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Post by t-bob on Nov 1, 2011 14:46:32 GMT -5
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Post by Fingerplucked on Nov 1, 2011 16:34:01 GMT -5
I think I read this last week. This is the article talking about women who now have to settle for men that make less than they do, right?
I just want to go on record as saying I am perfectly willing to be a kept man.
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Post by Marshall on Nov 1, 2011 17:48:26 GMT -5
a LITTLE depressing ? ? ? ?
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Post by omaha on Nov 1, 2011 17:53:33 GMT -5
What's the big deal? I've been working with broads my whole career.
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Post by t-bob on Nov 1, 2011 18:16:03 GMT -5
a LITTLE depressing ? ? ? ? I guess I'm always the minimalist.
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Post by prodigalone on Nov 1, 2011 19:49:26 GMT -5
Easy solution. Clone Mantracker and/or Mike Rowe. They drive women crazy. Although I can't tell if mantracker shoots his arrow straight or not... Lol
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Post by Village Idiot on Nov 1, 2011 20:20:56 GMT -5
Kim's made lots more money than me for years. We like money, so it's a good thing. No problemo, don't even think about it.
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Post by RickW on Nov 1, 2011 21:04:45 GMT -5
So, like, we'll be stay at home stud muffins, too useless for anything but the basics? Works for me.
It is a somewhat hysterical piece. The world is changing, for sure. It's not a bad thing. Laboring jobs have been vanishing for years now, no surprise there, and people who were invested in careers in those jobs tended to be male. And I see no magic at work in how women work in groups or alone, or whether they are able to concentrate better, or are more reasonable, or whatever yardstick you want to use. Women have grown into the new job market more quickly then men - but when that's all that's available, men will get the idea, too.
It's a more equal world. As the dad of three lovely, bright daughters, it works for me.
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Post by paulschlimm on Nov 1, 2011 21:28:34 GMT -5
It's a more equal world. As the dad of three lovely, bright daughters, it works for me as well.
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Post by epaul on Nov 1, 2011 22:28:39 GMT -5
As the dad of one lovely, bright daughter, and a son who wants to be a musician, it works for me as well.
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Post by j on Nov 1, 2011 22:32:25 GMT -5
bingo.
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Post by omaha on Nov 1, 2011 22:46:29 GMT -5
As the dad of one lovely, bright daughter, and a son who wants to be a musician, it works for me as well. He's going to need someone to support him, after all.
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Post by Doug on Nov 1, 2011 23:12:32 GMT -5
As the father of a daughter that just got promoted to Lieutenant in the FL prison system I've know that for a long time.
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Post by dickt on Nov 2, 2011 6:26:36 GMT -5
That's got me wondering. I've never seen prison guards on those lists of fastest growing occupations but it sure seems with the increasing number of folks in jail in this country that would be a major growth industry.
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Post by TKennedy on Nov 2, 2011 8:46:53 GMT -5
An interesting anecdote- When I was in practice it was pretty common for an old person to come to the ER with an injury that needed surgery right away. Usually a broken hip. It was also common for the kids to be living in some distant town.
If I called a son and explained that their parent needed a big operation and there was some risk etc. etc. they'd usually say "OK doc fix em up, give me a jingle if there's a problem".
If it was a daughter they'd want to know where I went to medical school, my class rank, my specialty certification, how many procedures I did each month, my complication rate, and usually ended with something like "I'm chartering a private jet, don't do a thing till I get there"
Daughters will take care of you when you are old and that's huge. You guys that have them are lucky.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Nov 2, 2011 9:51:19 GMT -5
If I called a son and explained that their parent needed a big operation and there was some risk etc. etc. they'd usually say "OK doc fix em up, give me a jingle if there's a problem". If it was a daughter they'd want to know where I went to medical school, my class rank, my specialty certification, how many procedures I did each month, my complication rate, and usually ended with something like "I'm chartering a private jet, don't do a thing till I get there" I think your observation is a good one. What you didn't see was the aftermath of a son's (or son in law) phone call: Did you ask where he went to medical school? Uh, no, I ... What was his class rank?Uh, it might have been... What is his specialty certification?Getting off the phone before I could think to ask? How many procedures does he do each month?I don't really ... What's his complication rate?I don't know but mine's going up by the second. Ok, get back on the phone and charter a plane.Why do I have to? I don't like getting yelled at... And call the doctor back and tell him not to make a move until we get there.You have got to be kidding me.
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Post by RickW on Nov 2, 2011 20:00:51 GMT -5
One of the interesting by products of the one child policy in China has been a major change in how children are viewed. We have been quite interested, as you can imagine.
In Chinese tradition, daughters, once married, left the family. Boys took care of the parents. They were also the strong backs to work the fields, in a country where farming has always been very manual. However, with the growth of the middle class, and one child policy, more and more families were 'stuck' with daughters. And an interesting thing happened - parents figured out that the girls were much more likely to take care of them when they were old, and take care of them well, than the boys were.
Maybe there is something genetic to it all.
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Post by millring on Nov 2, 2011 20:08:18 GMT -5
It's basic theology. Sin nature is passed from the male. Take the male out of the equation (as with Jesus conception) and voila! ....good people. Women are what we were supposed to be like. The bitches.
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Post by RickW on Nov 2, 2011 21:30:06 GMT -5
Dang. I always thought it was supposed to be the other way around. No wonder I flunked out of Sunday school.
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