I think the Residentsare more in line with the OP.
Actually, it’s a 7% difference. I hope you’re better at calculating your degrees of advance, oh Mr Mighty Project Manager!
So if I’m understanding correctly, women are vastly underrepresented in all areas of society. They are demonstrably wildly outnumbered by men at every level of government, economics, business, and science.
But that’s only because they want to be.
Am I getting the (for lack of a better word let’s call it) argument?
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*People *are often portrayed stupidly in ads. When’s the last time you saw an ad where a man was too stupid to drain pasta to the horror of his family, or was a 50-something who had only just been taught by a doctor that nerves are what carries pain signals from the brain?
No, he’s saying it’s because they *deserve *to be.
No, you are not. I’m 67 and this wasn’t true at any time in my life and wouldn’t have been true in my parent’s lifetime.
Maybe “wife,” “beat” and “death” were all meant figuratively.
One word: Islam
Not exactly unknown in Christianity.
This being the Dope, the thread wouldn’t be complete without someone citing the exception that proves the rule. In Chapter 8, “The Houses of Healing” from Book 5, there’s Ioreth talking to another woman.
“‘Well, now! Who would have believed it?’ said Ioreth to a woman who stood beside her. ‘The weed is better than I thought’…”
There are other passages where Ioreth talks with her kinswoman about Aragorn. But here she is talking about the weed, so yes: (who would have believed it?), The Lord of the Rings just squeaks by the Bechdel Test.
You can throw the condom out the window, provided you are prepared to take up pregnancy and childbirth, breastfeeding and total responsibility for the children for, I don’t know, the rest of your LIFE!!
(I don’t mean you personally ,Morgenstern, just men in general)
Sure, it’s a staple of advertising to show how difficult things are without their wonderful product. And it happens with both sexes, but it seems more common and egregious with men. When was the last time you saw an ad where a woman hit her head on a window because she was mesmerized by a potato chip?
Who has said something that you find to be an exaggeration? We need real evidence that something exaggerated has actually been said by some large number of people, not silly claims with no substance. (One can find any number of silly claims in the world–yours among them. If you want a debate, show that there is a serious group holding an explicit opinion, not cheesy lines from old movies.)
Dumb idea. there are a few more women than men because men tend to do things to get killed at a higher rate than do women.
What does this even mean?
Dumb assumption. Women are used more in advertising on the grounds that they are more attractive to the power wielding men. Your claim does not even make sense.
Do you have any idea how many of either there actually are? What are the statistics for each? What are the statistics for how many men or women are born with a condition that makes any change desirable? Without real numbers, your claim is just blowing smoke.
More silliness. The ration of men to women is not such that no man would have to work for companionship. And your nonsense ignores that fact that men do put as much effort into efforts at attraction. Since men perceive that women are attracted by power and wealth, (instead of physical beauty), that is where men invest their energy.
You claim to want an argument, then you post this ignorant and unthinking utter nonsense? This looks like you wanted something different than a debate.
Well I already explain more along the way at least.
I think as far the transgender stuff goes, I believe the acceptance plays a role in difference.
Not in the US. However in Louisiana in 1978, my new wife - who was making far more money than me - could not get a check cashing card at the grocery because the Head and Master Law said that I owned all the property in the family, and she had no say in its disposition.
It got repealed, but not without complaints by some legislators who said that got married under that law and they damn well expected things to stay that way.
So, male-on-female rape doesn’t exist in your world?
I am turning 50 in March. In Spain, while she wasn’t officially considered the husband’s “property” in the way a cow or a house would be (she couldn’t be bought and sold), the turning point that made the country realize that la maté porque era mía (I killed 'cos she was mine) was not acceptable was the murder of Ana Orantes in December of 1997.
That’s 20 years ago.
I meant 0.7% (which is incorrect).:smack:
And it’s actually worse in China (around 115 to 100) thanks to their one child policy.
Evolutionarily speaking, I still wonder why it’s around half.
Um…no, actually.:eek:
But I get your point.
I mostly just buy the team donuts and check schedules.
Try living in the Middle East or India or any number of places for a year and then come back and submit a report on your experiences.
Someone didn’t read the thread and my opening post throughly.