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8. Per the Census, 96.5% of stay at home parents are moms

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 01:26 AM

Oct 2013

Which kind of destroys your point.

The current unemployment rate for men is higher than women and has been consistently so since 1980.
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr613.pdf

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The Current Job Market Is Shockingly Bad For 20-Something Men [View all] name not needed Sep 2013 OP

I got your "male privilege" right here. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #1

Is this part of your "intellectual castration" plan? name not needed Oct 2013 #3

It's part of my plan to counter stupidity. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #5

Then you have no business here Major Nikon Oct 2013 #9

I'm not going to argue the point Major Nikon Oct 2013 #13

Just don't think that holding it open for me will get you laid. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #15

You're not my type Major Nikon Oct 2013 #17

"complaining about getting paid more" lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #20

Your reply 15 is pretty stupid. HappyMe Oct 2013 #19

The point is valid. And posters have the right to give their opinion. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #7

The merits of the point are addressed in posts #4 and #8. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #23

I am not really here to argue whether you were right or wrong. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #24

I'm not suggesting that you are being disruptive. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #25

Okay, thanks. n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #27

YW! hrmjustin Oct 2013 #28

Here's what's happening to wages lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #4

That men still suffer does not discredit male privilege. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #6

I don't think it's up to me to prove the negative. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #18

Per the Census, 96.5% of stay at home parents are moms Major Nikon Oct 2013 #8

How on God's green earth does that destroy my point? Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #10

Because you assume unequal outcomes means unequal opportunity Major Nikon Oct 2013 #12

... Major Nikon Oct 2013 #16