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Submitted by Nat on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 20:22.

http://phys.org/news/2012-04-meat-earlier-weaning-humans-globe.html

 It looks like they've

Submitted by Nathan Matthews on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 17:41.

 It looks like they've already taken care of the offensive part of the OREO add right?

Regarding the Atlantic

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 13:16.

Regarding the Atlantic article: 

  • "Despite that bias, across all careers, surveys report that childless women under 30 make more than men."  1. What surveys? Cite your source if it's credible. 2. Childless women?  That's great, but since the average age of first childbirth in America is 24.9 (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_age_of_wom_at_fir_chi-health-age-w...), is that really a helpful statistic?  3. How much of your earning power is honestly made before you are 30?
  • "Special training for women only," etc.  It's called affirmative action, to level the playing field after hundreds of years of keeping women off the playing field.  If you don't agree with affirmative action, that is fine, but call a spade a spade.  Don't make it seem like it's something special "against men."
  • "Men are more likely to be willing to move to a God-forsaken place (Montgomery, Alabama, anyone?) for a promotion, and, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to work longer hours."  That is because they are not in charge of the family.  If the men had to do the child rearing and taking care of the household, they probably wouldn't have enough time to work longer hours.  Not saying there aren't men who do this, but "men" (as in, generally, according to the Labor Statistics, do not do the child rearing on average).
  • "For parents (again, disproportionately women) who wish to take years off to raise their offspring, many corporations have established on-ramps to help them get their career back despite having lost their technical and Rolodex's currency, and now often being less committed to work than are their non-parent coworkers."  Why would we punish the child-rearers of our society for reproducing and taking care of our offspring?  Isn't that kind of an important job to do?
  • "Whether in commercials, sitcoms, or movies, even in non-fictional media, men are disproportionately characterized as sleazebags or doofuses shown the way by wise women."  And there are probably an equal amount of media showing wise men and slutty women.  Get off your high horse.
  • "As you know, so many young men are often back living with their parents, often stoned and/or playing shoot-em-up video games, while the young women are launching their career."  I don't even necessarily think that is true, but still.  In that scenario, why are the young women blamed?
  • "And have you not seen "Girls Rule" tee shirts? How do you think that makes boys feel?"  How do you think being told girls aren't good at math feels???? (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100125172940.htm  Literally the first hit on Google).

  I get the point of this article.  Yes, as it becomes easier and easier for women to enter the workplace, it could appear to negatively affect men.  However, instead of a "I win, therefore you must lose" mentality, can't we throw the idea around that if half the population is finally getting ahead, that must be better for society as whole?  I mean, Europe seems to be doing an okay job at that.  And I hear their men are doing just fine and manly over there. Try these for some perspective: http://business.time.com/2012/04/17/should-we-be-celebrating-equal-pay-d... http://www.thenation.com/blog/167423/how-close-gender-wage-gap-just-seve...  

Regarding the Atlantic

Submitted by R.K. on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 12:30.

Regarding the Atlantic article, I'd like to see you do a follow-up by interviewing female acquaintances in your age group who consider themselves feminists.  What is their reaction?  On a personal note, my wife, who considers herself a feminist and who raised both a boy and a girl, fully understands the concerns and problems of this issue.  She has seen it in the boys (now young men) in the neighborhood.  My daughter, who is around your age, and who self-identifies as a feminist, does not 'get' the issue.  It's as if she cannot recognize it.  The last time I briefly discussed it with her, I said, "you know, you're the one who is affected, not me . . . this is the pool of men from which you will be choosing your mate  . . . "

Regarding perfect competition

Submitted by Jan Madsen on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 12:06.

Regarding perfect competition in the Peter Theil piece, economist George Resman tears the concept apert here: http://mises.org/daily/1988"[Pure and perfect competition] would be achieved if, after leaving the theater and going to a restaurant for dinner, one were not given a menu, but were seated in front of a ticker tape — and were offered a futures contract on dessert; and if afterward, on leaving the restaurant and walking back to one's apartment, one would not know whether one could afford to live there that night, or whether the rentals of penthouses had collapsed. Only then would the world be "purely perfect.""