Quote Originally Posted by Hitta View Post
I think discrimination does exist, I'm not arguing against that. I think there are places that have very backwards policies in place which prohibit certain groups to fully realize their potential. The problem I have with the whole 77 cent thing is it makes it sound like there are no opportunities in society at all for female workers and that's BS. It is possible that you just got hired by a misogynistic company.

In response to the men in your life. Why do you allow them to do that? Tell them to fuck off. Find someone that cares about you. I've seen men get into similar relationships as well where the female just kind of chills out and the guy tries really hard to take care of them all and pretty much runs himself to death. The people in these relationships convince themselves that things are going to get better, that things will change... but they never do. Eventually the person has to take control of their life or they will allow the leeches of the world to suck from them everything they have. This isn't a perfect world, fucked up things take place. There are no Disney endings.
Because, for example, my husband is a decent person who does care about me and tries to be supportive. He just doesn't get it. He doesn't see what I see and so many women see, because that's the nature of the inequality beast, it acts semi-invisibly and sets things up to seem natural, and for those who are favored the world just looks different, it's like a different lens. And looking through that lens from Day One can make even a fundamentally good person behave selfishly. What it can enable an ill-intentioned person to do is a whole 'nother tale.

I haven't found a superhero guy who isn't affected by the way most human societies are structured, and I don't think such a person exists. And if I say, well, fuck this, regarding every man in my life, I'll be in even worse material condition.

In my experience and observation, there's nothing like raising kids to expose how little things have actually changed, at least in the United States.