Hold up, i thought this was 50/50 but you’re comparing women to the victims here. I thought they’re at least 50% responsible, not victims.
That analogy falls apart when you fire the gun at a tank that averts 99.9% of unwanted shootings, has the ability to tell the shooter “no”, and can undo the “damage” at taxpayer expense.
Apparently we’re calling babies “bullets” here, lol.
Well, if they were duped by a deadbeat, they’ve been coerced into doing something by use of deception.
And you had to mangle that concept pretty badly to misstate its intention.
You fire the shot, its on you. 
Pretty simple.
And You just called women tanks. There are a lot of tanks that aren’t too happy about that! 
The solution is always “men just need to be better”.
Some of these broads are absolute units, lets be real.
Women have duped men as well. Saying they were on the pill for example.
That is correct.
We should also police our ranks a little harder. When pouty lipped full growed man starts piping of about “that bitch” and all his money getting taken out the paycheck, somebody needs to pull that clowns card.
There are tanks with armour that could be penetrated by machine gun fire. Those were generally phased out by 1941 (although desperate times sometimes called for desperate measures).
if “bullet” includes anti tank rounds, it really depends on the calibre of the round, armour thickness, armour sloping, type of explosive, distance…
Although, with modern day tech, just use a drone and some type of high explosive charge, anti tank mines are also pretty nice
“The A-10 Warthog has entered the chat…”
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Did someone say penetration?”
I guess i have anti-tank rounds then.
My wife was on birth control and i still penetrated.
(No, this thread isnt about me, we were already married - just werent planning to have kids yet)
So do we live in a patriarchy and do men have legal/institutional advantages over women?
If yes, what specific advantages to men have over women?
There are too many higher wage earning, decision making, law writing members of both sexes well above my station in life for me to say that there is any inequality at an institutional or societal level.
If a dude is dumb enough to fall for that line, they deserve being saddled with an unwanted child.
Not having to carry a human being in a womb, for example. The whole work/private life balance thing due to having children and the gender pay gap stemming from that.
I think this goes back to a question similar to (in)equality of outcome vs (in)equality of opportunity
I don’t think there are any legal/institutional advantages for being male or female.
However, I do think women are at a disadvantage economically simply because they are responsible for the physical burden of carrying and giving birth to children.
Regardless of how “equal” society tries to set institutions up to be, women will always have the larger burden of childcare in a majority of cases as along as they are the ones giving birth. There are biological mechanisms that cause this (hormonal shifts, bonding chemicals…) and shift preferences. Employers therefore make a rational decision to not promote, not pay as much or not hire. They’d do the same if a man was taking extensive medical leave. It’s just that the serious medical condition that produces another human is kind of essential
Women also tend to take on a majority of the burden for taking care of other relatives, which further causes inequality in the workplace. I think this can be changed through shifting culture, but that’s probably not going to happen anytime soon. Given that most work today doesn’t require physical strength, there’s no reason why daughters/ daughters in laws should have to take a majority of the burden of caring for aging relatives.
Note: I am 100% going to be the primary caretaker for my parents when they get old, but that’s because I got the most FROM my parents + my little bro really wants kids whereas I don’t. It’s not bc I’m responsible as “the daughter”
As a man, I don’t really have a problem with that solution. A lot of males I know don’t act like men, at least not in all areas of life. I think if the majority of guys were better, there’d be less of these issues.
These are not legal or institutional inequalities, they are inherent.
Still waiting for the legal/institutional patriarchy examples.
exactly
You might expect that there would be an anticipatory gap in earnings. (Employers are less interested in young female candidates since they accept that women are more likely to drop out of the workforce at some point for personal reasons). However, my understanding is that the data doesn’t support this. Single women don’t earn less than single men. That seems like a bias in favor of women.
Also, it has been nearly forty years since more men than women graduated with a 4-year degree in the US. Women are now out-graduating men at a rate of almost 2 to 1. Where is the bias?
I’m a white, heterosexual, cis-male. I was promised privilege. Still waiting.
That’s why I mentioned women with children. My wife had our first two kids in succession in her mid-late twenties, had to stay at home due to complications from one of the pregnancies and lost career and earnings wise compared to both single men and women.
I’m not complaining, that was her (our) choice but it’s simply a statement of fact.
