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[–] vivacious_lullaby@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Kinda ironic incels online were arguing it was the other way around too >:(

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[–] Pman@lemmy.org 0 points 5 days ago

Look, we live in a complex world where there are 2 sexes for human beings, with some people having traits of both to varying degrees, that leads to physiological, hormonal, genetic, and neurological differences that make every person unique and therefore we will not have a world that treats everyone fairly or equally as that would be close to impossible. What we do have is the mental capacity to cooperate and learn and trying to blame sex or gender for differences when there is a more obvious cause for the issue, wealth disparity, then that is the problem. In gender terms male, female or other, sexual orientation, or whatever we have seen time and time again that rich assholes get away with things for a very long time, in recent times you've had Ellen degeneres (abusing employees), Trump (need I elaborate?), Epstein (see trump), Harvey Weinstein, almost every politician above a certain level, and all sorts of people with social standing, power, or money able to get away with small things at first then escalating until the foundation of their reputation collapses, and maybe they are able to come back from that or maybe not. If you look on the lowest rungs of the pay scale I would assume there is sexual harassment or holding of pay raises from managers against their poorest employees but the poorest still make the same. Are there societal or biological incentives that means a woman makes more in tips as a waitress then a waiter I'd say yes and those factors also play into men probably grouping together to help move up in corporate jobs historically. I can tell you right here and now though that the richest people on earth do not need you to help some of them get pay parity with others when they both make millions or times more than you will in your life, or neither of the men or women at the top will likely ever spend time in anything other than a low security prison after bilking people of their retirement savings if they see jail time at all, and going into war of the sexes or race war territory is the easiest way they can divide us. Yes finding ways of making inequality lesser is a good thing, just don't let it be a tool of separation and division against ourselves when unity is most needed.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

You're seriously claiming the lack of accountability during an ongoing fascist takeover proves women have it worse...

[–] core@leminal.space 143 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I don't think anyone is arguing gender inequality doesn't exist. Also this is class/power issue not a gender issue.

Self reflection

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[–] kboos1@lemmy.world 118 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are women in the Epstein files too, nothing happen to them either.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 23 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I mean maxwell is the only person associated with Epstein in jail right now......

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They also had Epstein killed

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 106 points 1 week ago (20 children)

This is a class problem not a sex problem

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (12 children)

That's right it goes in the "class issue" hole lol.

I get why people see it as a sex issue since most of the rich people in positions of power that seemingly don't face consequences are men.

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[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 69 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Im not sure this is the double standard you think it is. Women who are in the epstein files also seem to be getting off pretty easily.

Not as easily as they would with fresh slave children to rape, but easily.

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I find that, just as some people don't think trans men exist, some people don't think woman can be rapists or paedophiles.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 1 week ago

I dont think the men in the files are getting it any worse. I think our culture just reveres the rape of children, no matter whos doing it.

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[–] Akh@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah it has always been the billionaires vs the rest of us

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[–] Vesiiiii@nord.pub 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this is not about sex. it is about money.

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

This is not about money. This is about might and machine.

[–] FlaxPicker@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i remember the 2016 race when identity politics were used as a wedge issue to break up class consciousness

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 18 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Gender equality is inseparable from class consciousness. The amount of leftist on this platform who are dismissive of feminism is kinda insane. If our class can't support and aid the most endangered minorities within our own body, why have any hope that any of this is actually about solidarity.

Feminism is foundational in creating class consciousness in western society, you start from the bottom up. If you don't upset the social economic hierarchy then there is no reason for disenfranchised minorities to believe a revolution would be anything but a civil dispute within the current hegemony.

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

This isn't a gender inequality issue. The problem is the Epstein class, not the Epstein gender.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I don't think many people deny it's existence. Right-wingers usually justify it by appealing to nature.

I, personally don't think that introducing girl-bosses and cancel-culture will help with the systemic issue that creates this gender inequality.

[–] liuther9@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago

Unfortunately sexist people will continue to generalize. Same as if I call most brown, black people criminals. Glad there are people with brain capacity like you, though the major movement is "some men bad thats why I will call all men bad"

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

I think we could start with killing the rich. See if that one works.

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