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Comment author: wedrifid 25 June 2010 01:09:04PM -1 points [-]

Your observations about reality differ to mine. In fact, in some cases the reverse seems to be the case.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 25 June 2010 01:33:30PM 1 point [-]

I was thinking specifically about the efforts to keep women out of the military, and complaints from women that other women give too much credit to men for doing child care.

What have you got in mind?

Comment author: wedrifid 25 June 2010 01:43:40PM *  2 points [-]

I was thinking specifically about the efforts to keep women out of the military

That one I can see. Bizarre too... as far as I can see every woman who is out getting shot puts me one dead body further away from being conscripted. (Mind you I feel instinctively uncomfortable writing that statement. In many circumstances I would censor myself because I estimate it would lower my sexual attractiveness in the eyes of females.)

nd complaints from women that other women give too much credit to men for doing child care.

Really? There are men that get too much credit for doing child care? What I would expect is women getting criticism from other women for being with a man who is low status (perhaps not in so many words). It is the kind of role that men are encouraged to take on but in most cases penalised socially for submitting to that pressure.

What have you got in mind?

My own occupation/training (IT).

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 25 June 2010 02:03:43PM 1 point [-]

Really? There are men that get too much credit for doing child care? What I would expect is women getting criticism from other women for being with a man who is low status (perhaps not in so many words). It is the kind of role that men are encouraged to take on but in most cases penalised socially for submitting to that pressure.

I've seen the complaints.

Men also lose status for being stay-at-home dads, so it's complicated.