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A Video Of A Man Sharing Some Hard-To-Believe Statistics Showing How The World Is Unfair To Women Goes Viral With 2.4M Likes
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Sadly, we live in a world where inequality still is a big issue. What’s even sadder that some people deny that certain groups of people are being mistreated or that they have a harder time going through life. For example, gender inequality, which even resulted in the huge feminism movement, is often discredited or accepted as normal.
Tiktok user @mrvdk is not one of those people. He made a video responding to a person asking if women really have it worse than men. In that video, he provides us eye-opening statistics that, yes, indeed, gender inequality is not a made-up concept.
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TikToker does his research and provides us with some statistics showing that women are often mistreated
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The app user @mrvdk’s real name is Stefan. Bored Panda reached out to him and we got to know that he is a creative writer, podcaster, and occasional actor. He was raised in Washington State, and moved to California in 2012. And he got married just last year, so congratulations!
On TikTok, Srefan creates videos in support of feminism and trying to teach men how to get rid of toxic masculinity. If you would like to see more from Stefan, here is his TikTok and Instagram accounts.
One of his videos really blew up with 7.3 million views and 2.4 million likes. In this video, he responds to another man questioning if women really get mistreated and asking some statistics for it. You can tell from his facial expression that he is in disbelief. Stefan puts this man down by presenting some really concerning numbers that have to do with women.
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Stefan told us that he was very surprised that the video blew up, “I’m still not totally aware of what makes this video as special as it has become, but I’m incredibly grateful for it, because it’s allowed me to connect with other creators about what they go through, and has evolved my understanding of feminism in ways I might not have been aware of before! ”
When asked, what pushed him to speak about feminism publicly, Stefan answered, “I think feminism needs to be as mainstream as possible, because I truly believe it holds a lot of answers to a great many problems all genders go through. I’m aware of it’s checkered past, and I don’t ignore the “radical” feminist, because to me they aren’t radicals but instead rational. What women go through on a daily basis requires action, some of which is radically unjust, and thus requires radical action.”
Woman are 47 percent more likely to sustain severe injuries in car accidents because the safety measures are designed for men
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The fact that women are 47 percent more likely to sustain severe injuries in car crashes while wearing a seat belt is taken from a study published in 2011. The researchers concluded that “vehicle regulations must focus on effective safety designs specifically tailored toward the female population for equity in injury reduction.”
Women, in general, are shorter, so they need to sit more upright; women have less muscle in their necks, so that makes women more vulnerable to whiplash.
Over 30,000 underage girls get married every day
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The United Nations estimates that 140 million girls married between 2011 and 2020. Of these 140 million girls, 50 million are under the age of 15.
The UN reports that the situation isn’t getting any better and if anything, it’s getting worse with the expanding youth population in the developing world.
Women and girls spend 40 billion hours a year collecting water to meet their family’s basic needs
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In sub-Saharan Africa, women and girls of all ages have the responsibility in the house to collect water. Often they have to walk long distances and that is one of the factors why girls can’t go to school regularly.
The UN reports that collectively, women and girls spend 40 billion hours a year just collecting water, which is the equivalent to a year’s worth of labor by the entire workforce in France.
The gender gap has increased by a generation from 99.5 years to 135.6 years
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The global gender pay gap is getting narrower little by little, but Stefan said that at the current rate, it will take 108 years more to completely close it. However, this statistic is from 2018. The World Economic Forum released this year’s report and this number has increased to 135.6 years. The setback is caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, because, for example, more women than men lost their jobs.
Only 6 countries in the world guarantee legal and economic equality between the genders
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The World Bank released a report in which they evaluated countries across eight indicators: the ability to travel, start a job, get married, have children, run a business, get paid, manage assets, and obtain a pension.
The six countries that have achieved equal rights under the law over the last decade are Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Sweden.
There are 2.24 male characters for every female character in films
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Researchers from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media have found that there are 2.24 male characters for every female character. The report also reveals that only 30.9% of the speaking characters are female. Maybe movies and TV shows don’t seem as such a big problem, but after all, they reflect our reality and impact it too.
People in the comments were mentioning other things that women have to deal with
What do you think about these numbers and what is your view on gender equality? Did any of these facts surprise you? Let’s have a discussion in the comments!
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Requiem 3 years ago
I jus watched a Drunk history episode on the great women of the US and the creator of the BRA is one of them. You had chest squeezing corsets before her.
