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​An objective look at modern structural budgeting and public discourse reveals significant institutional double standards that disproportionately isolate young men from essential safety nets and basic human dignity.

​1. Policy Disparities (Case Study: West Bengal June 2026 Budget)

​Recent financial allocations demonstrate a state framework where public resources are distributed strictly by gender parameters rather than universal economic distress:

​The Tuition Gap: Direct cash stipends of ₹50,000 (\~$600 USD) are provided exclusively to female students entering undergraduate college courses to reduce dropouts. Economically marginalized young men facing identical tuition inflation receive zero institutional aid.

​The Logistics Deficit: A dedicated ₹550 crore pool grants entirely free public transit to female commuters on state bus networks. Male laborers, students, and low-wage workers are legally required to pay full fare to access the same infrastructure funded by their tax base.

​Open Pool Compression: Along with a massive recruitment drive for 100,000 vacant government department roles, a strict 33% gender-exclusive reservation is locked for women, heavily truncating the open merit pool for young men.

​Direct Welfare Transfers: The Annapurna scheme handles a massive fiscal allocation of ₹36,000 crore for direct monthly cash drops of ₹3,000 exclusively to women aged 25–60, completely bypassing universal poverty indexes.

​2. Documenting the Media Empathy Gap (Recent Flashpoints)

​This structural isolation is deeply mirrored in how public social media discourse handles male victims of crime, harassment, or systemic bias:

​The Pune Murder Case: After police uncovered a cold-blooded, multi-week murder plot where 26-year-old entrepreneur Ketan Agarwal was pushed into a deep gorge by his fiancée and her accomplice to avoid relationship "shame," large swathes of social media responded with alarming victim-blaming, jokes, and attempts to sanitize the execution.

​The Kerala Bus Incident: Earlier this year, a 42-year-old sales manager tragically committed suicide after a viral video uploaded by an influencer falsely accused him of public misconduct on a bus. Despite CCTV proving his absolute innocence and the creator being booked for abetment, large networks of comments actively defended the online trial and rationalized unverified public shaming as "self-defense."

​The Professional Space Double Standard: Medical student Sejal Pawar faced a formal inquiry and institutional suspension from KEM Hospital this month after a viral comedy segment where she made highly derogatory, explicit jokes mocking the anatomy of deceased male corpses (cadavers) used in autopsies. The casual public degradation of male bodies donated under family trust highlights a severe gap in basic human dignity.

​Conclusion

​True egalitarianism cannot be achieved by creating an over-taxed, legally marginalized class of young men who are expected to fulfill heavy societal obligations without a single structural safety net. True justice demands that state financial aid is distributed purely by individual financial need, and that every victim of a violent crime or systemic harassment receives equal dignity, protection, and public empathy—regardless of their demographic profile.

​I need to vent about what is happening right now in West Bengal, India, because it perfectly captures how the global conversation around "equality" has turned into institutional discrimination against men.

​The state government just dropped its 2026 budget, and it reads like a dystopian joke if you happen to be a young man trying to survive. Here is exactly what the government is handing out based purely on gender:

​Free Public Transit: As of this month, women travel 100% free on all state-run buses. Men pay full price for the exact same seat, the exact same fuel, and the exact same infrastructure.

​The $600 (₹50,000) College Cash Drop: A brand-new scheme gives a massive one-time cash grant of ₹50,000 directly to any unmarried woman who enrolls in an undergraduate college. Young men entering the exact same colleges get absolutely zero.

​Monthly Cash Handouts: The government is rolling out the Annapurna scheme, giving ₹3,000 ($36) every single month directly to women aged 25–60. Again, nothing for men in the same economic bracket.

​33% Forced Reservations: A strict legal quota system ensuring 33% of all new government department hiring and massive chunks of corporate roles are locked exclusively for women.

​The Math: Same Taxes, Zero Benefits

​Let’s look at how the system treats two citizens from the exact same lower-income family:

​College Entry Fund: A female student gets a ₹50,000 cash grant to start her degree. A male student gets ₹0 and has to figure it out himself.

​Daily Commute Cost: A female student travels completely free ($0) across state buses. A male student pays full price out of his own pocket just to get to classes.

​Monthly Welfare Cash: Women aged 25-60 get a predictable ₹3,000/month direct cash transfer. Men in the exact same low-income brackets get ₹0.

​Legal & Job Quotas: Women get a 33% reserved pool in jobs alongside heavy diversity hiring initiatives. Men are left to fight each other in a rapidly shrinking, brutal unreserved open pool.

​Why Do We Pretend This Is "Equality"?

​When you challenge this online, people give you the standard textbook answers: "It’s for women’s empowerment" or "It protects them." But let's look at the actual reality:

​Men are the primary taxpayers: The vast majority of income tax and economic revenue is generated by men, who are then forced to subsidize systems they are legally excluded from using for free. Why am I paying full price for a bus ticket to fund a free ride for someone else based entirely on what's between their legs?

