Oh dear me, Pool, I was so craving your serious consideration. Whatever am I to do now?

As for what I do and don't know about this topic, I could tell you a few things about our laws and why they're in place, but you don't strike me as terribly thoughtful and I'm not in the habit of casting pearls before swine.

And -- perhaps you'd consider addressing your interlocutor? That way I don't rustle your jimmies like this unless you ask for it, kthxbai. Dumbfuck.

(January 17, 2017 at 6:46 pm)Iroscato Wrote:

(January 17, 2017 at 8:35 am)pool the great Wrote: So here you made up a theory that the number of dwarfs in the population is proportional to the number of dwarfs found in management positions hence why there are so many less dwarfs in management positions.


And here you disprove your own theory as the number of women in the population isn't proportional to the number of women in management positions.

Your reasoning is hence proved false.

So let's try again Boru, why are dwarfs underrepresented in management positions? Is there a discrimination in play here? Let's hear your thoughts.

Is this what you would consider

The Gentleman Bastard Wrote:He's been remarkably resistant to revision in beliefs despite the arguments and evidences that have been thrown his way.

(bold mine)

Lol

Nope. That's just well-deserved mockery. I'm glad you're enjoying all of it.

(January 17, 2017 at 11:30 pm)Jesster Wrote: Nope. That's just well-deserved mockery. I'm glad you're enjoying all of it.

Debating is fun. Especially so when I'm right. Besides, isn't that the point of a discussion forum? To discuss different viewpoints, or would you prefer it if we all agreed with each other all the time and wanked off each other around campfire? Haha

(January 17, 2017 at 11:34 pm)pool the great Wrote:

(January 17, 2017 at 11:30 pm)Jesster Wrote: Nope. That's just well-deserved mockery. I'm glad you're enjoying all of it.

Debating is fun. Especially so when I'm right. Besides, isn't that the point of a discussion forum? To discuss different viewpoints, or would you prefer it if we all agreed with each other all the time and wanked off each other around campfire? Haha

Great. Let me know when you get to discussion instead of your usual triggered whining. Until then, we appreciate the chance to laugh at you.

(January 17, 2017 at 3:53 pm)CanOfMountainDew Wrote:

(January 17, 2017 at 1:07 pm)Shell B Wrote: It's not what I said. Also, fallacious and fallacy have different meanings. My point wasn't that it's true because it has been historically true. My point is that it has always been true. Less so now, but it's never gone away.


A few things here. When white men have been repressed systematically, it has been by other white men. Moreover, white women have been repressed right along side them, so it's not like white men in particular were singled out. Moreover, white men have dominated the landscape of power for all of time. Sure, you've had your Genghis Khan's and Egyptian pharaohs, but were they repressing white men? And I know someone's going to go ahead and bring up the Holocaust. White men perpetrated it and it targeted a huge range of people, none of the reasons for which were that they were white or male.


Oh, gosh, no. Legal protections from white men are not the same as having more legal rights. The law has basically said "You can't do this anymore." Tough. Also, I'm not a huge fan of affirmative action. I'd like to see the laws rewritten in such a way that they are inclusive, but the very reason they are there is because white men have for centuries refused employment to women and other minorities. We finally hit a point where we are protecting ourselves from that.

I'm not going to sit here and argue for the poor, repressed white man unless you guys want to talk custody battles, family court, etc. Other than that, you guys have it easy and don't know it because you've always had it easy.

"Oh, gosh, no. Legal protections from white men are not the same as having more legal rights."

Just because a legal right doesn't confirm your narrative, it doesn't stop being a legal right.

Women are protected under law to have genital integrity. There is a specific law that forbids female genital mutilation. This law doesn't include men, and men have no specific law of their own to protect against genital mutilation. This is a legal right women have that men don't

Also men have to sign up for the selective service to acquire a whole host of rights that women get by default. Acquiring these rights by default is a legal right women have that men don't:



I gotta' be honest. While white men in a first world nation in 2017 are undoubtedly one of the most privileged demographics to ever exist on this earth, I'd say there's just one demographic that beats them in that regard; white women.

And that's coming from a white woman.

Wow, but your shit's outdated:
House panel votes to make women register for the draft.

The Army Times Wrote:Women will have to register with the Selective Service and would be eligible to be drafted in the military, under a provision narrowly approved by a House panel on Wednesday.

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(January 17, 2017 at 11:27 pm)pool the great Wrote:

The Gentleman Bastard Wrote:He's been remarkably resistant to revision in beliefs despite the arguments and evidences that have been thrown his way.

(bold mine)

Lol

Denial.

It ain't just a river in egypt.

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Pool, several posts back you claimed to love working with women...
Working around the house with your mom and sisters doesn't qualify. Get out and get some real world experience.

The Gentleman Bastard Wrote:Pool, several posts back you claimed to love working with women...
Working around the house with your mom and sisters doesn't qualify. Get out and get some real world experience.

Haha, yeah, I'm not satisfied with my current knowledge enough to confidently take up a job in software but I've worked in manual labor, in catering, in teaching and I've actually worked for a very short time with a software company and I didn't particularly think much of any women that worked with me because most of them were almost as good as everybody else so there really was not much to think about them. Unfortunately though the type of work I've spend most time with doesn't get me much leverage in claiming experience while going for a job in software because most of the work I've done was more for a quick buck than an actual career hehe

(January 17, 2017 at 11:34 pm)pool the great Wrote:

(January 17, 2017 at 11:30 pm)Jesster Wrote: Nope. That's just well-deserved mockery. I'm glad you're enjoying all of it.

Debating is fun. Especially so when I'm right. Besides, isn't that the point of a discussion forum? To discuss different viewpoints, or would you prefer it if we all agreed with each other all the time and wanked off each other around campfire? Haha

The problem is not that you disagree. It's that you disagree in such a puerile and uninformed manner.

(January 18, 2017 at 12:21 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The problem is not that you disagree. It's that you disagree in such a puerile and uninformed manner.

Exactly this. I disagree with Dew just as much, but at least Dew isn't a rancid asshat about it from post #1.