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HooowlAtTheMoon 3 years ago
I agree with nellyfurtarded (above in the actual post) let's just clone this guy
RoseTheMad 3 years ago
I read an article the other day, that stated that women are twice as likely to be "fobbed off" with painkillers etc when going to the doctor when in any pain, and get basically told to "live with it". https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/16/painkillers-women-tell-of-doctors-dismissing-their-pain
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I found once an article showing that even girls need to complain much more than boys to receive the same painkillers. Doctors are making little girls suffer out of sexism. I wish I could find it again.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Medical issues: The template for what is 'normal' remains "male". The understanding of common issues like ovarian cysts and endometriosis is... pathetic. Why? Men don't get cysts on their testicles that often, nor can they get endometriosis. Ergo, this pain and trouble is "just deal with it". I was taught that in med school; I was told that when I had an ovarian cyst burst; I see every day that maybe one in four women with these issues get the scans for *these* before the problem becomes complicated by time and neglect. Heart attacks are male-modeled. The list goes on (post-pregnancy/childbirth issues, etc.), but the point is: Awareness is only one step. ACTION is next. B/c I am sick of even female MDs being dismissive, due to training by old farts who can't get past Freudian misconceptions about "hysteria". Rant over. Peace.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Exactly. It is the same all the time. If a disease affects only women or mostly women (like CFS) it is deemed unimportant and barely researched (although it is slowly improving). One of my ex GPs told me after my endometriosis diagnosis that she wouldn’t renew the prescription for painkillers that my gyn gave me “because one paracetamol should be enough”. I need to note that sometimes I have pain so high that not even Tramadol helps. My FIL went for hip pain (he could still walk, talk and had no diagnosis so while it was bad it was objectively better than my pain) and the same GP gave him without hesitation opioids so strong that he needed to stay at home a couple of days because he was too drowsy to drive to work.
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Heather Makemson 3 years ago
Along with racism, classism, ageism. We've still got a looong road ahead & it will genuinely take a larger proportion of society as a whole before we really start getting anywhere near equality.
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Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
Left out how easy it is for men to buy and use birth control. Also, I HATE it when men say Ladies Night anywhere is unfair -- if we were paid the same they might have a point. And then there's lack of child support, credit and health care that's still geared to men's job and money. And then there's so much violence against women and children. Damn! I've REALLY depressed myself . . .
Gin Marie 3 years ago
Ladies' Night are for bars to buy lots of drinks.....for women. Why would men want to do that?
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Hogswallop 3 years ago
Wow bored panda, in an article about the issues women face, two words are blocked out. One is definitely r a p e, but let's not show that on your website, as it is obviously something that shouldn't be talked about, especially concerning womens' rights.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I want to share one that shocked me a lot. Endometriosis is a severe disease that affects women and can cause extreme pain, intense blood loss, fainting, migraines, infertility etc. It can be so bad as to render a woman (like me) disabled and too weak to have a normal life. A study showed that 1/10 women have this disease. It is the same % as diabetes. But diabetes is very well known by the public, understood by doctors, easily diagnosed, researched and has available treatments. Endometriosis is still unknown to most people, there is barely research about it (now it’s improving), the cause it is unknown, there is no cure, most doctors are severely uneducated about it and the average diagnosis time is between 7 and 12 years (10 in my case) because of doctors don’t know enough about the disease and because they don’t take women’s period pain seriously,
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Another example is with the scandal with the COVID vaccinations and the clots risk. The birth control pills that women and girls take without anybody batting an eye have 100 more times risk of blood clots than the Astra Zeneca vaccine. But since men could be killed our society panicked about the vaccine while they are fine with women being at higher risk because they don’t have access to better contraception or better treatments for the period related diseases.
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Bess W 3 years ago
I'm only 19 and I was born in a town less than 10,000 people and then moved to a town of about 18,000 people so small towns and was never catcalled but a couple months before my 19 birthday (just a couple months ago) I moved to a big city and men here are so much creepier than small towns and I definitely don't feel safe even just going for a walk in the park in the middle of the day
Commander Rex 3 years ago
Yeah, the sexual assault is really a problem in modern society, it should really be easy, get consent, done.
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Display Name 3 years ago
I'm new, but I saw a post on something similar and I'm already mad at the comments.
Commander Rex 3 years ago
Happens, welcome to the club, best be far left or else you’re out, speaking from experience, neutrality also tends to be disliked, but more accepted.
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Sam Yobado 3 years ago
It's so much more likely a woman will experience violence at the hands of someone they know yet there always seem to be more comments about fear of the stranger lurking at night. Since it's about statistics, men are actually more likely to be violently attacked by a stranger and much more likely to be murdered by one. I am not saying men have it worse at all, just trying to imply maybe out a night isn't as dangerous as with acquaintances during the day.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger but also because men are more likely to be involved in crime related violence. Women are still more likely to be randomly attacked by a man in the streets if you don’t count crime related attacks.
