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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frankenstein Underworld" data-source="post: 394250" data-attributes="member: 35">And most of the time it does not (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, etc.)And regardless of whether war is ever necessary or not, it still speaks to male disposability.  I guess my point is biology screws us all in different ways.Women are just as capable of cheating on their spouse as men.  That said, I can see the need for the ex-wife to be supported if the husband was the sole bread winner and was a cheat or an abuser.  However, it's quite antiquated today now that career women are much more common.  In fact, I've heard of a few rare cases in which the woman was the bread winner in the family and had to pay her ex-husband alimony.  However, that's not the type of equality they seem to like too much.  Of course, what's good for the goose...You're welcome, although there does seem to be a caveat.  When it comes to salary positions, one's pay can be tied to their negotiation skills.Sure, it's an anecdotal experience.  However, I think people generally have a view of women as being sweet and caring 24/7 when some of them can be as cruel as any man.  When it comes to gender-based expectations, men are supposed to "man up" and stuff their emotions.  If a girl picks on a boy and he reacts emotionally, he is seen as weak.  And just to be clear, the bullying I received by girls was verbal rather than physical.  They had a real knack for finding your insecurities and using them against you unprovoked.As cliche as it is, the grass isn't always greener on the other side.  Being a straight white man does not entitle you to an adversity-free life, nor does it make you an oppressor.  I worked at a call center for a year in 2005, and I recall one male supervisor on the floor compared to three women.  There were quite a few men working the phones in the cubicles, and to my knowledge, none of us felt superior to our female bosses.  Bosses typically aren't popular in general, but we all knew they earned their positions.  That was almost 20 years ago, yet some people still insist that women today are victims of the patriarchy and male chauvinism.  I'm sure that hasn't gone away completely, but it's certainly not as prevalent today.   This is also anecdotal, but I have seen women on social media judging men by their bank account, their home, their car, their appearance, etc.  That makes them a "girl boss who knows her value," but if man judges a woman by certain criteria, he is an incel and a misogynist.  It seems we're all held to different standards.</blockquote>

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