You know what ALSO takes courage?

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6. I'm not sure this is the best place for this comment.

I don't disagree that to be a man causes gender-specific hardships in our lives, such as having shorter-life expectancies.

But comparing that to the systemic and unrelenting oppression that women face in our society and culture in a thread about the challenge it is to grow up as a woman without support isn't right. It hijacks the thread and makes the oppression of men and women appear equal, even if that was not the intent (which I don't believe it was).

Without knowing how the OP feels, or attempting to speak in her place, I would suggest moving this comment elsewhere, perhaps to a new thread. It is reminiscent of the constant attacks on DU, in the online world, and in the real world to detract from women's issues and problems. A short comment or two expressing sympathy with or perhaps even a longer paragraph or two on what we could do to address these systemic biases against women would be more appropriate.

And I hope you and your wife die simultaneously in a huge volcanic eruption while living out your last days in a gorgeous Hawaiian beach house. That'll solve the problem