<p>We may not make the dough, but we sure know how to spend it
is there a perfectly reasonable explanation for this? sure, women are generally responsible for a lot of household decisions, naturally how the money is spent is one of them. But I didn’t pull that statistic out of my ass, it’s the truth.</p>
<p>You’re making opinions about the subject. If all we did was make opinions there wouldn’t be a point in debate? I tried to use logic and you resorted to your motherly empathy.</p>
<p>Has anyone even considered that maybe women spend more money than men because they feel significantly more pressure to conform to society’s idea of the “ideal woman”? Since most people derive women’s worth from their appearances rather than their accomplishments or intelligence, is it that surprising that they make more effort and spend more money to be accepted in the only way they feel they can be “powerful”–by maximizing their sex appeal?</p>
<p>If that’s not logical, I don’t know what is.</p>
I doubt there’s a single non-metrosexual guy on the planet who would respect a woman more for having five pairs of shoes rather than one, or designer clothes rather than imitation knock-offs.</p>
<p>When I see a woman (or a man) in expensive clothing, my opinion of them, if anything, goes down.</p>
<p>men oppressed because women spend more?
women oppressed because men spend more?
men oppressed because men spend more? or
women oppressed because women spend more?</p>
<p>And how does spending money have anything to do with oppression in the first place?</p>
<p>And I’ve had quite a few teachers give me extra subjective points over girls who are smarter than me, and sometimes those teachers are female. So, yes, sexism is alive and well, although I don’t think those teachers are being sexist consciously.</p>
<p>Because there is no difference in the quality of lives between men and women. There is a difference in the workplace, however slight, but that doesn’t equate to a harder lifestyle, especially considering many women are married and share income with a significant other. </p>
<p>In the end it all evens out and things are equal.</p>
but i’m going to predict that you want (or at least idealize) women who are conventionally “hot.” guess what–those women (the victoria’s secret models, the playboy bunnies, the porn stars who have been adopted as “positive” role models by mainstream culture) buy into a culture that tells us that in order to be accepted, we need to do certain things, including buying clothes that are flattering (and often expensive), getting our hair done, waxing, having the perfect body, wearing the right makeup, etc. and even if YOU specifically are just so saintly that you don’t value those things, the majority of society does, and ALL women are aware of it.</p>
<p>The quality of life between a man and a woman is different, in my opinion, but I understand what you’re saying.</p>
<p>Single women (and married women) may have a harder lifestyle, as well as those that are possibly “not as attractive.” Men usually receive more bonuses, higher income, and generally, more opportunities, which can translate into a tougher time for women (in the workplace, at least).</p>
<p>I also think, like a lot of men, that women should be eligible for the draft.</p>
