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I'm defining feminist to mean anyone who calls themselves that. I've read plenty of feminists argue that society needs to solve the problem of women earning le

I'm defining feminist to mean anyone who calls themselves that. I've read plenty of feminists argue that society needs to solve the problem of women earning less, but never read a feminist argue that society needs to solve the problem of men living shorter. This is, on the face of it, odd, given that one of these issues is a matter of life and death and the other one is not.

MaxfordAndSons 9y ago
> one of these issues is a matter of life and death and the other one is not Saying the wage gap isn't a matter of life and death is dishonest. It absolutely is. The worldwide life expectancy gap between the sexes is about 5 years; the life expectancy gap between the richest and poorest Americans is 15 years[1]. [1]http://news.mit.edu/2016/study-rich-poor-huge-mortality-gap-us-0411 http://news.mit.edu/2016/study-rich-poor-huge-mortality-gap-...