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newzdude99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thomas Sowell is probably THE premier public intellectual currently living. He offers a fact-based analysis of common ideological myths that are often accepted as common wisdom.
My favorite book of his is "Black Rednecks and White Liberals". Simply amazing!
whoo689 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Do the liberals and Democrats really understand the implications of this "gender disparity" myth? They're alleging that all the executives in who knows how many companies are extremely chauvinist and sexist and don't believe women should be paid the same as men. And that they actually do it, risking lawsuits and bad publicity and loss of consumers. Come on! Get a brain, knuckleheads.
whoo689 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The gender income disparity never jived with me. I knew it was a liberal myth from the start. In the 08 election they promoted this idiotic Fair Pay Act, even though there are already FOUR big laws that protect against pay discrimination on the books.
If liberals wanna prove to me women are paid less, they should show 2 paychecks checks from employees of identical positions in the same company, one male and the other female. If the female's pay is lower, then I'll start buying it.
ZeldAnTales (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i think he is just speaking broadly. have you never heard of people exluding color and referring to all races as the human race? peak out from that rock more often. ;)
bbpro (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
He referred to "the human race" at one point, and while I agree with Sowell 99.999999% of the time, it is the human SPECIES, not race. There are many races within the human species.
bbpro (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Men tried to exclude women? What, all men? You sexist prick.
mjn76 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"I can tell you that gender discrimination works both ways. My profession is dominated by women, and we men are often passed over for the best jobs."
Oh, it's perfectly fine when the discrimination is against men. It's only an outrage when it's against women.
That's just liberal logic 101.
raskolnikov1873 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm a male elementary school teacher, and I can tell you that gender discrimination works both ways. My profession is dominated by women, and we men are often passed over for the best jobs. I've been in many rural schools where the staff is entirely female, and have been told by male substitute teachers who go into these she-dens that they are often made to feel very uncomfortable. The point is that women do not act any more equitably when the shoe is on the other foot.
hardyoak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
For Sowell's thesis to be consistent, he would have to claim that there has historically been no gender or racial discrimination in hiring or pay compensation.
hardyoak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Jimyraynor: Women don't work as hard as men?? Are you kidding?? Women do most of the world's work, most of it unpaid.
As for women not wanting the risky jobs ... women have FOUGHT to get those jobs. Just do a bit of research on women trying to enter mining, construction, policing, firefighting, etc. Women do WANT those jobs ... it's just than men have tried to exclude women. And the traditional jobs that women have taken are essential to the functioning of society, but are less valued. |
