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altogethernow23
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altogethernow23
2y ago
This is interesting - I think there is a perception that just doing okay is somehow the same as failing. If you can’t be the richest, then nothing else is good enough and dropping out is the better option. It’s a bummer.
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altogethernow23
2y ago
I’m not citing a wage gap. I’m just citing the numbers from the department of labor. They’re just numbers and you can’t debunk numbers. Can you please cite… anything… to support your argument that “men” as a group are somehow in crisis? Bec
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altogethernow23
2y ago
There was a lot about this article that was intellectually lazy. It barely qualified as journalism. One stat about suicide without looking at any confounding factors or other correlations? Talk about a hack job.
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altogethernow23
2y ago
What bleeding? Those three guys in the article do not constitute “bleeding.”
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altogethernow23
2y ago
Which statistics? You’ve literally cited none. Statistically speaking, let’s look at the data: - salary wise, men are still paid more in every profession (even those that are considered “traditionally female”). - Men hold 92% of CEO positi
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altogethernow23
2y ago
That’s not really what’s at stake here though is it. it would take a HUGE structural shift for men to go from “less actively recruited to be in STEM than before” to “being in jail and on drugs.”
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altogethernow23
2y ago
You think encouraging more people to become more interested in jobs that are essentially the future of civilization is “nonsense”? Don’t you think that’s odd?
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altogethernow23
2y ago
Given the salary disparity between men and women and the discrepancies between those of men and women holding positions of importance, I would say “just existing” is a perfectly way for guys to be. Not everyone can be the top and that’s tot
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altogethernow23
2y ago
Boys, as a group, are actually doing just fine for themselves - STEM programs or no STEM programs. That article does nothing to indicate otherwise.