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Then please take a look at how many women are in congress. How many senators. Especially on the republican side. Then tell me again how this looks like women ha

Then please take a look at how many women are in congress. How many senators. Especially on the republican side. Then tell me again how this looks like women have an equal chance to get there. What you perceive as "women have incredible amounts of power" is actually "feminists" (as in people who care about equal rights) raising a stink about that inequality. Or your perception how the status-quo is just as it should be and any attempts to change that are "going too far".

adamrezich 4y ago
what you perceive as "women having unequal chance to get [into Congress]" is actually just comparing the ratio of men to women in Congress, noting that it's not 1:1, and claiming that this somehow is indicative of institutionalized discrimination, and assuming that there are no other factors at play. my red state has a female governor. women vote more than men in many demographics. women are doing just fine when it comes to having political power.
- bayesian_horse 4y ago
  I don't have time to explain to you all the ways that equal rights haven't been achieved yet (and abortion is actually part of that) or all how that can be seen. Looking at the cold hard ratios across the board should tell everyone with an open minded that there still is a long way to go... If were just random factors or preferences you'd expect some legislatures to be MAJORITY female.
  - adamrezich 4y ago
    > I don't have time to explain to you all the ways that equal rights haven't been achieved yet (and abortion is actually part of that) women don't have political equality with men, until all women decide to vote for something that you have ascertained to be in their best interests for them? …what??
    - bayesian_horse 4y ago
      Banning abortion is part of inequality. Men don't get pregnant, not through consensual sex and certainly not through rape. Raising a child is a significant burden on a woman, and the impact is still born primarily by the women and not the men. Most women who get abortions actually already have children and decide they can't raise more.

adamrezich 4y ago

what you perceive as "women having unequal chance to get [into Congress]" is actually just comparing the ratio of men to women in Congress, noting that it's not 1:1, and claiming that this somehow is indicative of institutionalized discrimination, and assuming that there are no other factors at play. my red state has a female governor. women vote more than men in many demographics. women are doing just fine when it comes to having political power.

bayesian_horse 4y ago
I don't have time to explain to you all the ways that equal rights haven't been achieved yet (and abortion is actually part of that) or all how that can be seen. Looking at the cold hard ratios across the board should tell everyone with an open minded that there still is a long way to go... If were just random factors or preferences you'd expect some legislatures to be MAJORITY female.
- adamrezich 4y ago
  > I don't have time to explain to you all the ways that equal rights haven't been achieved yet (and abortion is actually part of that) women don't have political equality with men, until all women decide to vote for something that you have ascertained to be in their best interests for them? …what??
  - bayesian_horse 4y ago
    Banning abortion is part of inequality. Men don't get pregnant, not through consensual sex and certainly not through rape. Raising a child is a significant burden on a woman, and the impact is still born primarily by the women and not the men. Most women who get abortions actually already have children and decide they can't raise more.