Are you telling me you've never read an article where a scientist attributes daily decisions to DNA? — christian2017
Women more concerned with their mortality then men and evolutionary logical thought would dictate this is due to their dna. — christian2017
That’s why I brought up the dishes. Where do these decisions a woman makes based on DNA begin and end, or are you saying every decision a woman makes is DNA based and always different from one a man would make? — Brett
That’s why I brought up the dishes. Where do these decisions a woman makes based on DNA begin and end, or are you saying every decision a woman makes is DNA based and always different from one a man would make? — Brett
Once again you are being vague. Are you telling me you've never read an article where a scientist attributes daily decisions to DNA? — christian2017
alright, well if you aren't willing to make very short (extremely short) deductions, then we'll just have to agree to disagree. Life is extremely complicated. The notion that DNA effects the people we become atleast to some measure is implicated in all 8 of those articles. I believe gun ownership is a good thing even though i don't own any "real" guns. Women however are better off owning guns then men as shown in the statistics posted above. — christian2017
why wrong? — christian2017
So a gun owner could choose between surrendering his weapons to the authorities, keeping them in defiance of the law (and identifying as a criminal), or unloading them on the black market, perhaps for a tidy profit. One can imagine a flood of weapons in the hands of violent criminals and organised crime syndicates, and a shrinking window of opportunity to get away with activities such as armed robberies before the full force of the new laws came into effect. — Possibility
But I think the point is simply that the claim less legal guns equals less violent crime isn’t a straightforward one to make. — AJJ
As for the argument regarding gender equality, to suggest that feminists should be supporting the right to carry a weapon because it gives women a more ‘equal’ ability to defend themselves that wouldn’t be there without the gun is beyond ridiculous — Possibility
and attempts to direct the focus away from genuine feminist issues - such as the use of broad gender statistics which perpetuate the assumption that women are ‘generally’ less capable than men. — Possibility
As a woman, if I believe I need a gun to feel safe, then there is something fundamentally askew - and it’s NOT with the world - it’s either with how I interact with the world, or how I think the world sees me. — Possibility
Feminist groups already do (or did at the time Hitchens’ book was written) support the right to carry guns. Hitchens gives Armed Females of America as an example. — AJJ
AFA is NOT a feminist group. It is a group of women who support the right to carry guns. There’s a difference. — Possibility
Those who push for gun control are of the same mind-set as Palestinian suicide bombers and the Taliban who kidnap women for rape and sex-slave trade. Both don’t like the possibility of armed citizens, in these cases, especially an armed woman.
Fair enough if they’re not principally a feminist group, but that sounds like an expression of feminism to me. — AJJ
You cannot be serious. — Possibility
AFA is NOT a feminist group. It is a group of women who support the right to carry guns. There’s a difference. — Possibility
As a woman, if I believe I need a gun to feel safe, then there is something fundamentally askew - and it’s NOT with the world - it’s either with how I interact with the world, or how I think the world sees me. — Possibility
The statement identifies gun control as a means of oppression, especially of women, and desires it be resisted. — AJJ
If they have the word ‘female’ in their name then they represent the views or condition of females. Otherwise they’re concerned citizens. Why include female in your name otherwise. — Brett
There’s something about this that just doesn’t add up. Your position seems to be that if you believe you need a gun to feel safe then the problem is with you, that it’s with your perception of the world. As if you’re projecting your subjective fear onto the world at large, which is not as you see it (and you comprehend this), and that it’s really a peaceful loving world and there is no, or little, chance of anyone out there with malicious attitudes ever coming into contact with you. Does it also, then, mean that there is nothing to fear out there but fear itself, that you must convince yourself that your fears are only projections and not real. Where does this begin and end? — Brett
No, if they have the term ‘armed females’ in their name then they represent the views or condition of armed females. — Possibility
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