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Women have it easiest in Sweden but quotas and other aid have not made women to choose the same path as men, they just have it easier

Dexter77

November 25, 2013

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/do-women-really-have-it-better-in-sweden/article15552596/

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Title	Women have it easiest in Sweden but quotas and other aid have not made women to choose the same path as men, they just have it easier
Author	Dexter77
Upvotes	5
Comments	2
Date	November 25, 2013 4:16 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1rf9yw/women_have_it_easiest_in_sweden_but_quotas_and/
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[–]Kung_Fu_Action_Jesus 1 point2 points3 points 12 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

With men it is either "succeed" or "fall into poverty"; with women it is either "succeed" or "find a man to support you."

Until we eliminate this "fallback" option from our culture, true equality as desired by feminists will never be possible. Call it "female privilege," call it "benevolent sexism"; whatever it is, it hurts both men AND women when one gender can invoke this option and the other cannot. It seems Sweden has gotten off to a decent start by giving both parents the opportunity to take parental leave, but this article shows that either a) this bias is more deeply-ingrained than we thought, or b) it will take quite some time to change Western attitudes about gender roles.

And that doesn't even begin to touch on the fact that it seems rarer and rarer these days to achieve something in between "success" and "failure"...