Women Are Better At Everything

the point is we DONT NEED A MAN TO TAKE CARE OF US.. for what if we do it better

I could be a progressive were it not for the constant misandry.

is it me or all the women stacked in this line up?

Nobody said that everything for women is “hunky-dory”.  Way to throw the red-herring in there.  Nice.

What utter rubbish.  I am not sexist, racist and I don’t hate women or minorities, nor am I in any way at all complicit in structures that discriminate against these groups.

First year Sociology major?

Sorry. That was supposed to be a reply to a comment about Code Pink and Hamas….

It’s hyperbole, not a red herring.  The distinction is important.

I take issue with the whole “battle of the sexes” notion, and the “one-upping” that the well-noted quotation (by a man) chosen by the author (a woman) has prompted.  Seriously.  And with the name-calling and generalizations based on sex, or gender. 

As an egalitarian, I recognize that a lot of the well-intended “fixes” for inequality toward women sometimes engenders resentment on the part of men, and I try to advocate for solutions that don’t tip the scales from one side to the other.  But fighting back by suggesting that women aren’t being discriminated against anymore, or never were in the first place demonstrates at least a serious gap in knowledge about the issues and even basic history.  There’s plenty of evidence just from the past century in the US alone that indicates women were viewed as inferior and not taken seriously, without even counting other countries/cultures:

http://law.jrank.org/pages/10192/Sex-Discrimination-Historical-Background.html

In response to another poster who suggested that legally women are advantaged over men, I’m sure you probably could point to a few advantages.  That goes back to the “fixes” I mentioned earlier.  On the whole, however, women still have to fight a lot harder just to get the same rights as men in the workplace such as salary, benefits, advancement, and representation in leadership (i.e., executive boards).  Women face  insidious things like harassment, a lack of women mentors and being taken less seriously.  Socially, they are targeted for violence, have greater rates of poverty and are routinely exploited as sex objects in virtually all forms of media. 

Changing discriminatory practices is not simply a matter of signing a bill into law.  It’s also a matter of executing that law fairly and consistently, and changing a society that makes assumptions about men and women based on stereotypes.  I don’t think most women expect to have everything work to their advantage in all things, or even to have everything be exactly equal in every area of life (we’re not in heaven yet). 

But just because some issues have been addressed, or just because the problem is such a huge one doesn’t give a person carte blanche to dismiss the issue as resolved, or conversely, unresolvable.  Discrimination is glaringly obvious when you see how low a percentage of women hold positions of leadership compared to how many of them are working in the same company at lower levels, across multiple industries.  It’s obvious when 1.5 MILLION women try to bring Wal-Mart to court for discriminatory practices, and Bayer employees do the same.  It’s obvious when you see several people’s salaries while working on a spreadsheet project at work, and every single man is paid TWICE what the women are, while all hold the same title and boast equivalent experience and education. 

On the contrary, it’s precisely these blatant injustices that should have the many wonderful men out there with their wives, daughters, sisters, etc. protesting and petitioning for change.  The EEOC can only handle so many cases.  They’re underfunded and understaffed.  This puts the burden on the person or group that has experienced the discrimination to put their own neck(s) out.  And that’s a big part of why the discrimination continues: there’s little support to be had when trying to fight for what you deserve.  That’s why women are so vehement about this: they want their men’s support.  Maybe not all of them go about it the best way.  But why throw out the baby with the bathwater?

You could have made your point in and included many of your justifications with 1/4 the words used. As to the inequality thing; I was exaggerating, just like I see people exaggerate how horrible men are and how ’simple’, black and white, the issue of “inequality” of the sexes is.
Anyway, sometimes I wish women would takeover the more traditional roles of men so I can stay at home and take care of kids, cook, clean, etc. The best deal back-in-the-day and STILL is to be born a little pretty rich girl. They are so oppressed! Little Princess. For women beauty is power, unless they’re super stupid and/or emotionally crippled. If on a scale of 1 -10 a chick is a even an 8 but surely a 9 or 10… cha-ching. Rich Man money is your entitlement.

how can anyone say they r held down and not treated fair…have u ever had the cops call for domestic disturbance??? who goes to jail????  have you ever had a child???who automatically gets custody????and even if u get joint custody 5050 who still has to pay child support????have you ever applied for any kind of assistance from the government???? i can tell u who automatically gets approved. food stamps….section 8…..wic….babysitter vouchers….grants…..no questions asked…..there r sooooo many laws and practices designed to help and protect women and still u complain….this will sound funny but be a white male in need of assistance and see what it gets u…..quit bitchin bitches

I’m sure I could do that too, if only I knew braille. LMAO

In everywhere woman are better condition in work.
http://goarticles.com/article/Women-s-Denim-Clothing-A-package-of-Comfort-and-good-looks/5127213/

He didn’t say it was a conspiracy by all men. Any thinking human has to admit that for thousands of years women have been generally relegated to serving men. Recently, this has been changing. And this is a good thing! No human is of lesser value than you. Listen to those who feel oppressed… there might be a legitimate claim in there.

“the authors of said studies are overwhelmingly female”

So, on this logic, any study which shows men to be superior at anything can be safely ignored if the authors are male?

“Along with the bogus “1 in 4″ rape statistic”

You’re claiming this is false? What is the true figure and how do you know, please?

“Real scientists don’t even pause over much of the published materials in journals endemic to these studies.”

Really? On what basis do you dismiss this research?