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Speaker of the House resigns after outrage after "misogynist" comments. He survived sexually harassing a man, but using the c-word was apparently much worse.

ThePigman

October 9, 2012

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http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/day-of-shame-slipper-resigns-20121009-27bda.html

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Title	Speaker of the House resigns after outrage after "misogynist" comments. He survived sexually harassing a man, but using the c-word was apparently much worse.
Author	ThePigman
Upvotes	80
Comments	53
Date	October 9, 2012 11:45 AM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/116wff/speaker_of_the_house_resigns_after_outrage_after/
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A brave and fascinating experiment in women's liberation was conducted by the Israelis when they set up their rural communes, the kibbutzim, during the colonization of Palestine in the early part of this century. A central part of their semi-Marxist ideology was the total emancipation of women from all inequalities (sexual, social, economic and intellectual) that had been imposed upon them by traditional society.

... Decades later ...

The kibbutz government had become predominantly male, apparently because the women showed little interest in politics, and a traditional division of labour along sexual lines had become established. Men were doing most of the productive work, while women were doing mostly community and service work such as teaching, nursing and housekeeping. Women had also shown a return to traditional 'femininity' in terms of appearance, temperament (empathy and lack of assertiveness) and hobbies. 'In the one place where feminists thought their ideal existed, the feminine mystique is ripening as fast as the corn in the fields' (New York Times, April 1976).

http://www.heretical.com/wilson/rkibbutz.html

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I was talking to my uncle about this and it's something we massively disagreed on.

He thinks that only a small minority of women being elected despite a roughly 50/50 population is a sign that women are underprivileged.

I was of the opinion that this is simply because many women are not trying to become elected officials... and the ones that do are actually more successful (I think... I read it somewhere here before, anyone have the study?... Also, what is the name of the sub that is all mensrights studies). My reasoning for why there are so few trying is that 20-30 years ago (when the majority of these politicians were getting their education), was a time when not nearly as many women were going to post-secondary since our society was pretty deep in the "stay at home mom" thing.

Is this accurate? Does anyone have any linked studies to support my theory? I tried searching but I didn't have much luck.

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