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Amanda Reicha 3 years ago
It took 27 years of having a daily period to get diagnosed. I was always told to take birth control to fix it, but that messed with my seizures and wouldn't fix it. Surprisingly, the first visit to a gynecologist after I moved found the answer right away. Hormonal imbalance. I was given medication and now have a regular period monthly. This gynecologist was a man, but my point is 27 years of people looking no farther than birth control!
Fish Boden 3 years ago (edited)
We need allies. Does the guy not make valid points? You're not helping.
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Kai Scadden 3 years ago
My dads a feminist,why do so many people thing feminism is female is better it's just EQUAL
Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
I'll agree... even something a simple as women's razors... No different really, from a man's razor except the "pink" version costs more. My wife just uses the same one I use. I bought 2 handles, store both in different holders so we know and she actually likes this one better than the "ladies" razor.
NaChO tHe UnIcOrN 3 years ago
Sorry, but I'm calling bs on the hours of collecting water. There are only approximately 8,760 hours in a year. It's possible he just misspoke, but for that to be the case, he would be speaking in units smaller than microseconds. I agree with his other points though. Sincerely, a girl that likes math
NaChO tHe UnIcOrN 3 years ago
I just looked back, and it most likely refers to the hours being added up. That's my bad, I just didn't understand the wording
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Asswipe 3 years ago
Globally compared women's rights are without doubt worse than men's. But are you sure that there are only six countries where women have these eight rights equally? Because as far as I know in my country women have equal rights to travel, start a job, get married, have children, run a business, get paid, manage assets, and obtain a pension and it isn't mentioned in the list of these 6. And I'd think there would be more of these countries at least in Europe. (And considering children as a single woman you are allowed to adopt and men can't do that.) However, it is, the amount is too low whether it's six, 10, 33 if it's less than everywhere.
Melody Mar 3 years ago
In the US, 40% of women do not qualify for unpaid maternity leave. Hence, when I asked for maternity leave, I was denied and forced to quit (or they were willing to list me as job abandonment). My husband received 4 months of paid leave. Yes, I checked with a lawyer and what my employer did was legal. I was not protected under FMLA because I worked for a company with fewer than 50 employees and they had decided that it was cheaper to replace me with someone at a starting wage than to hire a temp. Not to mention that where I live, every daycare has a 9 month waiting list and costs over $1500 a month for 1 child. It doesn't surprise me at all that the number of countries with equal rights is so low.
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Frank Ropen 3 years ago
Cherry picking statistics won't help. For every statistic showing women have it worse, there is obe showing the opposite. Men are more likely to commit suicide, more likely to get depression, more likely to die from work accident or get severe injuries, more likely to be forced into military etc. Most more related to wealth status than gender. If you're poor you suffer, if you're rich you don't.
pusheen buttercup 3 years ago
I sure hope he shared these things out of genuine concern and not in the hopes of getting a "imagoodperson" badge.
Luke Oakridge 3 years ago
Why do you automatically assume negative things about people?
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
Do you care to extrapolate upon why that is relevant?
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Gin Marie 3 years ago
Yeah, that's nice. But do men carry their keys between their fingers for fear of rapists? Worry about passing construction sites because of rape? Worry about parking spots because of rape? Change clothes, routes, jobs, schedules because of rape? Christ, stop whining about theories in your urge to make sure men get attention to understand this is daily reality for women.
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Random Panda 3 years ago
Women are more likely to die in car crashes, because car crash test are generally performed with male-like dummies, meaning safety measures are not really built to protect female bodies. Only recently have some car manufacturers started to test with female dummies, which improves car safety for women.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I want you to look up "global trends in sexism". Should we not care b/c it's "not as bad" where *we* live? WOW.
Load More Replies... Ozacoter 3 years ago
That is quite inaccurate. Some women experienced more pain passing kidney stones than giving birth. Some women experienced more pain with birth. And some women experienced such severe period pain (due to endometriosis) that it was worse than them giving birth or passing stones.
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Ozacoter 3 years ago
Here comes the male supremacist using incorrectly terminology from a theory that was debunked decades ago
Load More Replies... Requiem 3 years ago
I jus watched a Drunk history episode on the great women of the US and the creator of the BRA is one of them. You had chest squeezing corsets before her.
