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• A reply on Conversation: Should we "teach the controversy"?

  May 20 2012: No not really, "should we teach the controversy" is incredibly unclear and could refer to anything considered controversial. The fact that you can't realize that speaks for itself.

• A comment on Conversation: Should we "teach the controversy"?

  May 18 2012: Come up with a clear title that expresses the nature of your thread.
  
  Even after opening up your thread I'm not 100% sure what your asking.
  
  Are you asking should we teach about creationalists trying to modify our education system ?
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  Are you asking weather or not we should teach creationalisim in schools alongside science?
  
  I think your asking the second one and the answer is no, not in a science class. It might be appropriate in certain humanities classes.
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  A comment on Talk: Tavi Gevinson: A teen just trying to figure it out

  May 18 2012: I get really disgusted by how she talks about 2 dimensional superwomen as if male heros are created with any more depth of character. Most male characters are created just as flat, that's just the nature of entertainment. She may feel confused by supposed contradictions she sees growing up but its not as if boys aren't just as confused if not more so at this point. Wouldn't it far more beneficial for boys and girls to talk with one another? Isn't it possible that we could end up with far better male/female relations if we grow up engaged in each-others perspectives and dilemmas? If we grew up together talking about whats wrong and right so we can have shared values and morals?
  
  Feminism was well and great 50 years ago but now its really starting to become a problem, what was once the advocation of equality has become the advocation for special privilege and in this case it really just hurts these young girls. Instead of growing up with the real opinions of men around them and the boys growing up beside them they are simply growing up with the medias false characterizations of men and their opinions of women.
  
  This gender war really needs to end, it only hurts men and women.

• A reply on Conversation: Why is birth control discussed as a "women's" issue?

  May 5 2012: A philosophy of hate and victimization close to your heart, how quaint.

• A reply on Conversation: Why is birth control discussed as a "women's" issue?

  May 5 2012: That's actually not a bad idea Marta, I think it might actually go over pretty well.

• A reply on Conversation: Why is birth control discussed as a "women's" issue?

  May 4 2012: "Melinda made the point that societies 'flourish' when women have access to birth control. I question that. Who really flourishes?"
  
  The children, the 2.2 children that get all the love an resources that would have otherwise had to been poured into 5+ children.
  
  Surplus creates prosperity and growth but prosperity and growth are not the same. Prosperity is an easier more comfortable state of living with greater wealth, growth is increased population.

• A reply on Conversation: Why is birth control discussed as a "women's" issue?

  May 4 2012: Sign a "contract with her"! are you joking, do know how quickly courts shred through prenuptial agreements.
  
  The Video is one in a 4 part series watch all 4 first.
  
  Secondly this has nothing to do with what a judge would decide least of all Judge Judy, this is an appeal to change the laws to reflect the fact that as a woman its about 100% impossible to have a child if you don't want one. Also as a woman your 0% liable if you get pregnant because you can always give it up for adoption.
  
  Quote "P.S. Wouldn't bet on "contract" either since the legal system would side with the kid, anyway, once it's born, so the father would end up paying alimony anyway!"
  
  I doubt I'd end up paying alimony considering we're not married. Child support and alimony are two very different things but the fact that you can fail to make the distinction doesn't surprise me.
  
  Quote "Imagine that! No way out for "unwilling fathers" in this Patriarchy we live in! How is that possible?"
  
  Perhaps because we don't live in a Patriarchy and haven't been for over 30years now and patriarchy theory was BS to begin with.
  
  How the hell can you think we are growing up in a patriarchy when 66% of children are raised by single mothers and 75+% of child educators are women as well.
  
  If we live in a patriarchy why is it that women make or influence over 85% of all purchasing decisions in america?
  
  If we live in a patriarchy why is it that men are 20 times more likely to die on the job then women?
  
  If we live in a patriarchy why is it that boys are more likely to drop out of high school and less likely to succeed in higher education?
  
  One of the defining features of a patriarchy is male ownership of their children yet in 84% of child custody cases women receive custody.
  
  NO we don't live in a patriarchy, not any more, not for a long time now.

• A reply on Conversation: Why is birth control discussed as a "women's" issue?

  May 4 2012: You say that
  
  "No! No! No!..Guys need to be involved in the decision on "birth control" or "family planning""
  
  But elsewhere you say
  
  "I am saying that a birth control decision lies "ultimately" with the woman"
  
  So if our opinions and feelings don't "ultimately" mater why should I be involved in the discussion at all.
  
  You go on to say "She can give birth or she can have an abortion. There is no "legal" regulation I can think of that will force a woman to give birth if she doesn't want to. It is one area of a woman's condition where she holds the reigns"
  
  If that happens to so be the case then our legal system should reflect that, and that's all I'm asking for. I don't want to force her to have an abortion. I just want to be able to say this woman is having a child with my genetic material and I don't consent to becoming a father.

• A reply on Conversation: How can we achieve social integration in cities?

  May 4 2012: It goes farther than that though, even if I had an open mind there is no possibility of me ever being a participant, I lack the credentials. I don't have a collage education and I'm not going to get one any time soon. This isn't because I don't value education, on the contrary I spend nearly every day pursuing some source of information, I love learning new things about the world.
  
  Colleges are not about learning however, they are simply a process of enslaving the populace. The average university is lacking in any quality control, its nothing more that a paper mill. It does little these days but put bright eyed idealists in bondage. If you don't have a degree you can't participate in society if you do have one you become shackled in debt. What is a person in debt if not a slave? A person who is in debt must submit to work, that labor will generally be in the form of employment, laboring for the benefit of whomever owns your place of employment like some pathetic sharecropper. I wan't to do something with my life, I don't want to spend the entirety of my life serving the interests of others.
  
  I do suggest that you watch the documentaries Declining by Degrees and College Inc. if you don't understand how I could see things this way.
  
  Also lets talk about that third paragraph for just a second, what if the way I see the world is entirely correct. Why on earth would I wan't to put on the rose colored glasses just so I can play along. I'm not going to lie to myself and go along with a corrupt system. Call me maladjusted if you will, I consider it a point of pride to be so maladjusted to such a deeply depraved society.

• A reply on Conversation: Why is birth control discussed as a "women's" issue?

  May 4 2012: Sorry, RH, my other post up above was supposed to be a response to this one.