Good write up Patrick, and great point at the end. No one is forcing people to go on this post.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>monsterelite<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>22<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By monsterelite<\/a><\/div><\/div>Nope, still not gonna touch it!<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>rjaylee<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3804<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>529<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By rjaylee<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Paindamnation<\/strong>: Just because you stopped talking about it doesn't mean the conversation didn't carry on elsewhere.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>featurepreacher<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>40<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By featurepreacher<\/a><\/div><\/div>2 things<\/p>1.Don't expect the internet to solve anything that's dependent on human beings. I know the internet is fun and easy, and that's the problem. Climate change, raising taxes, supposedly ending -isms are not easy problems. Some are so hard, they cost billions of dollars just to get started on a solution.<\/p>2.Start from an honest assessment of the problem. 47% of the entire gaming audience includes what? People who play solitaire built into Windows? We're talking about hardcore games. With hardcore games, most likely 1% of the audience is female, if it comes close to that. You really expect to not see dismissal from an overwhelming majority of the audience? If ladies feel so bad working in the hardcore gaming industry, there's the softcore industry where there are more ladies and hardly any complaints about -isms.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Paindamnation<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>875<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>1<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Paindamnation<\/a><\/div><\/div>Just like the twitter movement, this conversation has come and gone, and everyone got their panties in a bunch, and now the wedgie is gone.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FierceDeity<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>364<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FierceDeity<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@biosfear<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@FierceDeity<\/strong>: must be nice to be so privileged that you can pick and choose what you feel like caring about.<\/p><\/blockquote>No, I'm just human.<\/p>As if being privileged confers apathy or being disadvantaged confers empathy. Replace the term \"privilege\" in your post with anything else and you sound like a bigot. But because \"privilege\" is a nice, meaningless term you can get away with being a hypocrite.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>10812<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>782<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 14<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Kierkegaard<\/strong> Lets ignore the first section, the part attempting to foist guilt upon complete strangers for the crime of disagreeing. That's not effective. Let's talk about this idea of forced overprivilege. The idea that men are capable of anything on this earth without the assistance of women is a historical oddity. That men could find a way to dominate the earth, to survive against an incredibly hostile environment, against the abject revolt of their suffering women is a fallacy. There's a reason why, in every corner of the world, in societies that couldn't be more different, the societies that survived were those that put women's safety above all; reproductive necessity. Any society is limited by the reproductive capability of their women; one man can do the reproductive work of 100, not so with women. And in those old days, the old 'patriarchy', men were required to do what was once dangerous work in the public sphere. You could not have your most valued members of society in danger. Men were given the privilege of life in the public sphere (jobs! property!) and the obligations that come with it (war! work!). Now, things are way different now. We've moved technologically past the point where we struggle against the natural world. Women don't need to be protected from every threat in the world, and with the pill and fertility meds, we have control of our reproduction as well. We can move beyond outdated models, women are eligible for 'male' privileges, and responsible for 'male' obligations. I would never go back. Conservatives who want to return to a world that we've moved past are sad, indeed. I'd actually go on a little more, but I have other responsibilities cropping up. But I'd urge you to actually look into this further. And I'll add one last thing; you are not responsible for the sins of your ancestors (or, in a phrase that pretty much explains it, sins of the father). You are only responsible for you.\n <\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>EnduranceFun<\/a>
Nope, still not gonna touch it!<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>rjaylee<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3804<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>529<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By rjaylee<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Paindamnation<\/strong>: Just because you stopped talking about it doesn't mean the conversation didn't carry on elsewhere.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>featurepreacher<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>40<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By featurepreacher<\/a><\/div><\/div>2 things<\/p>1.Don't expect the internet to solve anything that's dependent on human beings. I know the internet is fun and easy, and that's the problem. Climate change, raising taxes, supposedly ending -isms are not easy problems. Some are so hard, they cost billions of dollars just to get started on a solution.<\/p>2.Start from an honest assessment of the problem. 47% of the entire gaming audience includes what? People who play solitaire built into Windows? We're talking about hardcore games. With hardcore games, most likely 1% of the audience is female, if it comes close to that. You really expect to not see dismissal from an overwhelming majority of the audience? If ladies feel so bad working in the hardcore gaming industry, there's the softcore industry where there are more ladies and hardly any complaints about -isms.