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History of Feminism

Politicalboi

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31. No, it's because they like younger women

Reply to zazen (Original post)

Mon Jun 17, 2013, 02:56 PM

Jun 2013

Or they get them pregnant and marry them. And we all know how well that can work out. Shot gun weddings. We had one in our family, and my brother was the college educated guy too, also a Repuke.

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"Menopause May Be an Unintended Outcome of Men's Preference for Younger Mates" [View all] zazen Jun 2013 OP

Jesus fucking christ BainsBane Jun 2013 #1

OR it could be a way of giving women a break Skittles Jun 2013 #2

after decades of laboring under theories that don't add up (says WHO??) THREE MEN niyad Jun 2013 #3

Ah, nothing like males using pseudoscience to try to deodorize Warpy Jun 2013 #4

^^^ +1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #11

that is mostly the reason for menopause isn't it ? JI7 Jun 2013 #20

Yeah, aren't they something? Warpy Jun 2013 #21

Yes, they really do. redqueen Jun 2013 #22

I hope you replied "Her legs, her decision, MYOB" Warpy Jun 2013 #23

She was already getting an earful and I didn't want to pile on... redqueen Jun 2013 #27

Wait MadrasT Jun 2013 #24

... redqueen Jun 2013 #28

nah.. I think women brought in on themselves, so they wouldn't have to deal with men any more Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #5

really, or younger women choose older men zazen Jun 2013 #7

what I dislike enormously is that these old white men can still produce offspring on account of viag Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Jun 2013 #17

there are so many excellent scientific theories one can come up with about just about anything Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #18

"a whole host of health problems"--for which big pharma just HAPPENS to have the oh-so- niyad Jun 2013 #6

+++ Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #13

It's not an illness, it's not a disease, but... Bay Boy Jun 2013 #34

you forgot the sarcasm icon, yes? niyad Jun 2013 #38

Noooo..... Bay Boy Jun 2013 #40

if you seriously have to ask WHY big pharma shouldn't be selling solutions for things that are not niyad Jun 2013 #41

Well isn't that nice that you don't think menopause problems Bay Boy Jun 2013 #43

I imagine many people conflate "problem" and "inconvenience" LanternWaste Jun 2013 #44

actually, it's liberating riverwalker Jun 2013 #8

Indeed it is. I have never been so happy as when I passed over that threshold where I am Nay Jun 2013 #9

omigod Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #14

To me it is not even a "trade off" MadrasT Jun 2013 #15

Getting up into my fifites, along with a pretty hefty weight game, Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #16

this is something women should be able to experience throughout their life JI7 Jun 2013 #19

Bwahahaha ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #10

Because for 40,00 years women routinely lived into the 60's and beyond? One_Life_To_Give Jun 2013 #25

Amazing, isn't it? redqueen Jun 2013 #26

Bloody good WovenGems Jun 2013 #29

natural selection d_r Jun 2013 #30

It's the same kind of fallacy ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #32

Yep. It's also why redqueen Jun 2013 #33

yes d_r Jun 2013 #39

No, it's because they like younger women Politicalboi Jun 2013 #31

Even if women were able to SheilaT Jun 2013 #35

I have just completed a scientific study with a number of other women. We have discovered Squinch Jun 2013 #36

nearly spewed my coffe on this one!! please post it as a separate thread, so we can REC it!! niyad Jun 2013 #37

Or maybe it's nature's way of saying that grandmas are good for you eridani Jun 2013 #42