Cracks In The Wall Of Sexism - At Least In Denmark

Military conscription has been one of the most persistent areas of sexism but for Denmark this is changing. 

Danish women now face being called up for 11 months of military service when they turn 18, after a change in the law came into effect.

Under new rules passed by Denmark's parliament, women are to join teenage males in a lottery system that could require them to undertake a period of conscription.

The change was brought in as Nato countries boost defence spending amid heightened security concerns in Europe.

Up to now, women were allowed to participate in military service when they turned 18, but on a voluntary basis.

It always seems like the Scandinavian countries are the leaders when it comes to equality. 

Do Men and Women Judge Attractiveness Differently?

Do Men and Women Judge Attractiveness Differently?

I'm not too sure on this as I do not see their sources and these types of social science studies are often very poorly done and very often not reproducible. Furthermore, even when the studies are well done researchers tend to interpret the results to support their own biases.  

But I find it interesting because of the interpretations. 

Basically the claim is the attractiveness of a woman to a man is based on her physical attractiveness alone. How she dresses and her circumstances do not figure into it. Women, on the other hand ,view men who appear wealthy as being more attractive. 

Whether this is true or not, it is interesting to think of people's reaction to it. Like my friends.

I have one female friend who is borderline anti-male. She basically views life as men exploiting  women. If she had not seen the results of the study I am pretty sure she would have thought the wealthier looking woman would have been less attractive as she would be considered a threat by the man. With the results, she would think men are shallow and only care about looks. 

I honestly doubt there are many men who would not think status and wealth make a man more attractive but I have met men who, seeing the results, would state that women only care about money. Period. Which of course is wrong. 

I wish more people had an interest in and a better understanding of science. Maybe then they could better sort fact from opinion. 

Family Court Corruption

Here is a great video about family court corruption in Texas. The same is true for my state of Minnesota. 

Louise Perry On Dating

Louise Perry is a British journalist and author best known as a reactionary feminist which means she advocates for conservative traditional gender roles and values. 

There any many, many areas I disagree with Perry on but her views are interesting. 

In a discussion with Chris Williamson, she opines on the difficulties with dating for younger people. In her view, one the the major problems is woman filtering online dating applications to only select men who are far taller than average and with a much larger income that average. Essentially they are pre-selecting out many men who, if they had actually met, might have been happy with. 

Disadvantage Men

It is often difficult to talk about disadvantages men have in society because we are so used to dealing with women being disadvantaged. The reality is that both are disadvantaged in different areas. And the trend has clearly been that men are becoming more disadvantaged as Richard Reeves explains in a book and video. 

One clear example of this is that when title IX was passed in 1972 there was a 13% college education gap in favor of men. Now it is 15% in favor of women. 

Other areas we see men disadvantaged is in are the draft and military deaths, workplace injuries and deaths and, as this site often talks about, alimony. 98+% of alimony payers are men. Often even in cases where custody is joint or the father has custody. 

No Kings

I don't mention politics much on this site but I have made it pretty clear I am no fan of Donald Trump. Why? Because the corruption I see on our legal system, especially family law, is the exactly the type of corruption Trump loves. He wants to be treated as above the law just like so many lawyers and judges I have encountered. 

Last week Trump held his long desired military/birthday parade in Washington D.C. which was sparsely attended while the same day millions marched in No Kings events across the country.  I was one of those people. 

The march I attended in St. Paul, Minnesota was a bit surreal as earlier that morning a state legislator, Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated in their home by Vance Luther Boelter, a right wing nut job, posing as a police officer. Earlier Boelter shot a state senator and his wife multiple times at their home. As Boelter was still at large at the time of the No Kings protests, law enforcement advised people not to attend the protests and nearly all were cancelled.  The advice was warranted considering a list of 50 or so democrats as well as No Kings documents were found in Boelter's vehicle. 

I know of at least dozen people who did not attend the protest due to the warnings but S, one of my sons and I went anyway. So did 25,000 other Minnesotans.  

The best part of the protest were the signs people carried. Here are a few:

And my favorite:

Class Action Lawsuits

Wired has an article on how much money you can make by joining every class action lawsuit you can. My sister does this and make a bit of money off it. Sure it isn't a huge amount of money but $10 or $50 or even $100 dollars every now and then helps. 

The lawyers however can make millions. Indeed many firms specialize in filing the cases just to get a settlement. One that includes a small amount of money for the purported victims and massive amounts of money for the lawyers. The companies sued often settle simply to avoid endless and costly litigation. 

We live in a very weird, and very litigious, society.