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In reply to the discussion: Are men really all that necessary in the future? [View all]demmiblue
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Not really. I guess you could say that food and water are necessary for survival,
LuvNewcastle
Oct 2013
#27
if you want to make the point that frozen sperm and gay marriage are going to eliminate men,
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#19
"if you want to make the point that frozen sperm and gay marriage are going to eliminate men"
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2013
#107
I cannot subscribe to any philosophy that doesn't inherently value everyone
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2013
#114
I'm giving the OP exactly the amount of serious thoughtful consideration
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#136
"In all universe, there is no food as well-marbled as the American human!" -Kang
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#36
Are you necessary? I mean, if you're going to discuss whether other people
LuvNewcastle
Oct 2013
#74
The video sounded like a time-sharing sales job. I didn't listen to much of it.
randome
Oct 2013
#83
Thank you and here is an article from the Atlantic that points the same direction.
Emelina
Oct 2013
#68
This is ridiculous, remove this post please, it doesn't belong on DU. You know,
LiberalLoner
Oct 2013
#71
They'll put us on sprem farms, and keep us as pets or to carry heavy stuff and kill spiders.
JoePhilly
Oct 2013
#76
There will always be spiders in bathtubs. Circuit-breakers tripping. Toilets to be plunged.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2013
#87
"I am the queen bee. You are the worker bee. Your job is to feed me, do me, and die."
Buns_of_Fire
Oct 2013
#97
I don't know if men will be "necessary", but I sure do like them a lot and enjoy having them around!
meti57b
Oct 2013
#103
From a natural selection/evolution standpoint, I would say so. Natural conception would have
Erose999
Oct 2013
#125
Plus, it will always be cheaper (and easier!(and more fun!)) to reproduce the old-fashioned way.
arcane1
Oct 2013
#214
There are men who complain that women have encroached on men's earning power
BainsBane
Oct 2013
#169
I love how you think the gender of the vast majority of CEOs, board members and politicians doesn't
bettyellen
Oct 2013
#191
No, there are plenty of suitable female candidates out there, but there's still a hard glass ceiling
bettyellen
Oct 2013
#206
Discrimination is so diffuse that it's almost impossible to identify...
Gravitycollapse
Oct 2013
#207
So you link to a page showing that women overall still make 9% less. And that proves what?
Gravitycollapse
Oct 2013
#212
Isn't it amazing, men do 33% better better and they think that stat means women are beating them....
bettyellen
Oct 2013
#215
Better than what it was...Yes more women are increasingly becoming the breadwinners
fitman
Oct 2013
#159
And while we're asking questions: Is the future really all that necessary? I mean, think about it:
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#200
You can never reverse the role of oppressor and oppressed and call it the same.
Gravitycollapse
Oct 2013
#217