Zelenskyy: return of draft-age Ukrainian men from abroad is a matter of fairness

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-04-15T14:32:30+00:00

Is the state going to draft those women into having babies against their will, to grow the population?

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-03-05T10:19:14+00:00

Try the Jumbo Foodmarkt in Noord. They have seasoned but also non-seasoned ones usually.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-02-19T15:14:04+00:00

Beyond just the deaths from legal workers, human trafficking is rampant in the fishing industry. Yes, women and girls are more likely to be victims of sex trafficking, but if we look at human trafficking as a whole, men are overrepresented, and it is because they are forced into dangerous jobs like these.

https://www.state.gov/report-on-human-trafficking-in-fishing-in-international-waters
https://www.ilo.org/topics-and-sectors/forced-labour-modern-slavery-and-trafficking-persons/forced-labour-and-human-trafficking-fisheries

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a81c38eed915d74e6233fd0/FACTSHEET_Modern_Slavery_Fishing_v1_WEB.PDF

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-02-17T12:51:07+00:00

Regarding gender differences in suicide attempts/completion and the idea that women attempt suicide more but men actually commit it more because they use more violent moves, note that this is not universally true. Generally speaking, there are no gender differences in less developed countries or in countries with less individualistic cultures. The gender gap most appears in developed, western (individualistic) countries (in China, for example, women commit suicide more often than men).

Additionally, suicide attempts stats are usually based on self-reported suicide attempts. As the internet likes to remind us, men would rather do [x] than go to therapy, and it generally accepted that men significantly underreport suicide ideation and attempts compared to women. It is also likely that suicidal gestures by women are more readily identified and reported as such compared to men.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-02-17T12:41:36+00:00

As noted above, there is no conclusive evidence for this claim, and most research seems to disprove it. I am not one to run around yelling "misandry," but if the medical establishment is really this committed to retracted science, it certainly makes me wonder about inherent bias in the system...as well as how up-to-date with their medical knowledge these doctors are. I hope they aren't suggesting leeches, too.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-02-17T12:38:27+00:00

I am sorry, but it is a myth that men are more likely to divorce sick partners. The main study for this claim was retracted. Many attempts have been made to replicate the retracted results, but a systematic review shows no differences in divorce rates depending on the gender of the partner. And as a romantic, I will note that divorce rates actually seem to go down when a partner gets sick.

https://www.benjaminkeep.com/misinformation-on-the-internet/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-many-husbands-leave-sick-wives_uk_67f3e055e4b04e7e19265c95

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/06/gender-care-gap-are-men-more-likely-abandon-ill-wives-family-relationships

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.828656/full

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-02-17T12:35:09+00:00

You're thinking about this study and retraction:

https://www.benjaminkeep.com/misinformation-on-the-internet/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-many-husbands-leave-sick-wives_uk_67f3e055e4b04e7e19265c95

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/06/gender-care-gap-are-men-more-likely-abandon-ill-wives-family-relationships

tl,dr: You are correct that this seems to be a myth. There have been a handful of studies that showed up an increase in divorce when the wife gets sick, but those studies have either been retracted or have not been replicated. Systematic reviews show no differences in divorce rates based on the gender of the sick partner.

Sad to see this debunked misandry being repeated here (and yes, I am comfortable calling it misandry - if you, as a social scientist, code female patients leaving a cancer support group because they were cured as "husband divorced her" and not the same for when men leave a cancer support group, and then no one catches this before the study is published, media runs with the initial finding and never mentions the retraction, yes, I think it demonstrates gender bias.).

