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tblue37

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10. Like all the "women and children first" legislation that gets passed

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 12, 2013, 09:04 PM

Mar 2013

in DC and in state houses around the country, because making sure women and children are protected and cared for is what the USA!USA!USA!USA! is all about, amirate?

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I like being a guy. [View all] lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 OP

I wish that you would have run this by me before you posted it. Swamp Lover Mar 2013 #1

There is. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #2

most of the time I wish I wasn't human olddots Mar 2013 #3

There's definitely an assymetry but it's a very peculiar, subtle one. sibelian Mar 2013 #4

I think that asymmetry can be summarized in four words. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #5

That's a single strand of the assymetry, jeff... sibelian Mar 2013 #6

There are a number of structural and social inequalities that derive from that basic first principle lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #8

Like all the "women and children first" legislation that gets passed tblue37 Mar 2013 #10

Abortion is an example. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #11

"Women and children first" tells a lot about how much women are respected as well in our society. Dash87 Mar 2013 #7

I fully agree. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #9