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lumberjack_jeff

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

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #22)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 12:50 PM

Oct 2013

The point I made in post #2 and #4 is that being less employable (and at lower wages) than your grandfather isn't privilege.

As I noted elsewhere, it isn't up to anyone to prove the negative. This generation of young men have a doubled likelihood of unemployment at 28% lower wages than their grandparents who started work in the 1970's. Please explain to us why this constitutes privilege.

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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

You will notice that the ratio is still higher for men. Which kind of destroys your point. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #2

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

Right. This is the place for posting pictures of women and complaining about getting paid more. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #11

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 fact that men are more likely to work outside the home is not a metric of privilege. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #21

I understand the point of the protected group but the poster made a valid point. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #22

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

The poster said "You will notice that the ratio is still higher for men". hrmjustin Oct 2013 #26

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

Did you just argue that stay at home moms are a part of "female privilege?" You're joking. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #14

... Major Nikon Oct 2013 #16