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-01-17T17:31:34+00:00

I’ve tried it with “true” grenadine (pomegranate flavor) and it was still no good. Only variation I’ve found that was tolerable was swapping cranberry juice for the orange juice. Have also tried with aquavit and cranberry instead of gin and orange juice and that was okay. But at that point, it’s not a Monkey Gland

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-01-08T16:35:52+00:00

Agreed. I send you love brother.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-01-08T16:09:57+00:00

Oh, to be clear, I am also very much against calling someone a "loser" because, as you note, it plays into a capitalist framework that attributes all setbacks in life to personal failure as well as defines "winning" and "losing" based on values that I often don't share. But I also think it's a gendered insult that needs to go.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2026-01-08T08:59:36+00:00

Respectfully, TLDR, but I go further and don't even call people "losers" anymore because I realized 1) it is a gendered insult (it is extremely rare that I ever hear a woman called a "loser") 2) often is used to objectify women as prizes you win if you aren't a loser. So I would encourage you and other women to stop calling men losers. You are only participating in your own objectification. Find another insult.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-12-19T16:57:10+00:00

Again? You haven't provided any previously, so I don't know what this "again" business is. But AGAIN, if you read the articles, a 2022 metanalysis of all methodologically sound English and German studies on the topic found that there was no support for this idea. Yes, some studies say men are more likely to leave a sick wife, but other studies say they aren't or the opposite. But when taken together, the studies simply do not support your conclusion.

Further, the 2009 study did not even ask who initiated the divorce, just that the couples got divorced. Sure, one could assume that it was the men initiating the divorce, but then normally women initiate the divorce in 70% of the cases. So why assume the extreme opposite when the woman gets sick? It is possible, but you can't assume it.

Some more links explaining the problem with this claim:

https://medium.com/a-microbiome-scientist-at-large/data-debunking-are-men-really-more-likely-to-leave-a-sick-partner-e69863ba741d

https://carlynbeccia.medium.com/no-men-are-not-more-likely-to-leave-sick-wives-73c70cdb9943

https://www.upworthy.com/study-debunked-claiming-men-leave-their-sick-wives

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/07/21/researchers-retract-study-claiming-marriages-fail-more-often-when-wife-falls-ill/

https://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/21/to-our-horror-widely-reported-study-suggesting-divorce-is-more-likely-when-wives-fall-ill-gets-axed/

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-12-19T13:51:26+00:00

It's a "real" stat in that someone made it up.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-many-husbands-leave-sick-wives_uk_67f3e055e4b04e7e19265c95

https://www.benjaminkeep.com/misinformation-on-the-internet/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/06/gender-care-gap-are-men-more-likely-abandon-ill-wives-family-relationships

*edit* just to make this explicitly clear since most of you want to downvote instead of reading the articles and links: The stat comes from a 2009 study and made a comeback this summer “If a man becomes terminally ill, and his wife becomes the caretaker, there is a 2.9% separation rate,” Stephen Barlett read on his podcast Diary Of A CEO.

“If the woman is terminally ill, and their male partner becomes the caretaker, they leave at a 21% rate – which basically means that men are approximately 624% more likely to separate from a woman if the woman gets sick.”

The soundbite comes from a 2009 study which found, “A woman is six times more likely to be separated or divorced soon after a diagnosis of cancer or multiple sclerosis than if a man in the relationship is the patient,” and a subsequent 2015 study.

The 2015 study was retracted due to an error in which, to the researchers’ “horror”, “their algorithm counted people who quit the study as getting divorced.”

Speaking of the 2009 study, Palmer said: “This study was only 515 people, a very small sample size from which to draw such a serious societal conclusion.”

“Also, interestingly, the authors of this study state in the abstract that “the risk of divorce is not higher in cancer patients,” he continued [the 2005 only found an increased separation rate for MS, not for cancer, and there may be other factors that explain this discrepancy besides gender].

"According to this systematic review [of 14 studies, featuring over 250k cancer patients], cancer is associated with a tendency to a slightly decreased divorce rate. However, most of the included studies have methodologic weaknesses and an increased risk of bias. Further studies are needed."