​Why the hell do women still need reservations? If the government is already paying for their transit, giving them massive lump-sum cash drops to go to college, and funding them monthly, why do they also need a 33% legal safety net to bypass open competition? Either the welfare schemes work and level the playing field, or they don't. You shouldn't get to stack both.

​The invisible struggle of young men: If a young guy cannot afford bus fare to get to his college classes or his entry-level job, he drops out. He slips through the cracks. Society expects men to be the financial providers, the rocks of their families, and to handle 100% of the cut-throat competition without complaining—while actively removing the ladder from underneath them.

​The Men's Rights Movement is constantly villainized by international media as a bunch of angry guys on the internet. But this isn't a theoretical debate; it's basic arithmetic. We are building a society that treats young men as utility mules—good for tax revenue and heavy labor, but entirely unworthy of institutional support.

​If a government scheme explicitly excluded women from free transit or education grants, it would be an international human rights scandal. When it happens to men, it's called progress.

We all have seen in the provisional answer key around 5-6 questions are wrong or ans given wrong so those questions shud go bonus right?

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Have anyone challenged them?

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If we get even 5 marks bonus it will be all our benefit

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The WBJEEB board will surely act on those questions and give bonus marks right guys?

Every June, we're reminded that it's Men's Mental Health Month. Yet the uncomfortable truth is that many of society's attitudes toward men are a major reason why so many men suffer in silence.

Men are expected to provide, protect, earn, endure, and sacrifice. If a man fails, society rarely asks what happened to him—it asks what is wrong with him.

What many people find frustrating is that there are countless welfare schemes, scholarships, reservations, incentives, awareness campaigns, and public benefits designed specifically for women and girls. Across India, there are educational quotas, targeted scholarships, welfare payments, free or subsidized public services, and numerous government initiatives focused on empowering women. Yet there are virtually no comparable programs dedicated to addressing men's mental health, educational struggles, homelessness, loneliness, workplace fatalities, or family court issues. The message many men receive is simple: support exists when women struggle; men are expected to figure things out on their own.

The double standards don't stop there.

When a woman is a victim, society rallies around her. When a man is a victim, people often look for reasons why he deserved it.

A woman hitting a man is frequently portrayed in movies, television, and social media as comedy or justified anger. A man defending himself against a woman, even in situations where he is being physically attacked, is often judged far more harshly in the court of public opinion. Violence should be condemned regardless of who commits it, yet society often reacts very differently depending on the gender of the victim.

Male victims of abuse, harassment, and sexual violence often struggle to be taken seriously. Many men never report what happened because they fear ridicule more than they expect justice.

Even male dignity and privacy seem to receive less concern. Videos regularly circulate online showing men being publicly humiliated, beaten by mobs, stripped, or forced into degrading situations. The first reaction is often, "He must have done something." There is rarely the same immediate concern for his dignity, privacy, or rights. Most people would instantly recognize the cruelty and seriousness of such treatment if the victim were a woman. Human dignity should not depend on gender.

Online culture has only made this worse. Broad negative statements about men are often excused as jokes, while similar statements about women would rightly be condemned. Many men feel that expressing their struggles is met with dismissal, mockery, or accusations rather than empathy.

None of this means women do not face serious challenges. They do, and those issues deserve attention. But equality cannot mean caring deeply about one group's suffering while treating another group's suffering as normal, expected, or insignificant.

A healthy society should be capable of holding two ideas at the same time: women's issues matter, and men's issues matter too.

Men's Mental Health Month should not just be a hashtag. It should be a reminder that men are human beings, not disposable resources. Their pain matters. Their dignity matters. Their mental health matters. Their lives matter.

And it's time society started acting like it.

Every June, we're reminded that it's Men's Mental Health Month. Yet the uncomfortable truth is that many of society's attitudes toward men are a major reason why so many men suffer in silence.

Men are expected to provide, protect, earn, endure, and sacrifice. If a man fails, society rarely asks what happened to him—it asks what is wrong with him.

What many people find frustrating is that there are countless welfare schemes, scholarships, reservations, incentives, awareness campaigns, and public benefits designed specifically for women and girls. Across India, there are educational quotas, targeted scholarships, welfare payments, free or subsidized public services, and numerous government initiatives focused on empowering women. Yet there are virtually no comparable programs dedicated to addressing men's mental health, educational struggles, homelessness, loneliness, workplace fatalities, or family court issues. The message many men receive is simple: support exists when women struggle; men are expected to figure things out on their own.

The double standards don't stop there.

When a woman is a victim, society rallies around her. When a man is a victim, people often look for reasons why he deserved it.

