Feminist Men

Nothing new about egalitarianism or versions of it being put forward as an alternative to focusing on what is happening for women and looking for equality.
Again right from the time of the suffragettes there was an argument that there was no need to focus on women, it was better to focus on families, and people as a whole.
There have always been denials that there was ever a need to focus on women. A reluctance to focus on the needs of women, the experience of women, the perspective of women, hasnt started since laws have been changed to promote equality.

Often members of what could be considered to be a dominant group will declare they see no difference in the treatment of people in dominant and non dominant groups, in fact they will point out ways that they are actually the discriminated group now that equality laws are in place.
A feature of a dominant group is that they are seen as the norm and this normalisation is institutionalised to the degree that you dont even notice.
So all male discussion panels are seen as people having a discussion, one woman on the panel is seen as inclusive but an all woman panel is seen as a deliberate attempt to make it all female.
Dominant groups dont have to be in the majority as happens in South Africa where whites declare they have learned that colour is such an unimportant thing to focus on and will adamantly defend the position that there is no longer any difference in the treatment of races in South Africa. They will say that if anything there is now a reverse of discrimination against whites and refuse to acknowledge the historical and continued absence of basic accommodation education and health provision for many black people. They will blame this on black people themselves as equality now exists in law and many positions of power are occupied by black people. They will also point out the fact that this poverty can also exist in the white population in order to dismiss the argument that there is a difference in the way black and white people now live.
These arguments are very simular to those used to say there is no difference in the ways men and women are treated. Im not saying South Africa is not a complex situation or that it can simply be broken down to issues of race. I am saying race was and is an important issue, despite the opposition to this idea from many whites.
Im not saying either that the gap between the treatment of men and women in the west is as wide as the gulf between black and white in South Africa, Quite the opposite.
Im trying to say that no matter how large or small the differences are, the dominant group will deny there are any differences or injustices or will do all they can to minimise those differences .

The existence of equality laws do not mean that society has changed its attitudes and that the non dominant group no longer faces discrimination. Russia which had laws enacted to legalise LGBT people has now reversed those laws and there has been a large violent backlash against LGBT people going on in that country for some time. In fact it is when people begin to express their equality and no longer hide themselves that they are most prone to backlash from people who want things to go back to the way they were or at least to no longer have to face and actually live with difference.
The existance of laws to create equality between the sexes does not mean people are actually treated equally.

I believe it is up to people in the non dominant group to say if equality has been achieved or not. I don't think equality is something the dominant group can usually decide on and evaluate alone, thinking they can is usually just an expression of their dominance.