Load More Replies... HooowlAtTheMoon 3 years ago
I agree with nellyfurtarded (above in the actual post) let's just clone this guy
RoseTheMad 3 years ago
I read an article the other day, that stated that women are twice as likely to be "fobbed off" with painkillers etc when going to the doctor when in any pain, and get basically told to "live with it". https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/16/painkillers-women-tell-of-doctors-dismissing-their-pain
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I found once an article showing that even girls need to complain much more than boys to receive the same painkillers. Doctors are making little girls suffer out of sexism. I wish I could find it again.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Medical issues: The template for what is 'normal' remains "male". The understanding of common issues like ovarian cysts and endometriosis is... pathetic. Why? Men don't get cysts on their testicles that often, nor can they get endometriosis. Ergo, this pain and trouble is "just deal with it". I was taught that in med school; I was told that when I had an ovarian cyst burst; I see every day that maybe one in four women with these issues get the scans for *these* before the problem becomes complicated by time and neglect. Heart attacks are male-modeled. The list goes on (post-pregnancy/childbirth issues, etc.), but the point is: Awareness is only one step. ACTION is next. B/c I am sick of even female MDs being dismissive, due to training by old farts who can't get past Freudian misconceptions about "hysteria". Rant over. Peace.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Exactly. It is the same all the time. If a disease affects only women or mostly women (like CFS) it is deemed unimportant and barely researched (although it is slowly improving). One of my ex GPs told me after my endometriosis diagnosis that she wouldn’t renew the prescription for painkillers that my gyn gave me “because one paracetamol should be enough”. I need to note that sometimes I have pain so high that not even Tramadol helps. My FIL went for hip pain (he could still walk, talk and had no diagnosis so while it was bad it was objectively better than my pain) and the same GP gave him without hesitation opioids so strong that he needed to stay at home a couple of days because he was too drowsy to drive to work.
Load More Replies... Heather Makemson 3 years ago
Along with racism, classism, ageism. We've still got a looong road ahead & it will genuinely take a larger proportion of society as a whole before we really start getting anywhere near equality.
Load More Replies... Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
Left out how easy it is for men to buy and use birth control. Also, I HATE it when men say Ladies Night anywhere is unfair -- if we were paid the same they might have a point. And then there's lack of child support, credit and health care that's still geared to men's job and money. And then there's so much violence against women and children. Damn! I've REALLY depressed myself . . .
Gin Marie 3 years ago
Ladies' Night are for bars to buy lots of drinks.....for women. Why would men want to do that?
Load More Replies... Hogswallop 3 years ago
Wow bored panda, in an article about the issues women face, two words are blocked out. One is definitely r a p e, but let's not show that on your website, as it is obviously something that shouldn't be talked about, especially concerning womens' rights.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I want to share one that shocked me a lot. Endometriosis is a severe disease that affects women and can cause extreme pain, intense blood loss, fainting, migraines, infertility etc. It can be so bad as to render a woman (like me) disabled and too weak to have a normal life. A study showed that 1/10 women have this disease. It is the same % as diabetes. But diabetes is very well known by the public, understood by doctors, easily diagnosed, researched and has available treatments. Endometriosis is still unknown to most people, there is barely research about it (now it’s improving), the cause it is unknown, there is no cure, most doctors are severely uneducated about it and the average diagnosis time is between 7 and 12 years (10 in my case) because of doctors don’t know enough about the disease and because they don’t take women’s period pain seriously,
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Another example is with the scandal with the COVID vaccinations and the clots risk. The birth control pills that women and girls take without anybody batting an eye have 100 more times risk of blood clots than the Astra Zeneca vaccine. But since men could be killed our society panicked about the vaccine while they are fine with women being at higher risk because they don’t have access to better contraception or better treatments for the period related diseases.
Load More Replies... Bess W 3 years ago
I'm only 19 and I was born in a town less than 10,000 people and then moved to a town of about 18,000 people so small towns and was never catcalled but a couple months before my 19 birthday (just a couple months ago) I moved to a big city and men here are so much creepier than small towns and I definitely don't feel safe even just going for a walk in the park in the middle of the day
Commander Rex 3 years ago
Yeah, the sexual assault is really a problem in modern society, it should really be easy, get consent, done.
Load More Replies... Display Name 3 years ago
I'm new, but I saw a post on something similar and I'm already mad at the comments.
Commander Rex 3 years ago
Happens, welcome to the club, best be far left or else you’re out, speaking from experience, neutrality also tends to be disliked, but more accepted.
