Why isn’t there a Minister for Men?

It's ridiculous we still have to deal with this kind of thing.

You know who you are:

.@TelegraphNews Who will be Minister for Men?

— David Cockerham (@DavidCockerham) April 9, 2014

@JuliaHB1 Where’s a Minister for Men? #thatswhaticallsexism

— The Grim Reaper (@Death_1135) April 9, 2014

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@PCollinsTimes isn’t having a Minister for Women by default an inequality unless they have a Minister for Men issues too?

— Steve (@akaCrush) April 9, 2014

@George_Osborne @NickyMorgan01 quick question, is there a minister for men? If not, why?

— Jon Jones (@jonconcrete) April 9, 2014

@paulwaugh Why is there no Minister for #men? @labourpress

— John Dalton (@JohnDalton6011) April 9, 2014

Where’s the Minister for Men?

— Faggy G (@_GeorgeHepher) April 9, 2014

@Number10gov @hmtreasury Who got the Minister for Men job? Must have missed that announcement

— Peter Squires (@petersquires) April 9, 2014

Who’s the minister for men? RT @David_Cameron: Nicky Morgan MP is new Financial Secretary to Treasury. She’ll also be Minister for Women

— David Puddle (@davepuddle) April 9, 2014

@Number10gov @hmtreasury Minister for Women?!! Really?? Is there a Minister for Men? Somehow I doubt it! #sexdescrimination

— WishesOnMainStreet (@WishesOnMainSt) April 9, 2014

@David_Cameron @BBCPropaganda No Minister for Men? #everydaysexism

— salemzorro (@salemzorro) April 9, 2014

FYI, guys, the reason there’s no minister for men is because when the Queen goes to visit Number 10 she can nearly double the total number of women in the room:

The Queen sits in on a cabinet meeting in December 2012. Photo: Getty Images.

But hey, look – maybe when an election produces a cabinet with a gender divide that’s just as unequal in the opposite direction, and then we put up with decades (maybe even centuries) of women crowding men out of major political, financial, business and cultural institutions, then we might take a look at bringing in a minister for men. Maybe.