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In reply to the discussion: Obama: ‘Congress Would Get More Done If There Were More Women’ [View all]mathematic
(1,434 posts)We were talking about personal wealth and stock ownership and you said you did not believe it was possible for woman to have more than men. Not simply that you didn't believe it but that you didn't even believe it was possible!
And while neither you nor I were talking about cars you did manage to communicate your faith in old fashioned stereotypes real well. You've already decided to reject the statistics without even seeing how they were figured. Stephen Colbert coined a word for this sort of thing: truthiness.
Why is it so unbelievable that women could make most purchasing (including big ticket items) decisions? Why is it so unbelievable that most personal wealth and stocks are owned by women? We don't live in 13th century france, or the 1960s, or even 1990! It's 2012 and things HAVE changed.
Aren't you at the very least concerned that a thing you believe to be impossible may actually be true? I know something like that would ruin my week.