"the struggles faced by different groups of the same gender are different, so different solutions may be required". So, this happened in the worker's movement. Their answer was to focus on the problems that were shared first, but then also to **identify with** each others problems as their own even if they didn't have that exact problem. Their answer was *Solidarity*.
Sure intersectionality describes a real thing, but intersectional politics is ass-backwards, with as a concept "you can't identify with my problems because they are not your own".
Affirmative action is an incredibly blunt instrument to correct systemic discrimination. Much of the drop to men's entry into university is the result of men's choices and is not systemic. Even the parts that are systemic tend not to properly fall under the definition of discrimination per se.
no, affirmative action should not exist, if you want to focus certain demographics you should encourage them in other ways, focusing programs in disadvantaged areas
Moreover, increasing men's entry into university would not be, on the whole, beneficial to men. The debt burden is a real issue with university education, and jobs gained via university training tend to be higher stress and lower life satisfaction
A more productive solution to the university gap would be gender focused literacy programs in elementary and high school, as well as other accommodations in elementary and high school designed to reward and benefit boys -- though this will likely never solve the gap in its entirety.
