My initial point was not about disloyalty; that appears to be one of your major gripes against women, but my gripes about men go far beyond that, as I elucidated in my post. Men’s rights activists like to claim women are at least as likely to batter men as vice versa. Their organizations are not hard to find. You feign ignorance. I wonder why. They are also fond of complaining about divorce laws, and whine endlessly about how men are so oppressed and emasculated by feminists. The discrepancy in alimony is directly attributable to the discrepancy in opportunities and pay.

Obviously the rank and file of the military do not make the decisions, but one who commits war crimes under orders is still a war criminal, even though the ultimate responsibility lies with those giving the orders. You were not casting aspersions? What would you call it, telling it like it is, perhaps? Your contempt for women drips from every word, but perhaps you would also call that something else, just being a man, perhaps?

Many women are in Congress? Men outnumber women in Congress about five to one. This is many women to you? Are you serious? The proportion of women CEOs, at least in big business, is worse. Virtually all women who attain wealth or power are tokens. They got where they are because they pose no threat to the male power structure, and learned how to fit in, play the game. Laws allow women to be represented and powerful? How generous of men to pass such laws. If men did not control society, such laws would not be necessary. You say, society as a whole decided what kinds of work were appropriate for women and men? What makes you think women had any say in that? It has nothing to do with physical differences. Those determine which sex gives birth and milk, not what kinds of work are appropriate. Your contention that the restrictions on men and women were equivalent is baseless, though from the point of view of the privileged sex I suppose it makes sense. Gender roles were not created for the benefit of women, any more than the roles of master and slave were created for the benefit of slaves. Besides, different tribes have had vastly different gender roles. They are cultural artifacts, nothing natural about them. Do you actually believe this world has worked out well? Perhaps for you, it has, but the world is in such a mess, many species are going extinct, and humans may not be far behind.

I do not hate being human, nor do I wish I were male. I carry my own weight and take responsibility for my actions as much as anyone. This seems difficult for you to believe, but I never wanted to be dependent on a man, or the state. Your insinuations are ignorant and silly, but revealing of just how clueless and arrogant men can be.

When is it enough? When women have equal representation and power. This country is far from that, though some countries are worse and others slightly better. You are a male chauvinist pig. You actually believe there is something natural about gender roles. They were invented by men to make women subservient to men. Are you aware of your own sense of entitlement? Are you one of those men’s rights activists? Regardless, I should thank you as well, for helping me make my case.

Even living in California, I do not have the freedom to wear whatever I choose or look dirty; that would mean I would not be able to make a living. His presumption that I might have trouble finding love is pathetic, but typical male chauvinist thinking, that all men must think like him, because he is the paragon of logic and common sense. Sorry, silly man, I found guys who do not fit your mold, and guess what, some guys do not mind at all being approached. His cavalier dismissal of sexual harassment is unfortunately all too common among men; they cannot tell the difference between desired and undesired attention, since to their way of thinking, women should always be flattered when hit upon. A woman has ways of letting a man know when she is open to that kind of attention, and if a man wishes to avoid being accused of sexual harassment, he should learn to read those cues. Guess what, silly man, there is no such thing as a job only suited for men, and aside from reproductive capacities, that goes both ways. Anyway, again I say, thank you for helping me make my case.

And what is with all this rhetoric about men forcing women to comply with our demands of appearances and whatnot? If you’re writing this blog, you probably live in a first world country which means that you have the freedom to wear whatever you choose and look as dirty, ugly or skanky as you want, but just don’t come crying to me when no man will have you. As for sexual harassment? How would you define that? Probably being hit on, but as a silly girl you’d never get a man otherwise because it is a “man’s job” to approach a women and oh how bitterly you would bitch if you were never approached.

That women succumb to the diet industry is a testament to the power of social conditioning, not the vanity or foolishness of women.

Some C-sections are medically necessary, but the majority performed in USA are done for convenience, with bad effects on both the mother and child. USA has by far the highest rate of C-sections in the world, and it is not because of any greater medical need. There is also a vast epidemic of unnecessary hysterectomies. Many mastectomies are also unwarranted, especially those done to prevent breast cancer in women deemed at high risk.

I have no issue with taking care of children, but that women are expected to take care of children and men is another story altogether. Men ought to do their fair share of taking care of children and themselves. Caretaking is not necessarily the role of women; that it falls upon women by default is, again, a testament to the power of social conditioning. You probably find the idea that men have an equal responsibility for caretaking galling, because you do not see that as doing your part for society. That men feel free to shirk that responsibility, passing it off as the part decent women should do for society, is just part of the incredible gall endemic to the male sense of entitlement.

“Women feel pressured to go on unhealthy diets to lose weight. Some develop an obsession, lose too much, committing unintentional suicide. Most diets can cause health problems, yet these frauds rake in the dough.”

And yet people still buy them.

“Male doctors perform many unwarranted surgeries on reproductive organs of women, especially in the USA.”

Surgeries are voluntary. If your talking about C-sections, and I don’t know what else you would be, then let me just tell you that they are often nessicary to save the life of eather the mother or the child. I wouldn’t be here today without one.

“Women are expected to take care of needy men and children, without fair if any compensation, appreciation, or respect.”

Oh yes such a terrible thing it is to take care of the needy and dependent. Can you imagine the gall of some one asking you to be a decent human being and doing your part for socity?