That's a big issue in the MGTOW world. Two camps, people that think that only unmarried men can be MGTOW and people that want to focus more on the "Own Way" portion of things.
My take is that if you sign a marriage contract, you should do your very best to fulfill it, even if it gets hard. A married man should be seeking to do his best to keep things together, and not go his own way.
That's me though, and I can see how some people would want freedom, and to be self-reliant, after they discover that being married isn't really that great of a prize.
There's also the idea of Women Going Their Own Way. I imagine that would tend to look pretty different than when a man did it, but I can't write off the idea totally, as some do. The personal choice to step away from the society of relationships and the burdens, and traps, that entails could well work for ladies too. They have different conditions placed on them, but they are still very real.
For instance:
Men pay for children. (Sometimes even if they aren't theirs!)
Woman have to care for them, day in and day out. (A hard job that refocuses an entire lifetime!)
Men are used to support women. (Even if they make less money, or would be happier not working at the job they have. You must stay in the miserable job, to take care of your woman...)
Women are supposed to have enough sex to keep a man loyal. (Even if they don't like sex, their partner isn't good at it, or they are just using him for his money, while secretly desiring a much better looking man.)
Men are punished more harshly for the same crimes. (Sometimes having to take the rap for women completely.)
Women don't learn not to commit crimes as easily, since they often feel they won't be punished for them, making them worse people. (Even though a slight change in the rules would help fix this for them, since it isn't in their nature to be bad, in particular. It's the system allowing them to be.)
Men are beaten by women more often than the other way around. (And not believed if it happens, often facing arrest for it taking place, if they try to report it to protect themselves.)
Women have to live in fear that this will be found out, if they are the kind of person to do that. (Which will have almost no repercussions to her life. I said the problems were different, not always equal.)
Men are always thought to be potential pedophiles, even though the percentage of men that do that kind of thing is very small. (Also the false accusation of this crime will devastate a man, even without it being taken to the police.)
Women are as likely, or MORE likely to actually molest children, but are so protected that it's nearly impossible to find out how often this happens. (The best numbers say that 40% of sexual abuse is at the hands of a woman, but the odds are that this is so under reported that the numbers are likely at least double that, if not much more. Most of the time it's a care giver or mother of the child doing it... This is a huge potential problem, that no one will even look at.)
Men earn more money by the end of their careers, and have to hear about it like it was their fault, over and over again.
Women get paid the same on average, but don't work as much, and pick easier fields to work in, that are more interesting and fun. (Okay, so this one isn't so much a drawback for women, but I am filtering this through my man-centric viewpoint. I don't even mean that as a joke. The wage gap isn't real. It's the laziness gap, and the fault lies with women on this one. It wouldn't matter a bit if it wasn't one of the main legs of supposed White Male Privilege.)
Men aren't asked to get the tea, coffee, or sandwiches at high flying business meetings. (And wouldn't care if they were.)
Women have to be watchful and take great offense at this kind of thing, in case it is sexist in nature. (Which has to be exhausting)
(Also, while often mentioned by feminists, it really isn't a MGTOW issue. I'll leave it, just to show what I was thinking about, but it doesn't really fit here.)
There are a lot of men's, and women's, issues. Most of them for women are social, or involve the application of law now. Some of those work actively against men, making their lives harder and more miserable. Most of the laws are pretty equal however.
Socially speaking, the differences are much greater.
Men are often vilified for being sexual creatures and having needs. Normal male sexuality is shown as perverted and wrong in many, many cases.
Women are celebrated for the same things.
Men are expected to pursue women for relationships, facing rejection most of the time when they do so.
Women can often sit back and entertain a large number of suitors, without realizing that it's very different for men, and that taking rejection is harder than giving it out.
Men are expected to pay for the courting, even if the lady asked them out. (If he doesn't he not only won't be having sex, but the odds of getting a second date go way down.)
Women can pretty much use men for free food, and outings, then complain that the man "expected" something of them, which is creepy, since no one ever hugs, kisses or cuddles on dates! (Which has to warp their sense of reality, allowing them to hold that kind of messed up thought process on the topic. If you didn't like him, why go on the date? To get free things?)
Now, I can go on, but the point that I'm failing to make here is that I assume women actually have issues that men relaly don't see.
Like cat calling.
Men see that happening, a call of "Hey good lookin!" Or "You wanna date?" and know that the men saying those things are just being complimentary and expect nothing of the women being called too.
Women feel insecure though, and project feelings of being targeted by those same men, not understanding what's happening from any perspective but their own. They simply see men that don't meet their standards trying to get their attention.
Since they aren't good enough for the woman, the only way that they could get with her would be through rape, which to her mind makes the cat-calling a low level rape threat.
Men don't understand that, however, since to them it's very close to insane.
