:@Soapy86:
@Soapy86 said:
@Nardak said:
Okay I´ll bite.
In a way American Ninja was right that these kinds of problems can be kinda considered to be first world problems. While the inequality of pay is a real issue in western countries there are far worse problems which women are facing all over the world.
1) Honor killings of women (according to wikipedia it is estimated that nearly 20000 women are killed each year
2) Child brides (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2216553/International-Day-Girl-Child-2012-Devastating-images-terrifying-world-child-brides.html)
quote from article "at age 11, Ghulam was married off to 40-year-old Jaiz in a rural Afghan village, making her only one of more than 10 million young girls who are being forced to wed men old enough to be their fathers or grandfather every year"
3) Child prostitution ( according to wikipedia)
"In India, the federal police say that around 1.2 million children are believed to be involved in prostitution. A CBI statement said that studies and surveys sponsored by the ministry of women and child development estimated that about 40% of all India's prostitutes are children
4) Mutilation of women as punishment for trying to run away from their husbands.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2007161_2235753,00.html
According to the latest news Saudi Arabia wants to put tracking devices on the women of that country so that their husbands can track their location despite where they are.
So while there are indeed issues lets not make this problem appear bigger as it actually is.
Don't bother. Getting mistaken for a secretary is a far worse tragedy than any of this bullshit that no one cares about.
Actually its an ad hominem tu quoqe. Basically screaming there are worst things to be concerned about is effectively a way to shut down conversation despite the fact that it doesn't address the validity of the original argument.
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