OK...I'm a noob and I have learned my leason about reps. I simply went to my account and found these negative remarks and I was like WTF? Leason learned.

Quote Originally Posted by Polymirize
Thanks!


And slow, recouched as such... you might have something. But I don't know why the rise of single parent families or rising divorce rates would be laid at the feet of feminists. I might understand the thought behind doing so, but I'd immediately question its validity.

I'd also like to know just what the hell this "moral decline" is, that everyone keeps talking about. It sounds like senile individuals reminiscing about "back in the day". It seems that human nature has remained relatively unchanged throughout the past several thousand years of recorded history. Humans lie, cheat, steal, beat their spouses, etc.
Does the fact that these issues are discussed publically, and revealed (in part through feminist critique, civil rights, and ethnic inequality issues) mean that we're in a moral decline?

Or just the opposite?
Plyy,
First off, let me say you have one hell of a sharp mind!
OK...Why do you question that the rise in divorce rates is tied to feminisim? To me it seems obvious, as I explained. Can you suggest other reasons for it?

What is moral decline? Hmmm. You have a good point. What is morality? I agree with you on human nature but morality is relative to the society one lives in (It's considered immoral to practice canibalisim here and now but was perfectly acceptable to many peoples of the past.) I'll have to think on it a bit.

I would like to go back to the issue of feminism's effect on the economy. Please remember, I am not an expert but here is how I see it....
Back in the heyday of feminisim almost every radical speach spoke of being "Chained to the stove" or "Enslaved to our fathers and husbands" and all kinds of Emancipation talk. They related womens plight to that of slaves. Now without a doubt the emancipation of slaves had a profound effect on the economy, both immediate and long term. How could it be that the emancipation of women (though drawn out longer) could not have an effect?

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