Don't go to a University. Not yet. It's not that education isn't important but the way it is now, if you are male, and god help you if you're white, go to a trade school or look for tutorials online and do your own research. It's cheaper and you'll stay more sane, just be sure to know what the hell you're doing.

In all seriousness though I'm getting really aggravated and annoyed at being told that "women are oppressed in modern western society."

Really? Are you sure? last i check guys get the dicks snipped at birth (which should be a choice) hardly ever get custody of their kids, get harsher prison sentences, die more often from jobs and get sent to the front line.

"But women are objectified through advertisement!"

So are men. Ever look at Nautica or Polo ad? Guys in it got money, looks and usually a 6 pack. Next.

"what about sexism in the gaming industry and among gamers?"
When it comes to online gaming Welcome to the fucking internet. Get used to it. As for the industry it took a long time before gaming wasn't strictly marketed to boys. I'm talking a few decades.

"The pink tax!"
...Products geared towards women have more ingredients and tend to use higher quality stuff than guys for the most part. Want to save some money? Buy some guy shaving gel. Has the same function just doesn't smell as flowery.

Look i don't care how people live their lives until i'm being told that me and things that i like are what they aren't. It happens with everything like Art, music, and television. Feminism is the new religion and it needs to die in my opinion. Stop teaching that as fact and keep it as a, although somewhat deluded, perspective on things or as a thought experiment.