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xxslainxx wrote:Even coming from an ethinic minority myself, I believe its long overdue. It is a past people need to accept and forget in some ways. Move on. The slavery of the forefathers no longer reflects on your current state of poverty or supposed subjugation. That is quite simply because you are a buncha lazy bums who would rather live on social security than go out and get some honest jobs. And this is not constrained to just certain ethinic communities either.

*puts on his flame bait attire*

ok im ready for it

P.S. I think we are deviating from the original subject

I don't flame people, or at least I try not to. I try hard to consider other people' s point of view, and while I support your right to state your opinion....I must say I find this post inappropriate and not germane at all to the topic under discussion. Even by you saying you think we are deviating from the original subject I simply fail to see the relevance of this post...at all.

I apologize if I seem harsh or unkind here, but that is how I feel.

DarthMarth wrote:My point was that it is all a thing of the past, I had it in bold. I apologize, not used to a board so constrained of anything that may possibly offend.

I'm not trying to be overly PC- I didn't think you made a good analogy. Sexism and slavery are apples to oranges in many ways.

Generally though, don't people think that the article is less about sexism than it is about what students can do when you put them in the right environment? That's one big message I got.

Statistics support the idea that sexual discrimination continues to this day - and it is not merely isolated occurences being referred to. It is also not a matter of "more men do this job than women." Such a thing is immaterial: it's not a quota game being played in regards to headcounts. Rather, a comparison between equally qualified men and women in the same roles in the workforce reveals that on average women earn less than their male counterpart, and face more limited opportunities for advancement.

Some bias in our society is only too obvious: the military still restricts women from officially filling a direct combat role. That was a topic for discussion here in SYM in the past. No matter that a female successfully meets all criteria establishing her combat fitness and ability to do the job in question...it's been proven that most females who desire such a role are able to meet the same requirements males must meet. While that figure might be slanted in favor of males, I personally see no reason why a similarly qualified woman be barred from a direct combat position.

While it seems that sexism is more frequent than I had believed it still seems that people are trying to be overly aware. If it is only used in reaction not pre-emptively then actions anti-equality done out of spite would most likely decrease and it would put offenders back on the offensive(wish the english language could better suffice for what I'm trying to say).

Cuchulain- my analogy was to relate two instances of discrimination in the
past and that as the only similarity being compared, it seems you focused on the connotation of it all.

kathycf wrote:I don't flame people, or at least I try not to. I try hard to consider other people' s point of view, and while I support your right to state your opinion....I must say I find this post inappropriate and not germane at all to the topic under discussion. Even by you saying you think we are deviating from the original subject I simply fail to see the relevance of this post...at all.

I apologize if I seem harsh or unkind here, but that is how I feel.

Point noted