I would like to address the topic of sex and gender issues. As many people already know, it is a very sensitive topic. Nevertheless, I want to write about this topic because I think it is important in human society and I have suffered from it myself. 

There are many different sex and gender issues in the world, but the one I'd like to address is the sex and gender issues directed at men. I know that many, if not all, people think that sexism is something that primarily affects women, but I'm here to tell you that I've lived a life as a man, and I see the world differently than most. Whether people realize it or not, sexism exists against men. But people either don't think it matters, or they think it's natural because it's always been that way. Whether you're a woman or a man, some people seem to think that women are this way and men are that way. It's true that men and women are different from birth, but I think one has the right to decide how one wants to behave as a person and what kind of person one wants to be. The idea that women are just like this and men are just like that is a short-sighted and ill-considered idea.

It's possible to think that way, but I think that's a dangerous way to think, because if you build up and build up and build up, you start to think that that is the right way to think, and if more people think that way, people start to think that everyone should think that way, and then that idea eventually takes over our society. If that idea dominates our society, it creates a social position for men, and for women. The position that men should be that way and women should be that way, and whether we like it or not, we believe it's right.  

But objectively, I don't think it's right. Of course, I'm not denying that women and men are different. Women have female instincts, and men have male instincts. But I don't think instincts are always right. The statement that men and women should act a certain way because of their instincts is nothing but an excuse. No disrespect to animals, but if you only rely on your instincts, you're more like an animal than a human being. 

It doesn't seem wise to say that because of instinct, women should behave this way and men should behave that way. And even if we can't control instinct 100%, we can control it to a certain extent. Some people think that a man shouldn't show weakness and that, above all, in a relationship, a man should confess to a woman first and spend money on her. This is wrong. A man can be vulnerable and want to be loved by a woman. This is nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about. Whatever you want to feel and what kind of person you want to be is your freedom, and it's not fair to take that freedom away from you or tell you that it's wrong. We all have the right to be what kind of human we want to be, and we are all the same species. And many, if not all, women feel that it's natural for men to be nice to women, and that men who are nice to them are automatically good people. As a result, they may demand unreasonable courtesy and treatment from men, and look down on or think badly of men who don't give those to them. This is unfair to men. People who are nice to you are not necessarily and always good people, and there are many cases where women demand good and polite treatment from men, but they themselves do not treat men that way. 

I would argue that sexism is a bad thing, and of course there is sexism against women, but there is also sexism against men, so I would like to see a society without sexism, where everyone is satisfied and happy.

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