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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • It’s not an inverse discrimination thing, it’s a very recent phenomenon where women are outperforming men in education. It’s a difficult topic to broach because, yes, it can come across as very “meninist” or inverse discrimination-y, but it is a real phenomenon.

    Especially in more liberal areas where young women aren’t just starting to outperform in education, but in earnings as well. This is limited to areas which are liberal and wealthy, and has only appeared in the last 5-10 years or so, but it’s a real trend.

    I don’t think anyone is saying that men have it worse off on average, but young boys in the education system are absolutely starting to fall behind, and it’s starting to affect them once they leave the education system as well. It’s not political to acknowledge that fact.

    As a feminist myself I’m big on the whole equality thing so it’s obviously a bit concerning seeing these boys fall behind. If the trend continues we could see men becoming disadvantaged financially not dissimilarly to how women have been - and still are in most cases.

    If you look at the overall gender pay gap you might believe that this is a good thing as it brings the average woman closer to the average man, but when looking at peers within the same age groups: yes, young women are starting to outperform men income-wise.

    All that being said, of course women still have it worse in most cases. This is not about one-upping or competing based on levels of discrimination, but about spotting a trend and course correcting before too many people are disadvantaged based only on their gender.



  • It’s a very confident blanket statement about an individual they know nothing about, delivered with that signature Reddit snark that just always manages to piss me off lol. It also completely misses the joke they were setting up about how it’s hard to explain quantum mechanics, which is ironic considering the topic.






  • I did not attack a wide, diverse range of people. I attacked a small subset that exists almost exclusively on Reddit.

    Would it be worth me saying that I find some atheists annoying, but that I find far, far more theists annoying? I find some people in every group annoying. That doesn’t mean I find everyone in those groups annoying. It also doesn’t mean that I’m not an ally for those groups. I will fight to the death for gay rights but if a gay person is being annoying they’re still being annoying.

    It’s fine, you don’t think atheists can be annoying. Or you think admitting that they can is counterproductive? That’s also fine. Obviously I disagree, but I just don’t understand your hostility.

    I’m having a great day so far, thanks!


  • You are being very aggressive lol. I’m not being a pickme, I couldn’t give less fucks what religious people think of me. I actively dislike religious people, and agree with you that religion is the root of a good amount of the evil in the world.

    All I said was that annoying atheists do exist (I know, I was one of them).

    If you won’t allow allies to lightly push back on your ideas then you’ll find yourself without many allies.

    Have a great day anyway man.