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Paindamnation<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>875<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>1<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Paindamnation<\/a><\/div><\/div>Just like the twitter movement, this conversation has come and gone, and everyone got their panties in a bunch, and now the wedgie is gone.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FierceDeity<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>364<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FierceDeity<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@biosfear<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@FierceDeity<\/strong>: must be nice to be so privileged that you can pick and choose what you feel like caring about.<\/p><\/blockquote>No, I'm just human.<\/p>As if being privileged confers apathy or being disadvantaged confers empathy. Replace the term \"privilege\" in your post with anything else and you sound like a bigot. But because \"privilege\" is a nice, meaningless term you can get away with being a hypocrite.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>10812<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>782<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 14<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Kierkegaard<\/strong> Lets ignore the first section, the part attempting to foist guilt upon complete strangers for the crime of disagreeing. That's not effective. Let's talk about this idea of forced overprivilege. The idea that men are capable of anything on this earth without the assistance of women is a historical oddity. That men could find a way to dominate the earth, to survive against an incredibly hostile environment, against the abject revolt of their suffering women is a fallacy. There's a reason why, in every corner of the world, in societies that couldn't be more different, the societies that survived were those that put women's safety above all; reproductive necessity. Any society is limited by the reproductive capability of their women; one man can do the reproductive work of 100, not so with women. And in those old days, the old 'patriarchy', men were required to do what was once dangerous work in the public sphere. You could not have your most valued members of society in danger. Men were given the privilege of life in the public sphere (jobs! property!) and the obligations that come with it (war! work!). Now, things are way different now. We've moved technologically past the point where we struggle against the natural world. Women don't need to be protected from every threat in the world, and with the pill and fertility meds, we have control of our reproduction as well. We can move beyond outdated models, women are eligible for 'male' privileges, and responsible for 'male' obligations. I would never go back. Conservatives who want to return to a world that we've moved past are sad, indeed. I'd actually go on a little more, but I have other responsibilities cropping up. But I'd urge you to actually look into this further. And I'll add one last thing; you are not responsible for the sins of your ancestors (or, in a phrase that pretty much explains it, sins of the father). You are only responsible for you.\n <\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>EnduranceFun<\/a>
<\/span>@Paindamnation<\/strong>: Just because you stopped talking about it doesn't mean the conversation didn't carry on elsewhere.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>featurepreacher<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>40<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By featurepreacher<\/a><\/div><\/div>2 things<\/p>1.Don't expect the internet to solve anything that's dependent on human beings. I know the internet is fun and easy, and that's the problem. Climate change, raising taxes, supposedly ending -isms are not easy problems. Some are so hard, they cost billions of dollars just to get started on a solution.<\/p>2.Start from an honest assessment of the problem. 47% of the entire gaming audience includes what? People who play solitaire built into Windows? We're talking about hardcore games. With hardcore games, most likely 1% of the audience is female, if it comes close to that. You really expect to not see dismissal from an overwhelming majority of the audience? If ladies feel so bad working in the hardcore gaming industry, there's the softcore industry where there are more ladies and hardly any complaints about -isms.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Paindamnation<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>875<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>1<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Paindamnation<\/a><\/div><\/div>Just like the twitter movement, this conversation has come and gone, and everyone got their panties in a bunch, and now the wedgie is gone.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FierceDeity<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>364<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FierceDeity<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@biosfear<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@FierceDeity<\/strong>: must be nice to be so privileged that you can pick and choose what you feel like caring about.<\/p><\/blockquote>No, I'm just human.<\/p>As if being privileged confers apathy or being disadvantaged confers empathy. Replace the term \"privilege\" in your post with anything else and you sound like a bigot. But because \"privilege\" is a nice, meaningless term you can get away with being a hypocrite.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>10812<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>782<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 14<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Kierkegaard<\/strong> Lets ignore the first section, the part attempting to foist guilt upon complete strangers for the crime of disagreeing. That's not effective. Let's talk about this idea of forced overprivilege. The idea that men are capable of anything on this earth without the assistance of women is a historical oddity. That men could find a way to dominate the earth, to survive against an incredibly hostile environment, against the abject revolt of their suffering women is a fallacy. There's a reason why, in every corner of the world, in societies that couldn't be more different, the societies that survived were those that put women's safety above all; reproductive necessity. Any society is limited by the reproductive capability of their women; one man can do the reproductive work of 100, not so with women. And in those old days, the old 