There’s something to be said about having the ability to acquire things like hazard pay, deployment pay, etc etc. But then there’s also something to be said about how some folks, irrespective of gender, can be assigned to career fields that are non-deployable anyway, so the inequality operates …equally?
I suppose, but I think the only real complaint (imo) is career advancement to an extent, at least in the Corps.
There’s also something to be said about unit proficiency The Corps studied gender-integrated units and they consistently underperformed. Not to mention there’s quite a bit of data on how women don’t fare as well physically from extended combat tours. I’m not sure that’s a good reason not to let them in combat MOS’ if that’s their choice, but I certainly think it strengthens the argument against them.
I get it, anything you can do I can do better and all that, but we’re not talking soccer, we’re talking lives.
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Going back a bit…
I agree with this, and wonder if @thefourthruffian ever considers the self-selection bias that leads to his confirmation bias. Women who choose to go on vacation with girlfriends are first part of a group of women who prefer to vacation without their husbands or boyfriends, which seems odd to me, and then part of a group who party at bars while there. Same thing work travel and hotel bars. I honestly cannot imagine going alone to a hotel bar, or any bar. Restaurant alone, no problem.
Age plays a factor, of course, but I don’t think it’s a significant factor when you’re talking about women picking men up at bars who shouldn’t be. Women and men who cheat like going to bars, where they find one another or partners willing to be a part of the dynamic. Women who don’t want anything to be misconstrued avoid eye contact with men while at bars in a group.
This seems so obvious to me, I can’t imagine anything else seeming normal, much less representative of the entire gender.
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Yep Absolutely - there are chics we’ve always known with higher than Avg “T” for example (like the college field hockey girls) and they do want to get dicked down more frequently and tend to demand less of a connection that do most other “normal” women.
I say some of this we can make an educated guess at - like the fact that if you find the “love of your life” on Tindr flaunting a big ole pair of fake titties, tons of ink, and has tons of “guy friends” then don’t be surprised when she cheats both soon into the relation and frequent intervals . Those girls should be enjoyed for what they are - you won’t change them - but don’t fall in love and invest time + money. Even if you have awesome pipe game these types just need the attention - more mental than physical.
I think a lot of guys go through an awakening of sorts. I know I did…it took me a bit to come back full circle.
I went from thinking all women were like my mom and auntie - classy, hard working ladies, loyal and supporting of their husbands. Move away to the city and into a big reality check from the college and young professional party scene. I went from holding doors, and implicitly trusting most women, to being surrounded by women of a very loose moral fiber and jumping way to the other end of the spectrum.Both ends of my thought process were wrong is the moral here.
If you walk around thinking women are the paradigm of virtue and chaste behavior, you’re in for a long life of getting cheated on and dissed by women…at best you can hope to marry a bully of a woman who will yell at you and disrespect you in front of your friends (if you have any…)
But walking around thinking all women are pirate hookers is also asking for a lonely life. Most of the time by selecting women from places other than the corner bar, the hip hop club , Tindr or other fuck me quick apps, you can start to open a whole different world of “normal” women. The beset part about the more normal woman, is she’ll be free of the herpes and self loathing that generally come with women who say things like “woke, lit, Boo/Beau, thot” and so on.
Ahah! that is just it! 9 times out of 10 the female is unhappy and looking way before any physical infidelity occurs… Women fall in love with their ears and guys with their eyes, I’m sure you’ve heard that.
So most of the cheating on women’s side is done from an emotional level which later manifests itself as physical, not simply a physical one like is the case with most men.
Hey, I was approached this morning (at a Sheraton Extended Stay Hotel) breakfast buffet. Lady sat down while I was reading my fascinating USA Today enjoying my dry eggs, and asked if we could catch a drink later. She said she saw me working out and wanted to talk about work outs. I told her I’d be on the rig all day (a lie), so I’d take a rain check. She left me her card.
In an earlier point in my life, I’d be breaking her vagina about 3 hours from now and at about 4 hours, she’d tell me she has to keep it casual just for this week because she has two kids and a husband.
But yes, you are correct, with the exception of my wife, the women who are aggressive aggressively pursue me because apparently I look like a guy that would be into that (and I was for a long time, I suppose). My wife routinely comments that the sluttiest-looking women in a room trip over themselves to come over to me. She’ll even make a bet which ones will hit on me. And, yes, as you know, this was a serious problem in our relationship, at one time.
So, yes, I do have selection bias and deep cynicism.
But I stand beside my point that women are just as big of players as men. This does not mean all women are players. Nor all men.
But a strong plurality of both are, given the opportunity and acceptable risk/reward profile.
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This is what I’ve been expressing all along. These are human problems, rather than man or woman problems.
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Gender equality.
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It’s like, I’m not even joking with the misanthropy thing. It blows my mind to see men go “These women with their lacking morals are all just so disgusting!” and then complaining about things that men do. Or women talking about men engaging in vile behavior.
We’re a terrible, terrible species. And what makes us reprehensible is our ability to recognize it and do nothing to change it. When you take a step back and stop looking at it as “men” or “women” and just “people”, it blurs together all too well.
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Then how is being a housewife a form of oppression?
I’m waiting for women to campaign to pick up my trash.
That’s one for the feminists to answer.
Not sure if T has anything to do with it, likely other contributing factors.
You would be a fool to try to have a relationship with a girl like that.
Your story doesn’t add up. Who are these men cheating with, other men?
This already happened. Women entering the workplace was a BIG to do.
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You make a good point. In a situation like this, everyone loses.
So there are female garbage men (or is it “garbage people”?) where you live? I have never seen one.
Yes.
Sanitation engineer.
In fairness, there are LOTS of garbage people, all over the world…
The real question is… are all sanitation engineers garbage people?
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Preaching to the choir brother. A few years ago my wife suggested we go out to dinner on a Friday night. My nine year old son (wicked smart) laughed. “Mom, it’s Friday night.”
She said, “So?”
He said. “It will be crowded.”
Her: We’ll wait.
Him: But dad hates people. Especially…people!
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My wife has, many times, removed me from public after I have yelled the phrase “you people are all diseased”
…but then, later on, I’ll catch her saying it too.
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