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TL;DR: Men built the modern society, women should be grateful. Men are doing all the dangerous work in the world, women should be grateful. When society collapses, the classic male figure will be necessary once again.

That's it. I guess the author does not think that women would be "pouring concrete, laying bricks" even if their lives depended on it.

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Although the article only mentions it in the postscript, this is a transcript of an opening statement by a debater [1] asked to oppose the statement that "men are obsolete".

I suspect the author knows full well that women are capable of pouring concrete and laying bricks; rather the author is arguing is is premature to declare men obsolete.

[1] http://www.munkdebates.com/debates/gender-in-the-21st-centur...

It is not like the feminist groups are fighting to make sure 50% of all pouring concrete jobs is done by women. It's not like feminist fight to make sure that in 50% of divorce cases children go to fathers. This isn't helping feminist image at all. Another special interest group that fights for special treatment. This much about equality.

> t's not like feminist fight to make sure that in 50% of divorce cases children go to fathers

But they do!

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