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Metal_DK posted...

Everytime I bring it up I get yelled at, but I think the right acknowledges that a career is more important to a man's health than a career is for a woman's health. I have gotten in numerous arguments at holidays dinners/get togethers/etc about this. I argue that its because men pretty much get 2 options in this world: work or prison. Women, at least post WW2, get 3. Work, prison, stay at home mom/wife. There are very few women who will put up with a stay at home husband, and it has nothing to do with "once women have the "good" jobs they will!". As evidenced by (what i mentioned earlier that nobody read), that childless millennial women actually outearn men in just about every major city in the USA, and the same thing was the case for gen x women in their 20s/30s. Instead of women celebrating their new options of their success, left leaning sites write this:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3bj5yv/youre-single-because-there-arent-enough-men-253

This "manifesto" thing is honestly missing out the most key point. First off, plenty of women were coding (or doing the equivalent of) in the earliest days. It was only after it became the most profitable industry was when it became "male". Its because money was there. Men chase money. Why? Is it because we're greedy assholes? Maybe some of us sure. But a lot of it has to do with men have to define themselves through their work more than women have to.

Does it mean harass Leslie Jones on twitter? No. Does it mean vote for Trump? Nope. Defund planned parenthood? Another straw man. But i do think the left is lying to these men about this, and the one thing I agree with the manifesto on is that the male gender role is much less flexible, if at all. Its one of the only things I think the right understands more than the left.

And honestly, I think all those things (and gamergate too!) exist BECAUSE men are being lied to about this.

I actually hit upon this on page 1 bro. The problem is that this is the case but it doesn't necessarily have to be. If pursuing status is desirable then it should be desirable for women as well over being pretty or whatever else you think is their current paradigm. If it's undesirable for men then we should work to achieve parity on that as well. But you shouldn't just assume it's biotruths and roll with 'men work, women are pretty' and never waver from that.
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