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try replacing "men" with "black people" and "women" with "white people"

Well, try replacing "women" with "black people" and "men" with "white people" and they would most certainly publish it. In fact, any time the slightest improvement in the fortune of any allegedly-mistreated group occurs (women, blacks, whatever) it is trumpeted and paraded endlessly.

Anyway, the article didn't point out two salient facts:

1. Women still lag in almost everything that matters (engineering, entrepreneurship, science, math) and

2. Parents prefer girls over boys for the same reason they used to do the opposite: Because that is the gender more likely to take care of them in their old age. No one wants girls because of "empowerment" or whatever PC bullshit journalists happen to be obsessed with.

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Parents prefer girls over boys for the same reason they used to do the opposite: Because that is the gender more likely to take care of them in their old age. No one wants girls because of "empowerment" or whatever PC bullshit journalists happen to be obsessed with.

I'm not sure to what extent people think that far ahead. If there's an expressed preference for girls over boys it's because:

a) Girls are often easier to deal with as parents than boys are (I'm thinking in the 7-10 age range and then again in the 14-17...)

b) Mothers prefer daughters while fathers prefer sons, but fathers tend to keep their mouths shut about it.

> Mothers prefer daughters while fathers prefer sons, but fathers tend to keep their mouths shut about it

Hahaha, so true.

Myself I couldn't care less ... I actually wanted a girl because I see girls being more close to their parents (a selfish thought) ... but now my wife is carrying a boy, and I started thinking of all the father-son stuff we can do, and I'm really excited.

About the article ... I wouldn't be too worried, unless there is a provable reason for the current bias towards girls. In other countries women that don't get pregnant with boys are getting abortions at an alarming rate, making it very hard for men in their 20-ties to get mates (guess they should come to the US :))

> 1. Women still lag in almost everything that matters (engineering, entrepreneurship, science, math)

The assumption that engineering, entrepreneurship, science, math are everything that matters, is seriously problematic, and is likely at the core of the genuine gender inequality that gets the feminists upset.

Once the gov't collapses under its own weight people will start singing a different tune.

"The only problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"

Which government do you mean? You know, there's more than one government in the world.

You are right about 1 anyway.

I would love to see how the sex is distributed over fields where you are likely to earn at least 50% more than those who don't have a similar degree.

I don't really count a degree in communication or womens studies as a college degree at the same level as math, biology or medicine.

"I don't really count a degree in communication or womens studies as a college degree." FTFY

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