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<blockquote data-quote="Frankenstein Underworld" data-source="post: 443517" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>I appreciate you saying that. Some people tend to have a more myopic view, despite claiming to value both genders equally.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't deny that it's happened, and it certainly shouldn't. There's always progress to be made, but I believe <em>providing</em> equal opportunities is more important than demanding a balanced workforce. The right person for the job should always be the one to get it. If people aren't being hired or are being passed over for promotion because of their gender, that's obviously a problem. But I would like to think that's less common now. Some employers are unscrupulous and discriminatory, but at least there are ways to challenge it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't disagree with that. I've always supported better access to mental health services. The amount of troubled people we've had in the US for decades is staggering. Of course, I don't know which representatives are actually willing to do something about it. Republicans certainly aren't, and establishment Dems are constantly undermining the "socialists" who actually want to ensure that everybody has access to vital healthcare services. Most politicians just want to pass the buck, and people end up suffering for it.</p><p></p><p>That said, I've noticed that homicidal mothers generally tend to illicit a more sober response about their mental health than a homicidal husband (or school shooter). I know full well that mental health issues are real, but we can't treat them or undo the crimes of the people suffering with these issues retroactively. Perhaps they belong in an institution more than a jail, but either way, they certainly don't belong in society once they've crossed that line. I feel that way regardless of whether the criminal is a man or a woman.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankenstein Underworld, post: 443517, member: 35"] I appreciate you saying that. Some people tend to have a more myopic view, despite claiming to value both genders equally. I don't deny that it's happened, and it certainly shouldn't. There's always progress to be made, but I believe [I]providing[/I] equal opportunities is more important than demanding a balanced workforce. The right person for the job should always be the one to get it. If people aren't being hired or are being passed over for promotion because of their gender, that's obviously a problem. But I would like to think that's less common now. Some employers are unscrupulous and discriminatory, but at least there are ways to challenge it. I don't disagree with that. I've always supported better access to mental health services. The amount of troubled people we've had in the US for decades is staggering. Of course, I don't know which representatives are actually willing to do something about it. Republicans certainly aren't, and establishment Dems are constantly undermining the "socialists" who actually want to ensure that everybody has access to vital healthcare services. Most politicians just want to pass the buck, and people end up suffering for it. That said, I've noticed that homicidal mothers generally tend to illicit a more sober response about their mental health than a homicidal husband (or school shooter). I know full well that mental health issues are real, but we can't treat them or undo the crimes of the people suffering with these issues retroactively. Perhaps they belong in an institution more than a jail, but either way, they certainly don't belong in society once they've crossed that line. I feel that way regardless of whether the criminal is a man or a woman. [/QUOTE]
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