'patriarchy', men were required to do what was once dangerous work in the public sphere. You could not have your most valued members of society in danger. Men were given the privilege of life in the public sphere (jobs! property!) and the obligations that come with it (war! work!). Now, things are way different now. We've moved technologically past the point where we struggle against the natural world. Women don't need to be protected from every threat in the world, and with the pill and fertility meds, we have control of our reproduction as well. We can move beyond outdated models, women are eligible for 'male' privileges, and responsible for 'male' obligations. I would never go back. Conservatives who want to return to a world that we've moved past are sad, indeed. I'd actually go on a little more, but I have other responsibilities cropping up. But I'd urge you to actually look into this further. And I'll add one last thing; you are not responsible for the sins of your ancestors (or, in a phrase that pretty much explains it, sins of the father). You are only responsible for you.\n <\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>EnduranceFun<\/a>
2 things<\/p>1.Don't expect the internet to solve anything that's dependent on human beings. I know the internet is fun and easy, and that's the problem. Climate change, raising taxes, supposedly ending -isms are not easy problems. Some are so hard, they cost billions of dollars just to get started on a solution.<\/p>2.Start from an honest assessment of the problem. 47% of the entire gaming audience includes what? People who play solitaire built into Windows? We're talking about hardcore games. With hardcore games, most likely 1% of the audience is female, if it comes close to that. You really expect to not see dismissal from an overwhelming majority of the audience? If ladies feel so bad working in the hardcore gaming industry, there's the softcore industry where there are more ladies and hardly any complaints about -isms.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Paindamnation<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>875<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>1<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 1<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Paindamnation<\/a><\/div><\/div>Just like the twitter movement, this conversation has come and gone, and everyone got their panties in a bunch, and now the wedgie is gone.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FierceDeity<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>364<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FierceDeity<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@biosfear<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@FierceDeity<\/strong>: must be nice to be so privileged that you can pick and choose what you feel like caring about.<\/p><\/blockquote>No, I'm just human.<\/p>As if being privileged confers apathy or being disadvantaged confers empathy. Replace the term \"privilege\" in your post with anything else and you sound like a bigot. But because \"privilege\" is a nice, meaningless term you can get away with being a hypocrite.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>10812<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>782<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 14<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Kierkegaard<\/strong> Lets ignore the first section, the part attempting to foist guilt upon complete strangers for the crime of disagreeing. That's not effective. Let's talk about this idea of forced overprivilege. The idea that men are capable of anything on this earth without the assistance of women is a historical oddity. That men could find a way to dominate the earth, to survive against an incredibly hostile environment, against the abject revolt of their suffering women is a fallacy. There's a reason why, in every corner of the world, in societies that couldn't be more different, the societies that survived were those that put women's safety above all; reproductive necessity. Any society is limited by the reproductive capability of their women; one man can do the reproductive work of 100, not so with women. And in those old days, the old 'patriarchy', men were required to do what was once dangerous work in the public sphere. You could not have your most valued members of society in danger. Men were given the privilege of life in the public sphere (jobs! property!) and the obligations that come with it (war! work!). Now, things are way different now. We've moved technologically past the point where we struggle against the natural world. Women don't need to be protected from every threat in the world, and with the pill and fertility meds, we have control of our reproduction as well. We can move beyond outdated models, women are eligible for 'male' privileges, and responsible for 'male' obligations. I would never go back. Conservatives who want to return to a world that we've moved past are sad, indeed. I'd actually go on a little more, but I have other responsibilities cropping up. But I'd urge you to actually look into this further. And I'll add one last thing; you are not responsible for the sins of your ancestors (or, in a phrase that pretty much explains it, sins of the father). You are only responsible for you.\n <\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>EnduranceFun<\/a>
Just like the twitter movement, this conversation has come and gone, and everyone got their panties in a bunch, and now the wedgie is gone.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FierceDeity<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>364<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FierceDeity<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@biosfear<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@FierceDeity<\/strong>: must be nice to be so privileged that you can pick and choose what you feel like caring about.<\/p><\/blockquote>No, I'm just human.<\/p>As if being privileged confers apathy or being disadvantaged confers empathy. Replace the term \"privilege\" in your post with anything else and you sound like a bigot. But because \"privilege\" is a nice, meaningless term you can get away with being a hypocrite.