Load More Replies... Sam Yobado 3 years ago
It's so much more likely a woman will experience violence at the hands of someone they know yet there always seem to be more comments about fear of the stranger lurking at night. Since it's about statistics, men are actually more likely to be violently attacked by a stranger and much more likely to be murdered by one. I am not saying men have it worse at all, just trying to imply maybe out a night isn't as dangerous as with acquaintances during the day.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger but also because men are more likely to be involved in crime related violence. Women are still more likely to be randomly attacked by a man in the streets if you don’t count crime related attacks.
Load More Replies... Amanda Reicha 3 years ago
It took 27 years of having a daily period to get diagnosed. I was always told to take birth control to fix it, but that messed with my seizures and wouldn't fix it. Surprisingly, the first visit to a gynecologist after I moved found the answer right away. Hormonal imbalance. I was given medication and now have a regular period monthly. This gynecologist was a man, but my point is 27 years of people looking no farther than birth control!
Fish Boden 3 years ago (edited)
We need allies. Does the guy not make valid points? You're not helping.
Load More Replies... Kai Scadden 3 years ago
My dads a feminist,why do so many people thing feminism is female is better it's just EQUAL
Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
I'll agree... even something a simple as women's razors... No different really, from a man's razor except the "pink" version costs more. My wife just uses the same one I use. I bought 2 handles, store both in different holders so we know and she actually likes this one better than the "ladies" razor.
NaChO tHe UnIcOrN 3 years ago
Sorry, but I'm calling bs on the hours of collecting water. There are only approximately 8,760 hours in a year. It's possible he just misspoke, but for that to be the case, he would be speaking in units smaller than microseconds. I agree with his other points though. Sincerely, a girl that likes math
NaChO tHe UnIcOrN 3 years ago
I just looked back, and it most likely refers to the hours being added up. That's my bad, I just didn't understand the wording
Load More Replies... Asswipe 3 years ago
Globally compared women's rights are without doubt worse than men's. But are you sure that there are only six countries where women have these eight rights equally? Because as far as I know in my country women have equal rights to travel, start a job, get married, have children, run a business, get paid, manage assets, and obtain a pension and it isn't mentioned in the list of these 6. And I'd think there would be more of these countries at least in Europe. (And considering children as a single woman you are allowed to adopt and men can't do that.) However, it is, the amount is too low whether it's six, 10, 33 if it's less than everywhere.
Melody Mar 3 years ago
In the US, 40% of women do not qualify for unpaid maternity leave. Hence, when I asked for maternity leave, I was denied and forced to quit (or they were willing to list me as job abandonment). My husband received 4 months of paid leave. Yes, I checked with a lawyer and what my employer did was legal. I was not protected under FMLA because I worked for a company with fewer than 50 employees and they had decided that it was cheaper to replace me with someone at a starting wage than to hire a temp. Not to mention that where I live, every daycare has a 9 month waiting list and costs over $1500 a month for 1 child. It doesn't surprise me at all that the number of countries with equal rights is so low.
Load More Replies... Frank Ropen 3 years ago
Cherry picking statistics won't help. For every statistic showing women have it worse, there is obe showing the opposite. Men are more likely to commit suicide, more likely to get depression, more likely to die from work accident or get severe injuries, more likely to be forced into military etc. Most more related to wealth status than gender. If you're poor you suffer, if you're rich you don't.
pusheen buttercup 3 years ago
I sure hope he shared these things out of genuine concern and not in the hopes of getting a "imagoodperson" badge.
Luke Oakridge 3 years ago
Why do you automatically assume negative things about people?
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 3 years ago
Do you care to extrapolate upon why that is relevant?
Load More Replies... Gin Marie 3 years ago
Yeah, that's nice. But do men carry their keys between their fingers for fear of rapists? Worry about passing construction sites because of rape? Worry about parking spots because of rape? Change clothes, routes, jobs, schedules because of rape? Christ, stop whining about theories in your urge to make sure men get attention to understand this is daily reality for women.
Load More Replies... Random Panda 3 years ago
Women are more likely to die in car crashes, because car crash test are generally performed with male-like dummies, meaning safety measures are not really built to protect female bodies. Only recently have some car manufacturers started to test with female dummies, which improves car safety for women.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I want you to look up "global trends in sexism". Should we not care b/c it's "not as bad" where *we* live? WOW.
Load More Replies... Ozacoter 3 years ago
That is quite inaccurate. Some women experienced more pain passing kidney stones than giving birth. Some women experienced more pain with birth. And some women experienced such severe period pain (due to endometriosis) that it was worse than them giving birth or passing stones.
Load More Replies... Ozacoter 3 years ago
Here comes the male supremacist using incorrectly terminology from a theory that was debunked decades ago
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