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[Paddy™]

I do not think they are necessarily patently false, but they certainly are, as you said, drenched in hyperbole. I concede because I cannot possibly know how others experience the issue and it would be hypocritical of me to make any absolute statements to that effect. Maybe Abraxas is delusional, and maybe she is not. It would be rude of me to make any claims when my experiences with this are modest at best. I can only say what my opinion is and how I perceive the issue, and unless I have contradictory evidence, which you do, the argument would quickly turn ugly if I didn't let down.

Shit, sorry, I completely missed this.

This is fair enough, a good way to conduct any debate. I should take a lesson from your approach.

To say that there is no inequality is equally extreme, with all due respect.

I hope I didn't give that impression; there is inequality, of course, but I don't think it's an issue unique to women, and I don't think it's a conspiracy. I also think "inequality" is perhaps too strong a word to describe the state of affairs in a Western society like the U.S. or U.K., at least when it comes to gender differences. I'd certainly use it to describe the treatment of homosexuals, transgendered people, ethnic minorities, etc. Discrimination and violence against these people is in friggin' orbit compared to that endured by heterosexuals of either gender.

Like I said to MyRedNeptune, I agree that things need sorting out, but it's nowhere near as severe as feminism makes it seem, and it's not something an extremist-staffed behemoth like feminism should be anywhere near.