The film covered many things that chimed with the chapters "Boys, girls and freaks" and "Children". The ignorance paradox leans towards equalitism, which encompasses the feminism and men's rights movements. Equal share, equal opportunities and equal treatment of all. If we treat all equally we need not pay any attention to what gender some is said to be.

A claim shown in the film: It is largely men that die in war

The film presented figures showing the very high proportion of males who have been killed in wars. Two things run counter to this. In the UK, lots of women died in the factories supplying munitions, many others were made seriously ill. In the Vietnam war, only the numbers of American servicemen were mentioned. Vast numbers of Vietnamese women fought on the front lines and presumably died in battle. I suspect the ratio of men/women deaths was much closer for them. Around the world we are beginning to see more females take on army duties and any imbalance could be temporary. Israel has a policy where all people of a certain age spend time in the army. On this note it has been shown that the difference in capability between the so-called sexes is minimal. A female candidate won a most difficult competition, a training regime, carried out with the SAS, Spetsnaz, Australian special forces, and navy seals.

Since writing this, a war in Ukraine has broken out. In both Russia and Ukraine, men have been prohibited to leave their respective countries. This is outrageous discrimination. Lots of men are physically weaker than lots of women, but that doesn't matter. The fighting potential has not been assessed, only the gender of the people in the country. Maybe we just think that men do not matter. Women have been hosted by kind people in various nations. Men left to die or get badly injured. Prisoners and other men have been sent in waves to fight the Ukrainians with a back wall guard. Any that retreat get shot by their own people. I suppose that as they are men, they don't matter one jot. I ask you what the media outrage would be if women were treated like this? Women that offer to house these refugees are lauded by the media; the men decreed as creeps. How can we assume that all men that offer a room to these people in need are bad people?

If the previous paragraph wasn't enough, we had swathes criticizing Qatar on their human rights abuses and discrimination. I say this. How about we get our house in order first. End the support for Ukraine whilst they blatantly discriminate against men. Pass a law that bans male genital mutilation on children. We have a law that bans female genital mutilation on children.

Women in the top jobs

In terms of female representation in the highest offices in the land, there is hope that a better balance might arise. Things are improving. The UK general election of 2017 saw the highest number of successful female MPs winning seats. Whilst there are other movements taking hold that will wipe all of this away, there is potential and likelihood of a "there on merit" mentality prevailing in more places of the world.

Abortion

In philosophy, we see many grey areas and oddities. We have a drink of water and then own the fluid until we urinate it. We care little for it, once it passed out and meanders down the drain and into the river. You lose weight and part of you is gone. I feel that the "It is my body so therefore I can make the decision", is as an ugly argument.

The entity inside the womb has the blueprints from 2 people. It could be argued that 2 people's wishes needs to be taken into account when deciding upon abortion. Once at a certain stage of development, the foetus becomes a viable human being and owns itself. A fair, reasonable, honourable decision to abort or not would be made by the 2 providers of the blueprints. Is one party taking more of a risk? Yes of course childbirth is a potentially dangerous game, but in modern times the death rate of mothers is low. Women may end up with stretch marks and they may have other health issues to contend with. This alongside sacrifices (abstinence from smoking/drinking etc) makes is stand out from men's contribution.

We own a child in the same way we own our parents, brothers, friends. My mother, my brother, my friend.

Custody

Custody battles could be reframed by stripping out the bias. The facts can be examined with the terms "mother" and "father" replaced them with person A and B. We can decide who offers the most by taking a thorough look at the events before the separation. Then decide has shown themselves to be the most fitting parent.

Take 'men', 'women', 'he', 'she' etc out of the argument

A transition to equalitism throws up some fun points. A government that previously offered free tampons to women, would be obliged to offer free tampons to all. The really young are unlikely to object to this, they have no need for them. Neither do the old. I doubt there would be queues of people taking them purely because they are there for the taking. One or two will put a few in their survival kits (they are most handy for lighting fires), but most seek things that is of use to them.

Men's rights activism groups appear to have failed to learn from the mistakes of the women' rights movement. Both are sexist. Both claim to want equality for all, so why not have an equality movement and call is something that has no gender connotations.

FGM is sexist as is MGM. All genital mutilation is awful, dreadful, disgusting and depraved. The film briefly showed a baby being tied down 'well restrained', then brutally disfigured and violated. If you as an adult want to be circumcised, whatever gender or apparatus you have, then that is your choice. Those forcibly carrying it out on someone else would be sent to prison in my utopian equalitarian land. The practice of these spiteful pernicious maiming of babies have become entrenched and won't stop anytime soon.

The Boys, girls and freaks chapter was written over fifteen years ago. Over time it has become more refined and complete. It began as a provocative joke, but as each year passed I stand by it more and more. The ridicule and out right total objection I faced at the start is being replaced by a confident proposition that has not been met by a decent counter argument. It is daft to consider the nature of the sexes as being black and white. There is no distinct set of differences between men and women.

Sport

Equalitism in sport will put a lot of people's head into a spin. There would no longer be a fastest man/woman on earth but a fastest person. No segregation in tennis, football or athletics. Perhaps, as someone suggested, we could have clashes based on weight - similar to what happens in boxing. I am sure someone with brighter ideas than me could propose a solution. Ultimately, you have to ask whether a penis is essential for taking part. Testosterone levels do make a huge impact on performance, nevertheless it is not always the deciding factor. Ending sex-based separation in sport would bring about a fairness that is also rather unfair on those wrapped up in the present way of doing things.

The red pill is a brave film. I note how the presenter felt the need to hide behind a privacy wall. The arguments around gender get very heated. Violent sometimes. I praise the makers, the writers, the presenter, and all those that were involved. A debate on the matters raised is very helpful.