Yes, yes, yes, the women serving our country deserve their due, and I'm not advocating that we ignore them. But I get the sense that some commentators go out of their way to use that glorious conjunction "and" when they say "the men and women serving our country" in order to suggest some sort of gender equality when it comes to sacrificing for our country. In fact, there is no such equality, never has been, likely never will be. One gender bears almost all the burden when it comes to sacrificing for our country. Yet the mainstream news commentators hardly ever note the gender asymmetry of sacrifice for our country.
Let me put it this way: if the genders were reversed, do you think you'd see such a comparison discussed? I would bet my left testicle.
Here's a writer for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette who boldly compares casualties by gender in our two most recent wars, involving voluntary armed forces. You've got to check it out. His conclusion: "Those figures make you think twice, and maybe even a third time, about the theory of the Disposable Male." He's perfectly correct, of course.
The other day, a different columnist for that same newspaper wrote this about World War II: "The United States, blessed by geography, was mostly spared the civilian casualties, but lost 417,00 [sic] men and women in the armed forces." Not sure what that number was supposed to be, but I did notice the "men and women." The actual number of battle deaths was 291,557; other deaths in service, 113,842; and non mortal woundings, 671,846. The writer didn't mention that of the total U.S. armed forces casualties in World War II, 460 were women -- out of hundreds of thousands.
Of course, women weren't drafted in World War II while men were, but that's not the point -- that's the subject of another post. The point here is that it's politically incorrect to mention the gender sacrifice asymmetry, and we all know why -- because it's men doing the sacrificing.
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Pointing out that men are ever good for anything has become bad taste. And God help you if you point out that the 40% of children who are growing up without a father are most likely suffering as a result.
Who suffers more: a victim of child molestation or a child growing up in one of these glorious single-mother households?
Anon at 6:02: excellent points, and I agree. Any time I observe a single mother communicating her young sons, she always seems to be screaming at the top of her lungs. I know that's a stereotype, but it happens with regularity. Making up for no father, is my guess.
And when there's no father, there's usually no real mother, either. The mother is at work and the kids are left at home to try and figure out how to raise themselves.
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Children from father-absent homes are five times more likely to live in poverty, 3 times more likely to fail in school, two to three times more likely to develop emotional and behavioral problems, and three times more likely to commit suicide.
I'm sure if I checked around I would find that the percentage of the soldiers who died who are women, is a lot smaller than the total percentage of soldiers who are women. Of course if you presented that argument to the dunces who write these articles, they would likely respond by saying, "well...Duh! There is a very small percentage of the women who are in actual combat...hey, wait a minute - did I just prove your point??"
Duh.
I have also noticed that media commentators stress the "AND WOMEN" part when saying "our men and women in the armed forces"
It's seems like its almost a sort of perversion with these folks.
sept 12 anon says
"Who suffers more: a victim of child molestation or a child growing up in one of these glorious single-mother households?"
scott says "Men who Molest children are sick pigs, and suggesting its not as bad as being raised by a single mother is not helping the cause for mens / fathers rights.
So are women who molest children. Still, let's not kid ourselves: subjecting a child to life without a father is like chopping a child off at the knees. You can't compare that to being a molestation victim. It's not at the same level.
And we're talking about 40% of kids who are growing up emotionally crippled by this terrible experience. No sugarcoating: single-parent households are raping America's children. Somebody needs to say it.
scott said...
Men who Molest children are sick pigs, and suggesting its not as bad as being raised by a single mother is not helping the cause for mens / fathers rights.
Just to clarify a quarter of those molested are molested by women who probably constitute a third of all said molesters.
Hope that helps.
Men are still 98% of all casualties. This point is a "gimme" for us men who are trying to raise awareness about the injustices that men face... Just as the false rape issue is a "gimme" issue...
Unfortunately, most "main stream" men still buy into the myth that men should "just take it" (injustice, death fighting wars, etcetera).
--FWO
scott, gwallan and anon,
another factor is that a single-mother household is the most dangerous environment for a child (according to the HHS.)
Fathers aren't 'absent'; they've been exiled to make room for Babymomma's rotating ratfucks. Father gets to show up when Babymomma gets her bills or need to buy 'necessities'.
I don't believe women have ever had to worry about being drafted here in America. Some of them did get the (sick) pleasure of throwing bags of dog droppings at servcemen returning home after serving in Vietnam. Women never had to surrer such a disgrace. They were also some of the loudest voices when it came to calling returning servicemen, baby killers and rapists.
Imagine being the survivor of child rape,torture, attempted murder. I am a survivor of all three, which happened from age ten to age sixteen. I am now almost forty five now
I'd take that over a false rape charge.
They were also some of the loudest voices when it came to calling returning servicemen, baby killers and rapists.
The babykiller part really tickles my funny bone (and not in a good way). Let's tally up the number of abortions in a time period equal to the amount of time we spent in vietnam, and compare the numbers. Who are the baby killers?
"Imagine being the survivor of child rape,torture, attempted murder. I am a survivor of all three, which happened from age ten to age sixteen. I am now almost forty five now"
so, what is your point?? There are many boards for those who want to wallow in their victimhood. This is not one of them.
The Archivist said...
They were also some of the loudest voices when it came to calling returning servicemen, baby killers and rapists.
The babykiller part really tickles my funny bone (and not in a good way). Let's tally up the number of abortions in a time period equal to the amount of time we spent in vietnam, and compare the numbers. Who are the baby killers?
Sep 14, 2009 12:00:00 PM
" Who are the baby killers? "
Those women who crow about " it's our body, our right to choice".
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