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History of Feminism

Squinch

(51,228 posts)

8. I've got one! I've got one!

Reply to Sheldon Cooper (Original post)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 04:26 PM

Mar 2014

You insist that the gender wage gap is a myth because women don't work as much as men because they take time off to have kids AND you say that alimony should be outlawed.

I have another!

You acknowledge that the alpha-male hierarchy that men set up among themselves is destructive to both men and women, and the source of many of the greatest problems in our world AND you insist that it is the fault of women because women only ever choose alpha men.

Another! You insist that women only choose alpha men.

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11 signs you're a men's rights activist: [View all] Sheldon Cooper Mar 2014 OP

wow. twisted logic. they can tie theirselves in knots trying to justify and rationalize Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #1

This is an excellent JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #2

Interesting Stargazer09 Mar 2014 #3

They're sad, pathetic trolls YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #4

it's depressing to see this stuff day after day Warpy Mar 2014 #5

Spot on! nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #6

Yep, that's the MRAs.Frightened children. nt sufrommich Mar 2014 #7

I've got one! I've got one! Squinch Mar 2014 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #9

Great list. LeftOfWest Mar 2014 #10

Click the "DU Rec" button near the bottom-left of the post. jeff47 Mar 2014 #13

Thanks for reminding me to do that. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #14

Thank you jeff47! LeftOfWest Mar 2014 #16

Great list of Ironies! I just wish she'd chosen a word other than the d-bag word BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #11

I just broke the rec button. Sorry folks. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #12

Or.... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #15

Wow, so many of those seem depressingly familiar. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #17

Excellent! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #18

Heh! ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #19

Hah! Very good. Thanks! n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #20

I have to take issue with No. 2 on this list. Seeking Serenity Mar 2014 #21

And yet many more women are seriously injured and killed by male partners than the reverse. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #24

But I wasn't talking about the severity of the problem in terms of absolute numbers. Seeking Serenity Mar 2014 #26

Can't speak for others, but for me it's more an issue of relative size than of gender. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #27

k&r n/t JTFrog Mar 2014 #22

This is pretty good Shivering Jemmy Mar 2014 #23

I have to wonder if this "hypocrisy" is really deliberate and by design. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #25