Jesus Christ. This is beyond derailed. For what it’s worth, gjm is right, people are either purposefully misrepresenting what I wrote (in which case they are pedantic and juvenile) or they didn’t understand what I meant (in which case, you know, go out and interact with people outside your bubble).
And anyway—the reason I want to measure progress towards closing the gap where women have it worse is so that I can fairly evaluate feminist arguments about Trump in 4 years time. If in 4 years time it turns out that women earn more than men across the board, that >50% of governors are women and that women are CEOs of like 80% of the Fortune 500, you will be able to say “rhetoric aside, it looks like Trump actually helped women”.
Going for “aha! Trump improved men’s lot in these fields where they were disadvantaged” will only increase polarisation. Maybe worth tracking, in the name of truth and science; but again, not what I was going for.
Jesus Christ. This is beyond derailed. For what it’s worth, gjm is right, people are either purposefully misrepresenting what I wrote (in which case they are pedantic and juvenile) or they didn’t understand what I meant (in which case, you know, go out and interact with people outside your bubble).
And anyway—the reason I want to measure progress towards closing the gap where women have it worse is so that I can fairly evaluate feminist arguments about Trump in 4 years time. If in 4 years time it turns out that women earn more than men across the board, that >50% of governors are women and that women are CEOs of like 80% of the Fortune 500, you will be able to say “rhetoric aside, it looks like Trump actually helped women”.
Going for “aha! Trump improved men’s lot in these fields where they were disadvantaged” will only increase polarisation. Maybe worth tracking, in the name of truth and science; but again, not what I was going for.