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Nederland

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43. I did read the article

Wed Jul 18, 2012, 03:50 PM

Jul 2012

You should try reading the article while imagining how it comes across to someone other than you.

Imagine what would happen if you wrote a post titled "The Penalty for Being Born White" and included the fact that whites live longer than Hispanics and African Americans. What kind of response do you think you'd get?

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The $849,000 Penalty for Being Born Female [View all] TalkingDog Jul 2012 OP

Have you read the sheer nastiness of some of the comments? xmas74 Jul 2012 #1

Those are men's right activist,they're nasty and they're sufrommich Jul 2012 #2

I know they're here. xmas74 Jul 2012 #5

No,they don't. They are so toxic,they're considered sufrommich Jul 2012 #8

And yet are still allowed to post their hate here. xmas74 Jul 2012 #9

One of the usual MRA'ers just showed up. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #22

I put them all on ignore. I'm disappointed that sufrommich Jul 2012 #27

I read a few comments and had to stop. Ilsa Jul 2012 #4

That's the one that killed me. xmas74 Jul 2012 #6

Longer Lifespan? Nederland Jul 2012 #3

It can become one later on xmas74 Jul 2012 #7

Clearly, the benefits of living longer outweigh the penalties of living longer... OneTenthofOnePercent Jul 2012 #17

The penalty comes with the COSTS of living longer. Try reading the article please. TalkingDog Jul 2012 #11

That's what I was thinking. xmas74 Jul 2012 #19

So living longer is an inherent disadvantage of being female. Gotcha. EOTE Jul 2012 #21

I did read the article Nederland Jul 2012 #43

It is in fact,an objective *financial* penalty LanternWaste Jul 2012 #25

living longer shouldnt that be seen as a good thing? loli phabay Jul 2012 #35

I'd gladly spend $200k to live another five years taught_me_patience Jul 2012 #10

So you are 85, you can't find a job, you are eating cat food and you can't TalkingDog Jul 2012 #12

Is that what 85 yo women are up to? NCTraveler Jul 2012 #20

I guess they should have spent their husband's life insurance check more wisely. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #34

as opposed to what being dead, i would rather be 85 and struggling rather than in the ground. loli phabay Jul 2012 #36

It costs a lot of money to live a long time! Think of all the money that black people save! lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #37

I'd imagine it's just as hard to take posters seriously LanternWaste Jul 2012 #26

It's both MattBaggins Jul 2012 #28

Beat me to it. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #31

This is the most ridiculous thing I've read this week. Complete gibberish. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #13

Okay, I accept your thesis statement. Now defend it. TalkingDog Jul 2012 #15

I edited to add one example. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #18

Taking time off for family MattBaggins Jul 2012 #30

It is elective time off. Yes. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #33

The irony of this post = LOL Odin2005 Jul 2012 #23

uh what men shouldnt have rights or have i missed something. loli phabay Jul 2012 #38

Ad hominem. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #41

Yeah, well, just...don't do it again. randome Jul 2012 #14

Oh yay! Another gender war thread on DU. FourScore Jul 2012 #16

living longer is a bad thing? Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #24

That was my thought. I wonder if inheritances are factored in. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #29

wow, living longer is a penalty? I stopped reading when i got to that little tidbit. crazyjoe Jul 2012 #32

The rest of it was accurate, but "living longer" is NOT a penalty. Zalatix Jul 2012 #40

I would like to see how many extra hours men have to work as wage slaves... Bonobo Jul 2012 #39

so dumb that it must have been written to crank up the gender war. divide & conquer! HiPointDem Jul 2012 #42