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For as many centuries men have been called out to go to war, work and die in mines, sail the seas where many met their end and do other hazardous and often rather unpleasant work from which women were spared. Following your logic it would be necessary to ensure that women start working and dying in hazardous professions for a long time, dying or getting maimed at least as much as men do before there is a risk of 'overshoot' (no pun intended).



For those downvoting this, what is wrong with the logic here?


It’s as irrelevant to the core of the subject as the post it is replying to and is trying to pit against each other unrelated issues of the past. As it is a sterile way of discussing the very real issue of gender inequality today and - let’s face it - we all know where this strand of thought is coming from and where it’s going, people are downvoting.




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