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>10812<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>782<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 14<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Kierkegaard<\/strong> Lets ignore the first section, the part attempting to foist guilt upon complete strangers for the crime of disagreeing. That's not effective. Let's talk about this idea of forced overprivilege. The idea that men are capable of anything on this earth without the assistance of women is a historical oddity. That men could find a way to dominate the earth, to survive against an incredibly hostile environment, against the abject revolt of their suffering women is a fallacy. There's a reason why, in every corner of the world, in societies that couldn't be more different, the societies that survived were those that put women's safety above all; reproductive necessity. Any society is limited by the reproductive capability of their women; one man can do the reproductive work of 100, not so with women. And in those old days, the old 'patriarchy', men were required to do what was once dangerous work in the public sphere. You could not have your most valued members of society in danger. Men were given the privilege of life in the public sphere (jobs! property!) and the obligations that come with it (war! work!). Now, things are way different now. We've moved technologically past the point where we struggle against the natural world. Women don't need to be protected from every threat in the world, and with the pill and fertility meds, we have control of our reproduction as well. We can move beyond outdated models, women are eligible for 'male' privileges, and responsible for 'male' obligations. I would never go back. Conservatives who want to return to a world that we've moved past are sad, indeed. I'd actually go on a little more, but I have other responsibilities cropping up. But I'd urge you to actually look into this further. And I'll add one last thing; you are not responsible for the sins of your ancestors (or, in a phrase that pretty much explains it, sins of the father). You are only responsible for you.\n <\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>EnduranceFun<\/a>
<\/span>@biosfear<\/strong> said:<\/p><\/span>@FierceDeity<\/strong>: must be nice to be so privileged that you can pick and choose what you feel like caring about.<\/p><\/blockquote>No, I'm just human.<\/p>As if being privileged confers apathy or being disadvantaged confers empathy. Replace the term \"privilege\" in your post with anything else and you sound like a bigot. But because \"privilege\" is a nice, meaningless term you can get away with being a hypocrite.<\/p><\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>10812<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>782<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 14<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By deactivated-5e49e9175da37<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Kierkegaard<\/strong> Lets ignore the first section, the part attempting to foist guilt upon complete strangers for the crime of disagreeing. That's not effective. Let's talk about this idea of forced overprivilege. The idea that men are capable of anything on this earth without the assistance of women is a historical oddity. That men could find a way to dominate the earth, to survive against an incredibly hostile environment, against the abject revolt of their suffering women is a fallacy. There's a reason why, in every corner of the world, in societies that couldn't be more different, the societies that survived were those that put women's safety above all; reproductive necessity. Any society is limited by the reproductive capability of their women; one man can do the reproductive work of 100, not so with women. And in those old days, the old 'patriarchy', men were required to do what was once dangerous work in the public sphere. You could not have your most valued members of society in danger. Men were given the privilege of life in the public sphere (jobs! property!) and the obligations that come with it (war! work!). Now, things are way different now. We've moved technologically past the point where we struggle against the natural world. Women don't need to be protected from every threat in the world, and with the pill and fertility meds, we have control of our reproduction as well. We can move beyond outdated models, women are eligible for 'male' privileges, and responsible for 'male' obligations. I would never go back. Conservatives who want to return to a world that we've moved past are sad, indeed. I'd actually go on a little more, but I have other responsibilities cropping up. But I'd urge you to actually look into this further. And I'll add one last thing; you are not responsible for the sins of your ancestors (or, in a phrase that pretty much explains it, sins of the father). You are only responsible for you.\n <\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>EnduranceFun<\/a>
<\/span>@Kierkegaard<\/strong> Lets ignore the first section, the part attempting to foist guilt upon complete strangers for the crime of disagreeing. That's not effective. Let's talk about this idea of forced overprivilege. The idea that men are capable of anything on this earth without the assistance of women is a historical oddity. That men could find a way to dominate the earth, to survive against an incredibly hostile environment, against the abject revolt of their suffering women is a fallacy. There's a reason why, in every corner of the world, in societies that couldn't be more different, the societies that survived were those that put women's safety above all; reproductive necessity. Any society is limited by the reproductive capability of their women; one man can do the reproductive work of 100, not so with women. And in those old days, the old 'patriarchy', men were required to do what was once dangerous work in the public sphere. You could not have your most valued members of society in danger. Men were given the privilege of life in the public sphere (jobs! property!) and the obligations that come with it (war! work!). Now, things are way different now. We've moved technologically past the point where we struggle against the natural world. Women don't need to be protected from every threat in the world, and with the pill and fertility meds, we have control of our reproduction as well. We can move beyond outdated models, women are eligible for 'male' privileges, and responsible for 'male' obligations. I would never go back. Conservatives who want to return to a world that we've moved past are sad, indeed. I'd actually go on a little more, but I have other responsibilities cropping up. But I'd urge you to actually look into this further. And I'll add one last thing; you are not responsible for the sins of your ancestors (or, in a phrase that pretty much explains it, sins of the father). You are only responsible for you.\n <\/article>11 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>EnduranceFun<\/a>
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