 20 years ago there was a programme here where celebrities spent a day being the opposite sex with the aid of make up and costume artists. One of the interesting observations made by the female to male celebrities was how "invisible" they were compared to being a woman. An observation also made by Norah Vincent in her book "My year as a man".