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(71,994 posts) Tue Oct 11, 2022, 08:49 AM Oct 2022

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"most men can't really imagine equality" [View all]

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"most men can't really imagine equality" [View all] kpete Oct 2022 OP

Works for me... hlthe2b Oct 2022 #1

No, seriously! Works for me, too! calimary Oct 2022 #71

Many men are assholes and can't think outta a paperbag with their thoughts, emotions RKP5637 Oct 2022 #2

The problem is most men have a direct connection between their penis and their brains. Ray Bruns Oct 2022 #46

Yes, absolutely!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2022 #50

My brain agrees with you, but my penis says "what's your point?" ZonkerHarris Oct 2022 #64

Ha!! Ray Bruns Oct 2022 #65

LOL SouthernDem4ever Oct 2022 #68

Wow. That is a great observation. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #3

Good point and applies to all power dynamics, imo... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #4

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2022 #9

True. scarletlib Oct 2022 #42

+1 nt PunkinPi Oct 2022 #60

Yes... Croney Oct 2022 #5

Well said. This should be it's own post. nature-lover Oct 2022 #12

I want a T-shirt with this on it! 3catwoman3 Oct 2022 #24

You're welcome soldierant Oct 2022 #67

Thank you. 3catwoman3 Oct 2022 #75

What nature-lover said. JudyM Oct 2022 #32

IF that is true treestar Oct 2022 #45

I welcome our new female overlords Mysterian Oct 2022 #6

What you said reminds me of George Carlin nightwing1240 Oct 2022 #48

And there would likely be less war because those of us... 3catwoman3 Oct 2022 #56

How could they possibly imagine equality between the sexes, they've never seen it Walleye Oct 2022 #7

I get your point, but it is unimaginative at best to say that. I imagine many things I've never seen Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #11

No your point is correct. I'm feeling very jaded these days. Walleye Oct 2022 #16

Yup. Jadedness is a skirmish I fight with myself a little bit every day. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #19

I believe that it would be a better world if women had an equal share of wealth and power. Chainfire Oct 2022 #8

Except that that is exactly what we have already been doing soldierant Oct 2022 #69

They think it means "allowing" a woman to pick up the check once in a while. milestogo Oct 2022 #10

Same thing applies to racial equality William Seger Oct 2022 #13

I was going to mention this EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #14

Everything to these idiots is a zero-sum game. raccoon Oct 2022 #15

It's why they scream "All Lives Matter" too. plimsoll Oct 2022 #17

Interesting thought, they might be treestar Oct 2022 #44

Simple, both. frogstar0 Oct 2022 #18

There is an adage, "if men bore children the species would vanish". jaxexpat Oct 2022 #20

?? The Protagonist Oct 2022 #31

It's an ADAGE, maxsolomon Oct 2022 #33

Literal-mindedness will be the death of us Hekate Oct 2022 #40

Yes indeed but fortunately we have recent arrivals to assist the process. grantcart Oct 2022 #54

Am I being chastised? jaxexpat Oct 2022 #47

I don't make the rules The Protagonist Oct 2022 #52

All lives matter, eh? Hekate Oct 2022 #55

To save from being alerted DashOneBravo Oct 2022 #59

I will consider myself on notice The Protagonist Oct 2022 #63

You are welcome DashOneBravo Oct 2022 #66

Exactly. niyad Oct 2022 #21

The word uprising can have negative connotations. ecstatic Oct 2022 #22

Yup, same thing with all in Colonial leadership obamanut2012 Oct 2022 #23

Men who only know how to be tyrants are getting what they deserve Warpy Oct 2022 #25

Many men don't feel that way. I feel that needs to be said. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #26

mr pete as well kpete Oct 2022 #29

Mr Lake used to say: PLEASE. Find a job where you make tons more money than me!!' LakeArenal Oct 2022 #30

Same in my household. Meritocracy comes up from time to time.... Hekate Oct 2022 #57

I agree! Thank you! nightwing1240 Oct 2022 #49

I don't imagine any of what she describes. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #27

Well then none of it is true and it never happens. Iggo Oct 2022 #36

That is not what I wrote. Thanks for that. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #37

That's definitely not true of my male friends... Tom Rinaldo Oct 2022 #28

Makes me wonder about the writer's objective. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #38

The OP's objective was to make you look at the world in another way and consider it Hekate Oct 2022 #41

Similar. Marcuse Oct 2022 #34

the correct word is "many", not "most". maxsolomon Oct 2022 #35

sounds like a very cool person NJCher Oct 2022 #72

how would anyone know? it seems reductive. maxsolomon Oct 2022 #73

Nope. Most is more than half. IT'S ACCURATE. Maru Kitteh Oct 2022 #79

Many men are of that mindset, not most randr Oct 2022 #39

so why try to speak for "most men." treestar Oct 2022 #43

I think many are missing the point leftstreet Oct 2022 #51

Old man here The Jungle 1 Oct 2022 #53

I think you've got it Hekate Oct 2022 #58

Not all men, the predictable response to any post like this iemanja Oct 2022 #61

While it's certainly true that "not all men" types of responses often miss (or evade) the point... Silent3 Oct 2022 #76

You misunderstand my point iemanja Oct 2022 #77

Sometimes I Imagine....... McKim Oct 2022 #62

Very interesting indeed. Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #70

We would be better off, I hope RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2022 #74

I'm afraid of all people who categorize, simplify and lump groups of people together elias7 Oct 2022 #78