A woman hitting a man is frequently portrayed in movies, television, and social media as comedy or justified anger. A man defending himself against a woman, even in situations where he is being physically attacked, is often judged far more harshly in the court of public opinion. Violence should be condemned regardless of who commits it, yet society often reacts very differently depending on the gender of the victim.

Male victims of abuse, harassment, and sexual violence often struggle to be taken seriously. Many men never report what happened because they fear ridicule more than they expect justice.

Even male dignity and privacy seem to receive less concern. Videos regularly circulate online showing men being publicly humiliated, beaten by mobs, stripped, or forced into degrading situations. The first reaction is often, "He must have done something." There is rarely the same immediate concern for his dignity, privacy, or rights. Most people would instantly recognize the cruelty and seriousness of such treatment if the victim were a woman. Human dignity should not depend on gender.

Online culture has only made this worse. Broad negative statements about men are often excused as jokes, while similar statements about women would rightly be condemned. Many men feel that expressing their struggles is met with dismissal, mockery, or accusations rather than empathy.

None of this means women do not face serious challenges. They do, and those issues deserve attention. But equality cannot mean caring deeply about one group's suffering while treating another group's suffering as normal, expected, or insignificant.

A healthy society should be capable of holding two ideas at the same time: women's issues matter, and men's issues matter too.

Men's Mental Health Month should not just be a hashtag. It should be a reminder that men are human beings, not disposable resources. Their pain matters. Their dignity matters. Their mental health matters. Their lives matter.

And it's time society started acting like it.

I am a 19 year old male student form Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

I genuinely want to understand where India ( or rather the world) is heading when it comes to gender equality.

We constantly hear about schemes and benefits targeted exclusively at women: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao- ie th free education policy for women, free HPV vaccination for girls, reservations for women in jobs, special quotas for girls in national entrance exams, free public bus travel for women in states like Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Delhi, and cash schemes such as Ladli Behna Yojana where the women revive cash amount form the government.

The question is: what is being done for men?

Men today face a growing list of issues that receive very little public attention. There is no National Men's Commission, many laws are not gender-neutral, male victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse often struggle for recognition, fathers frequently face disadvantages in custody battles, and men's mental health continues to be overlooked despite high suicide rates.

One issue rarely discussed is that Indian rape laws are generally framed around female victims and male perpetrators. This means male victims, especially those abused by women, often feel that the legal system does not adequately recognize their experiences. Many men's rights advocates have long argued for fully gender-neutral sexual offence laws.

There are also concerns about false accusations. While genuine victims deserve justice and protection, false rape, harassment, or POCSO allegations can destroy reputations, careers, finances, and families even before a case is resolved. Yet there is very little discussion about safeguards, compensation, or accountability when allegations are proven false.

Another concern is the growing online hostility toward men. Generalizations such as "men are trash," "all men are potential criminals," or celebrating men's suffering are often normalized on social media in ways that would never be accepted if directed at women. Genuine discussions about men's issues are frequently dismissed as misogyny rather than addressed on their merits.

Many men also feel that women are often treated more sympathetically by the media and public for similar crimes. Whether that perception is fully accurate or not, it is a concern that deserves discussion rather than ridicule.

Recent cases have intensified these concerns.

The Blue Drum case involved a woman allegedly murdering her husband, dismembering his body, and storing the remains in a blue plastic drum. The brutality of the crime shocked the country and led many people to ask whether society reacts differently when the victim is a man.

The Atul Subhash case involved a Bengaluru tech professional who died by suicide after leaving behind detailed allegations regarding family court proceedings, maintenance disputes, and legal harassment. His death triggered nationwide debate about men's mental health, family law reforms, and the pressures some men face during matrimonial disputes.

Many men are also troubled by legal rulings relating to paternity and financial responsibility. For example, courts have held in certain circumstances that a husband may still be required to provide financial support for a child born during a marriage even when questions about biological paternity exist. Critics argue that such rulings place legal obligations on men regardless of genetic parenthood and raise important questions about fairness and family law reform.

Supporting women's safety, education, and welfare is important. Most people agree with that. But should gender equality not also include acknowledging and addressing problems faced by men?

Why is there no National Men's Commission?

Why are many laws still not gender-neutral?

Why are male victims so often ignored?

Why is discussing men's issues treated as controversial when discussing women's issues is considered necessary and progressive?

Why men can't have free health services or education?

Why can't the exams or job hiring happen on merit?

Why hand over tax money paid by both Mena dn women to women only as cash scheme?

Can we have a serious conversation about gender equality that includes both women and men?

We all know the 2026 maths paper was the toughest in history while the paper 2 was pretty doable

So what do you think this year cutoff will decrease ik but to which year?

Genuinely hope 2026 cutoff goes to 2023 or rather lower than that