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Imagine if it were pay. Women only get 66% of the loneliness men get. This is a national crisis and I demand equality for women.
by Consultant32452 7y ago
Imagine if it were pay.
Women only get 66% of the loneliness men get. This is a national crisis and I demand equality for women.
- ben_jones 7y agoOur society does seem to value pay > a lack of loneliness. Who here would go into total isolation for a large enough paycheck?
- Consultant32452 7y agoTotal isolation is literal torture and is why we should discontinue solitary confinement in our prison system. That fact is relevant to this discussion, we're only talking about a matter of degree.
- nitrogen 7y agoIsn't that sort of what going solo on a startup is trying to do?
- heavenlyblue 7y agoWell, no - it’s more like “women get 88/82th the socialisation men get”.
- throwaway66920 7y agoPay is not the same for a variety of reasons. You have one employer, you have infinite potential friends. Pay concerns are also normalized to things like your job, your education, and experience. If men have fewer friends then must be because they don’t know how to make new friends, they don’t put in the effort to make new friends, or they don’t have the time to make new friends. While the latter may be a genuine concern, women are almost certainly likely to have less spare time due to the various societal requirements on them. So it’s probably a mix of the first two.
- ivalm 7y agoOr because societal norms arent conducive to forming new male friendships?
- Consultant32452 7y agoI think the language we use these days is called systemic bias.
- throwaway66920 7y agoI don’t see it being a large barrier. Some men like the image of self sufficiency and don’t seek new friends. But plenty don’t. So if you’re a man desiring to make new friends I find it hard to believe that you are unable to find the opportunities.