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In reply to the discussion: This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)by parents that see their role as far different from the women, and by a government that still today uses them for cannon fodder, and companies that see them as nothing but an expense. In other words, the cause may well be outside their control without some significant effort to address what they have been taught all their lives. Easier to point a finger, however...
Just ask Sheryl Sandberg - as she points out, from very early on, even on a playground, a girl who is assertive may well be called "bossy", where it is used as a pejorative. A boy behaving similarly becomes a piece of meat to watch during baseball or football recruiting season.
Men commit suicide at over 4x the rate of women too, and at an increasing rate over the past 10 years. I don't hear a lot of people getting all worked up over that.
And when dr's test for testosterone, they DO test for excess levels, btw. It's a range on the lab notes, all of them.