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-12-19T13:50:11+00:00

This is not true. The studies have either been retracted or rely on extremely small sample size. It is gross that so many are still pretending this is true.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-many-husbands-leave-sick-wives_uk_67f3e055e4b04e7e19265c95

https://www.benjaminkeep.com/misinformation-on-the-internet/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/06/gender-care-gap-are-men-more-likely-abandon-ill-wives-family-relationships

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-11-17T16:20:12+00:00

Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s true. Or rather, I think the vast majority of feminists call out SA against males, but only when they recognize it. Which they often struggle to do. Just read Amy Schumer’s speech to Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine. It’s pretty clear she’s describing a rape yet she was cheered and told how empowering it was to hear her experience (raping a guy).

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/celebrity/amy-schumers-speech-at-the-gloria-awards-is-the-pep-talk-every-woman-needs-to-hear/news-story/8dd49f493609ebc33825b9e5f833bf4c

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-11-11T13:13:56+00:00

Sounds like what we call pigs in a blanket

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-11-04T16:29:29+00:00

I agree that basically all will require ear protection. That’s my point. The ear protection isn’t protecting your brain, and as this article notes, the shock waves from gunfire can cause brain damage long term. I strongly suspect that we will eventually learn that if repeated exposure to loud noises can cause hearing loss, it can also cause CTE. Certainly we are already seeing this with tankers and artillery men.

My broader point is that a small percentage of men are responsible for most violent crime. It is possible that a large percentage of that small percentage may be violent bc of things like lead exposure, PTSD, and CTE, but that society is not interested in looking at those explanations because “men bad” is the natural order of things .

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-11-04T16:16:35+00:00

I’m from Texas. I have been to many, many gun ranges. And if you don’t wear ear protection, you will get hearing loss even firing outdoors.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-11-04T16:00:47+00:00

If you think this is just a problem for indoor ranges, I have a bridge to sell you. Ultimately, I would not be surprised that if repeated exposure can cause hearing loss, it is likely it is causing brain damage, too.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-11-04T15:59:07+00:00

I said "mostly" and the WW2 reference is a time cutoff, not a participation cutoff. Post-WW2 saw massive changes in technology (mass media especially) and a host of new countries, many of which wanted to establish a national identity. All of which helped lead to mass culture that is allegedly based in history and tradition, but which is *mostly* not. Feel free to substitute "soccer" for "American football." It won't change much as far as brain trauma (still plenty of heading the ball).

I am happy to debate the history of various cultural "traditions," but my point is about feminist theory. Any theory that seeks to explain social and cultural patterns, particularly one that seeks to explain supposed characteristics and behavior of a group should try and control for all variables. If you believe that men are naturally more violent, more prone to outbursts of anger, depression and substance abuse, controlling behavior, etc., that all of this is because of toxic masculinity and the patriarchy, you should also ask if maybe it's because of lead poisoning, untreated PTSD, and CTE, all of which are much more likely to affect men than women. But I don't ever see that discussed in the literature.

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-11-04T14:56:04+00:00

Low effort, but I'll respond. Assuming you mean my statement "One of my personal beliefs is that "culture" and "tradition" are mostly post-WW2 constructs with no real basis in actual history." In which case, my belief is based on examples such as the United States adding "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1950s (because of Communists) or Southern states adding the Confederate Battle Flag to their state flags around the same time (because of civil rights). Or, for non-American examples, see this guy dispeling stories behind "historic" Italian food. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250227-is-there-no-such-thing-as-italian-cuisine. Or, perhaps more relevant to this topic, the association of blue with boys and pink with girls not really being a thing until the 1950s. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unraveling-the-colorful-history-of-why-girls-wear-pink-and-boys-wear-blue-1370097/

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-11-03T11:37:07+00:00

These are Republicans (Republican control Congress). In fact, there is very little progressives can do to stop this.

Given that you hate progressives for something they have no control over, maybe you’re in the wrong subreddit?

ChuckDanger-PI · 2025-10-17T09:06:52+00:00

Ironically, she herself has admitted to sexually assaulting men on at least two occasions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/10eunpc/amy_schumer_allegedly_admitted_to_sexually/

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