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In reply to the discussion: Prejudice against whites is not the same as prejudice against blacks [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Reconcile these facts.
1) women live 5 years longer than men.
2) 35% more is spent on women's health care than men's.
3) By outlawing gender as a rating criteria, HCR shifts this extra cost onto men.
That's the social and legislative backdrop, it reflects society's dominant values and has been adopted as law.
Congressional Republicans tried to play the christian culture card against HCR and failed miserably, significantly harming their chances in the next election.
Rush Limbaugh called her a name and has subsequently lost most of his advertisers.
You're right about one thing; predjudice against men is absolutely not the same as predjudice against women.
By all means shove their words back down Republicans throats, but the fact that we can do this shows the degree to which theirs is not a dominant belief.
You won't get any argument from me regarding the disadvantage resulting from being a minority (racial or otherwise), but you will get an argument from me extrapolating this to the "oppression" faced by the majority.