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Feminism is no longer beneficial in America

I'm gonna break it (his argument) down, with logic [1]. CONTENTION ONE: NO SOURCES My round one argument is: "Pro provided no sources" [2]. However, "you need evidence to win" [3]. Thus, Pro cannot win. CONTENTION TWO: INEQUALITY IS REAL Pro: There is inequality among both genders. Women are just as privileged as men[.] Just because both genders aren't treated fully fairly does not mean the levels of inequality are the same for both genders. For example, women face a significant pay gap. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that females in the U.S. on average currently earn 81.2% of male earnings [4]. The Joint Economic Committee states that the gender pay gap persists across all occupations, such as physicians and surgeons (64.4%), salespersons (70.6%), truck drivers (76.4%), attorneys (80.5%), and management personnel [5]. A recent Government Accountability Office study, accounting for a wide variety of observable differences between male and female management personnel, found that female management personnel on average earn 81% of male earnings [5]. The Joint Economic Committee states that the gender pay gap persists across all educational levels [5]. The gender pay gap cannot be attributed solely to familial responsibilities, because a recent Government Accountability report found that management personnel who are mothers earn 79% of management personnel who are fathers [5]. (Furthermore, even if the gender pay gap can be attributed in part to familial responsibilities, the fact that females currently perform 66% of household tasks [6] is merely another example of male privilege.) Part-time jobs exacerbate the problem, because female part-time workers earn only 58% of male part- time workers [5]. The gender pay gap results in part due to the lower average wages of professions that females are employed in [7]; however, (a) the pay gap persists accross occupations, as mentioned, and (b) the skewed representation of females in certain professions results from institutional bias against females in those professions [7]. At all levels, a promotion bias of 2:1 exists for males [6]. Females advance slowly in male-dominated fields [6], while males advance quickly in female-dominated fields [6]. Females that more aggressively pursue better pay or career advancement are discriminated against [6], which helps prevent changes to this status quo. Thus, women are NOT just as privileged as men. CONTENTION THREE: "MEDIA JUGGERNAUT" Pro: [F]eminism is becoming a dangerous juggernaut in the media. Pro has to prove the following things: 1: The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that females in the U.S. on average currently earn 81.2% of male earnings [4]. The Joint Economic Committee states that the gender pay gap persists across all occupations, such as physicians and surgeons (64.4%), salespersons (70.6%), truck drivers (76.4%), attorneys (80.5%), and management personnel [5]. A recent Government Accountability Office study, accounting for a wide variety of observable differences between male and female management personnel, found that female management personnel on average earn 81% of male earnings [5]. The Joint Economic Committee states that the gender pay gap persists across all educational levels [5]. The gender pay gap cannot be attributed solely to familial responsibilities, because a recent Government Accountability report found that management personnel who are mothers earn 79% of management personnel who are fathers [5]. (Furthermore, even if the gender pay gap can be attributed in part to familial responsibilities, the fact that females currently perform 66% of household tasks [6] is merely another example of male privilege.) Part-time jobs exacerbate the problem, because female part-time workers earn only 58% of male part- time workers [5]. The gender pay gap results in part due to the lower average wages of professions that females are employed in [7]; however, (a) the pay gap persists accross occupations, as mentioned, and (b) the skewed representation of females in certain professions results from institutional bias against females in those professions [7]. At all levels, a promotion bias of 2:1 exists for males [6]. Females advance slowly in male-dominated fields [6], while males advance quickly in female-dominated fields [6]. Females that more aggressively pursue better pay or career advancement are discriminated against [6], which helps prevent changes to this status quo. Thus, women are NOT just as privileged as men. CONTENTION THREE: "MEDIA JUGGERNAUT" Pro: [F]eminism is becoming a dangerous juggernaut in the media. Pro has to prove the following things: 1: Feminism wasn't a juggernaut in the media in the past (or else "no longer" no longer applies) 2: Feminism is a juggernaut in the media 3: Feminism being a juggernaut in the media is a bad thing 4: Sample text 5: "Juggernauts" in the media can exist 6: Feminism is actually a unified group that uses its power to silence other views within the media, rather than a set of people who share an ideology, comparable to the near-universal support of near-universal free speech in the media 7: Juggernaut is a definable term, and not some "scary" term 8: The feminist juggernaut poses "dangerous" threats to people; merely saying words isn't dangerous, so Pro has to show the feminist juggernaut physically threatens people [1] (Break It Down, by Logic) [2] https://www.google.com... [3] https://www.google.com...; [4] bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook-2011.pdf (p. 52) [5] jec.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=9118a9ef-0771-4777-9c1f-8232fe70a45c (p. 9-11) [6] gender-competence.eu/files/IntConf/5.pdf (p. 6-7, 11) [7] iwpr.org/initiatives/pay-equity-and-discrimination