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Markker's avatar

War- what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. :-(

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

And it's called a patriarchy; that men are advantaged.

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Stegiel's avatar

One more big lie. Some men are advantaged by gender from the material world view. Likely not many. Toil takes it's toll even on rising upper middle class whose small amount of inheritance enabled debt accumulation and self sacrifice for the coin of the realm and the pursuit of happiness.

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Richard Seager's avatar

I doubt Cairn said that other than somewhat sarcastically.

And who knows who's right up the top of the heirarchy, could be 12 women.

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Stegiel's avatar

Did give thought to apex of pyramid. Transgender. Go either way in a pinch, pitching or catching.

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

Lots of men slaving away here in UAE, almost as many money transfer shops as there are pharmacies.

Rough old buses crammed with male workers after 6pm, heading to somewhere where they are not visible.

The men in the white gowns are not on the streets nor in the metro nor in the food court.

I saw a lot last night in the Dubai Mall in the the "Armani Caffe".

These white gowns surely are a class signifier, where all the natives can look like sheikhs.

Our Omani guide said that only Omani are permitted to wear the dishdasha, although some leeway given to tourists.

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