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"the future employment prospects for men in the long term": That would be pretty bad, since most men don't have the ability to become engineers or programmers.
by gjm11 17y ago
"the future employment prospects for men in the long term": That would be pretty bad, since most men don't have the ability to become engineers or programmers.
"the obvious feminist wet dream": thank you, that's the least appropriate metaphor I've seen on HN in quite a long time.
"... of degrading men through marginally higher unemployment rates": yeah, obviously feminists across the world are just drooling at the prospect of degrading men through marginally higher unemployment rates.
- philwelch 17y agoMost American men don't have the inclination or desire to become engineers or programmers, but cultures have changed due to economic pressures in the past. In terms of ability, the population of potential engineers is very underutilized in the US thus far. If we fixed education in this country we'd have a higher population of potential engineers, but we tried that after Sputnik and it didn't stick. I don't think all men will become engineers or programmers, but many more will have to in the long run. I am picking up a self-congratulatory feminist tone in some articles about the downtick in men's fortunes in this recession, but not this one, and it was distracting from my main point. I appreciate your pointing that out.