Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

alex_quine t1_j22bfxd wrote

Reply to comment by swanqueen109 in TIL that on average women live five years longer than men, and that by age 85 around 67% of the population is female in the US. by Successful-Depth-235

I’ve seen some research that the gap can be entirely explained by behavioral differences. Take for example diet: women are more likely to order a salad, men are more likely to order the bacon cheeseburger. Which gender is more likely to watch their figure? Regularly apply sunscreen? Smoke? Drink to excess? Etc…

6

DMRexy t1_j22pe6n wrote

Which group composes the vast majority of deaths at work and due to violence? Which group is more likely to suffer harsher legal penalties for the same crimes? Who commits suicide more often? Who's more likely to not be able to stop working if they are Ill?

This difference is not because of who orders a salad. It's because men are still trapped in a medieval patriarchal system, being raised to be working machines, never learning they have any value but what they can provide financially.

Women managed to break free of a fucked up system, and now have their roles in society adjusted to a modern existence. It's far from perfect, it's far from good even, but the process is ongoing and irreversible. Men are still trapped, and most aren't even aware of how fucked they are.

So that's how you get half of the population losing 5 years of their lives. 80 cents to a dollar is horrible, but the people profiting from it are getting almost 9 years to a decade, and believe they have it good.

Gender inequality hurts everyone horribly. And until we let go to of the idea that it's something natural, that it's just how men are or just how women are, we will still be fucked by it.

2

alex_quine t1_j22vo6u wrote

It’s not either or. The thing you listed are in there too.

0