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Xagzan · 2012-05-30, 09:27

You can have as many men doing tampax commercials, as many stories of henpecked husbands as you want. It doesn't change the reality. Mangamuscle already addressed part of it, here's another. Congress. Compare the number of men to women. 362:76 in the House, 83:17 in the Senate.

Here's another, also politically related. Viagra is covered by insurance. No one makes a fuss. People try to get birth control covered for women, there's a huge national debate. Those might not seem like clear black and white examples, where you can say "this is definitely sexism, and it's evil and should be fixed," but that's what makes it so insidious. Because it's not always obvious, and people don't always see it for what it is. That's why it continues to exist.

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Xagzan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009	You can have as many men doing tampax commercials, as many stories of henpecked husbands as you want. It doesn't change the reality. Mangamuscle already addressed part of it, here's another. Congress. Compare the number of men to women. 362:76 in the House, 83:17 in the Senate. Here's another, also politically related. Viagra is covered by insurance. No one makes a fuss. People try to get birth control covered for women, there's a huge national debate. Those might not seem like clear black and white examples, where you can say "this is definitely sexism, and it's evil and should be fixed," but that's what makes it so insidious. Because it's not always obvious, and people don't always see it for what it is. That's why it continues to exist.