On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> This seems like an appropriate moment to bring up an important and >> neglected men's issue. In the US, men comprise 93% of workplace deaths. >> > > I do not think this has anything to do with a bias against men. It is a > bias against women working in certain industries. > You have provided the usual feminist opinion and ignored my argument. > The two most dangerous jobs in the U.S. are working on fishing boats, and > working as a nighttime gas station or convenience store cashier. Other > dangerous jobs include things like working in mines, heavy industry, > slaughterhouses, building trades and so on. People I know who have been in > building trades for decades all have scars to show for it, and most of them > have seen people maimed or killed. Women seldom work on fishing boats, or > in heavy industry, mining etc. > > It takes a very strong person to work on a fishing boat. Women on average > are somewhat less strong than men so you would not expect to see as many > women on fishing boats even if there were no bias and even if it were not > awkward for them to be crammed into small boats for weeks. > > > Modern industry is nowhere near as dangerous as it used to be. In the > 1930s, my father was a fireman in the merchant marine, shipping out of New > York to South America. He said there was not one voyage where he did not > see someone at the docks killed or maimed. He himself was maimed after 6 > years, nearly losing his life. His arm was crushed. It kept him out of > combat in WWII, so I guess in a sense it saved his life. The ship he was on > is now at the bottom of the Atlantic, sunk by a German U Boat. He would > have gone down with it. > > Thank you for providing the anecdotal evidence that men actually do suffer. Is women's suffering some how more important? Harry
