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Is society becoming more unisex?
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No. 50%  50%  [ 10 ]
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25 Mar 2013, 3:24 pm

I don't believe society is becoming unisex.
Its more that gender expectations on type of work, clothing, relationships and behaviour are being scrapped.
People are more free to follow their personal styles instead of conforming.

At least, that's what my partner tells me when I mow the lawn :)



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25 Mar 2013, 6:03 pm

mercifullyfree wrote:
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I'm not saying that women in the workforce are necessarily bad, nor that depressed wages are necessarily bad. Only that there are tradeoffs, and the results are not always as rosy as one would like.


Considering that most of these supposed trade offs have a lot more to do with a kleptocratic economic and political system than with equal rights for women, I still can't really agree. As someone who does not want a life revolving around taking care of a "brood", having more rights, options, and choices has been quite positive.


Be that as it may, if the workforce were to be reduced by 50%, then you would probably be well situated to negotiate a reasonable salary.



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25 Mar 2013, 6:19 pm

ArrantPariah wrote:
Be that as it may, if the workforce were to be reduced by 50%, then you would probably be well situated to negotiate a reasonable salary.


Ok, 50% of workers spontaneously combust in Imagination Land. Who would they even be? This is silly now.



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25 Mar 2013, 8:57 pm

mercifullyfree wrote:
ArrantPariah wrote:
Be that as it may, if the workforce were to be reduced by 50%, then you would probably be well situated to negotiate a reasonable salary.


Ok, 50% of workers spontaneously combust in Imagination Land. Who would they even be? This is silly now.


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26 Mar 2013, 4:52 am

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If I have to pee bad enough I'll go into the men's room.No man has ever complained.But I don't know if the ladies feel the same.I don't care,if you gotta go then go!! !


In my country in greater public toilettes you often have a table for pampers changing in the woman washroom. So when a father is alone with his child, and needs to change the pampers, he is forced to enter the woman washroom. I never knew, why some woman felt so deeply disturbed by it, so there are cabins anyway and in my whole life, there never was a naked woman in the washroom, when I entered it, so when you leave the cabin you normally already have all your cloths on and simply wash your hands in the washroom. And sure, if I enter the toilette and there is a man without cause in the washroom I would be wondering, but a men changing his childs pampers at the pampers changing desk, has a cause to be here, so its not his fault, that there are no such desks in the mens washroom.



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26 Mar 2013, 5:48 am

I hope not.


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26 Mar 2013, 8:43 am

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I hope not.


Why would you hope that that there are no such desks in the men's washroom? Men's public toilet facilities in the USA typically incude them these days.



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26 Mar 2013, 8:58 am

ArrantPariah wrote:
TrainofLove wrote:
I hope not.


Why would you hope that that there are no such desks in the men's washroom? Men's public toilet facilities in the USA typically incude them these days.


I was simply answering the title. I should have made it clearer.


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27 Mar 2013, 4:19 pm

TrainofLove wrote:
I hope not.


Why?