Originally posted by: ryan256
Originally posted by: mugs
A draft is highly unlikely, but how does that make it any less of a double standard?
And men who volunteer to go to war in this country go into combat. Women are just in support roles behind the front lines and are rarely in a combat situation. That's another double standard. But I guess that's good for the men, since women don't have the same physical requirements for military service (another double standard).
But at least we men are less likely to contract HIV through unprotected sex than a woman is. :thumbsup:
(a double standard in nature that favors men)
I wish I could find the news article but I remember reading about this liberal female senator who was trying to push a bill that would have forced the military to lower physical standards for women in order for them to qualify for certain military positions. The positions she was primarily targeting were those of elite special forces (the trained killers). Fortunately her bill was shot down but she still make me sick.
IMO: I have no problem with a woman who wants to be a fighter pilot, tanker, or a helicopter pilot. These battlefield positions are not as heavily dependant on physical endurance and strength as those of a front line soldier.
I'm not sure with their ..."spacial awareness issues".... thats a j/k by the way.
I like this thread.
My wife to be was on the phone and we were talking about lots of things. One thing that came up was that when women get together at work. their productivity goes DOWN!!!!! she said that , not me. men with other men usually get told off and work very hard to do a good job, women like to chatter and sometimes do a slow job, or sometimes not pay enough attention....saying all that, I would much rather have a worker working on their own to be a women (no reason to be distracted), men would just get bored and go slow, and then pretend they were working.
Her mother also belives that men are almost always better in the top of the profession. Look at cooking, i know lots and lots of top chefs, not many women. business people, designers, sport (thats an unfair one).
I belive in the right people doing the right jobs, I wouldent want women on the battlefield and doing heavy lifting (although some women have to in some parts of the world).
My wife to be was on the phone and we were talking about lots of things. One thing that came up was that when women get together at work. their productivity goes DOWN!!!!! she said that , not me. men with other men usually get told off and work very hard to do a good job, women like to chatter and sometimes do a slow job, or sometimes not pay enough attention....saying all that, I would much rather have a worker working on their own to be a women (no reason to be distracted), men would just get bored and go slow, and then pretend they were working.
Her mother also belives that men are almost always better in the top of the profession. Look at cooking, i know lots and lots of top chefs, not many women. business people, designers, sport (thats an unfair one).
I belive in the right people doing the right jobs, I wouldent want women on the battlefield and doing heavy lifting (although some women have to in some parts of the world).
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Well, I was gonna reply. Until I saw that we had 227 responses and I realized all my complaints were already stated.
HEY OP!
I think you need to collate all the responses and make a simple list in first post.
This could be a "sticky-worthy" item like they have in the software forum.
HEY OP!
I think you need to collate all the responses and make a simple list in first post.
This could be a "sticky-worthy" item like they have in the software forum.
Hmm, that's odd, I'm pretty sure federal law is that the mother and the father have to be granted 12 weeks of paternity leave. It's under the FMLA; the employer has to grant it whether they like it or not and it can't have any affect on any sort of employee review or termination. However, if you don't have sick leave or vacation leave to cover it, they don't have to pay the employees salary.
I just took off 4 weeks of paternity leave after my son was born January 1st of this year.
edit: oops, just found out this was alread answered on page 3.
Haven't read thread in entirety, but have read most of it.
The double standard that exists in auto insurance exists because of the double standard that causes men to always be the driver. Heaven forbid she be the driver. Is it any wonder that men have more accidents when it's men that do all the driving?
I've taken to actively attacking double standards when I encounter them. I will make a sarcastic comment to a woman for whom I hold a door open out of common courtesy who then proceeds to walk ahead of me through the next set of doors. I have berated women that have grabbed my ass at the bar. I have reported female students that make innappropriate comments to me at work (work at a university).
The only way to change inequality is to actively attack it.
As for people that believe it's a man's world, you are kidding yourselves. Just because stats show that men are still in the influential or powerful positions, try checking the stats that show how those figures have been changing over the last few decades. Women use only those stats that benefit their cause. Change is not instant. The pendulum is swinging, and it is our sons that will pay for our capitulating.
The double standard that exists in auto insurance exists because of the double standard that causes men to always be the driver. Heaven forbid she be the driver. Is it any wonder that men have more accidents when it's men that do all the driving?
I've taken to actively attacking double standards when I encounter them. I will make a sarcastic comment to a woman for whom I hold a door open out of common courtesy who then proceeds to walk ahead of me through the next set of doors. I have berated women that have grabbed my ass at the bar. I have reported female students that make innappropriate comments to me at work (work at a university).
The only way to change inequality is to actively attack it.
As for people that believe it's a man's world, you are kidding yourselves. Just because stats show that men are still in the influential or powerful positions, try checking the stats that show how those figures have been changing over the last few decades. Women use only those stats that benefit their cause. Change is not instant. The pendulum is swinging, and it is our sons that will pay for our capitulating.
Well, what if the woman was raped, would the rapist have a say in the matter? It's his offspring, right?
Originally posted by: DaShen
Reading comprehension FTW.
Ok, well then what if the women consented to a sperm donation?
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