Various feminists proclaim that women are 'under siege', that a monstrous
social bias against them, if not a virtual war, is going on, that women have
little respect or power (Steinem, Faludi, Tavris, etc.) Yet the notion of
the American woman as a powerless "victim" is one of the most
absurd notions
ever foisted upon anyone. American women live, on average, seven years
longer than men. They control 86 % of all personal wealth [PARADE Magazine,
May 27, 1990], and make up 55% of current college graduates. Women cast 54%
of the votes in Presidential elections, so they can hardly claim to be left
out of the political decision-making process! They win almost automatically
in child custody disputes. Women suffer only 6% of the work-related
fatalities (the other 94% are suffered by men). Women are the victim of only
about 35% of violent crimes, and only about 25% of all murders, yet because
of our society's exaggerated concern and respect for them, special
legislation has been passed to punish "violence against women" as
if it were
a more heinous crime than "violence against men". (Feminists claim to want
"equality", and this is an example of what "equality"
means to them, i.e.,
preferential treatment to address their concerns). Two out of every three
dollars spent on health care is spent on women, and even if you don't count
pregnancy-related care, women still receive more medical care than men - yet
feminists still holler that womens health is being "neglected", and far too
many of us credulously believe them. Of the 25 worst jobs, as ranked by the
Jobs Related Almanac based on a combination of salary, stress, security, and
physical demands, 24 of them are predominantly, if not almost entirely,
male, which might explain why men commit over 80% of all suicides. (Most of
these statistics come from The Myth of Male Power by Warren Farrell.)
Now, if it were really the case, as feminists claim, that men have selfishly
arranged everything to be wonderful for themselves, absolutely ignoring
womens' legitimate concerns and needs, would the above be true? Of course
not. It is much more realistic to suggest that women have cleverly seized
the upper hand by pretending to be helplessly trapped below! Looking at the
full picture, and not the tiny, distorted one that feminists and those they
have duped present, we see a very different picture: The American woman
emerges as perhaps the most privileged large group in history, enjoying a
never-before- seen level of affluence, power, leisure, and health, supported
by the work, discipline, and self-effacing, life-destroying exertions of a
group they have bamboozled - their men - into believing their cries of
"victimization". The links below will help you to start finding
your way out
of the familiar maze of feminist lies.

http://www.debunker.com/patriarchy.html


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