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In reply to the discussion: Misogyny should not be tolerated on DU [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)I said that before ACA was passed that insurance companies would charge women more in premiums because statistically women would file health insurance claims more than men. Women would use the system more. That's backed up with statistics. Women go to the doctor more than men.
My problem with that issue is NOT that health insurance should be equal on gender...but that we claim its discrimination in one type of insurance but not in another.
As for pay discrepancy...I have not said a discrepancy didn't exist. I've argued that the gap is not as big as feminist groups say it is. Feminists say women make 77% that a man makes. From my research it's more like 88-93% when you take into account hours worked and career and family choices among women. I also posted a study that showed that the pay gap vanishes when you look at just single women under 30 who don't have children.
As far as men getting beat up more than women. I've never made that claim. I don't know what you're talking about. I have posted statistics that men are the victims in 40% of domestic violence. And that number is from the CDC.
As for posting on feminist issues....you dont talk about anything else but rape and sex! 80% of topics on women's issues is rape culture this or rape culture that, or attack pornography. There are a few topics here and there on reproductive rights or pay gap issues. But everything else is obsession with rape culture. Do you REALLY believe anyone on DU actually supports rape?
Example... I posted an article on here maybe a month ago or so that talked about how only 15% of movies today have a female protagonist as the central character and how women are underrepresented among Hollywood writers and directors. I got some recs on that post, but how many replies? ZERO!!!! But post a topic about rape and it will get 200 replies by the end of the night.