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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Right, until the market reverses and it becomes a sellers market. To quote a favorite dwellar of mine "This dick isn't going to suck itself"
When the guys realize that, the shoe will be on the other foot, or else they'll all be batty men
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Well you'd think that, but...
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Originally Posted by Sundae
The really sad thing for me came in the final article.
Where women are scarce they are indeed prized. But only in the way that cattle are.
Their families sell them into lives completely unsuitable for their upbringing and their new husbands show such little respect that they will even change their name if they can't pronounce it (okay - that was one case, but it doesn't surprise me).
Perhaps the sexual revolution will have to wait at least one more generation.
Perhaps these mothers will value their daughters more.
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
The daughters will not be valued until the mothers themselves are valued first. That is, it's not about keeping the girl babies alive, it's about ensuring that adult women can be powerful and successful and independent, thus removing the burden of being a woman.
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Where women are not valued, scarcity does not equal value. Misogynist and patriarchal societies do not change quickly.