And the Survey SAYS...
A few weeks ago we asked you, the Atlas Shrugged community, to fill out an anonymous online survey. Thousands of you responded and, while we will NEVER divulge any personally identifiable information about any of our members, following are some very interesting meta results.
Gulch, here's who we are...
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Sex
29% Female
71% Male
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Age
6% Under 30
26% 30-49
43% 50-65
23% Over 65
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Marital Status
15% Single
4% Cohabitating
66% Married
10% Divorced
2% Widowed
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Political Affiliation
2% Democrat
18% Independent
23% Libertarian
35% Republican
16% Tea Party
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Voted in the 2012 Presidential Election
93% Voted
3% Did not vote
3% Not registered to Vote
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Gulch, here's who we are...
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Sex
29% Female
71% Male
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Age
6% Under 30
26% 30-49
43% 50-65
23% Over 65
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Marital Status
15% Single
4% Cohabitating
66% Married
10% Divorced
2% Widowed
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Political Affiliation
2% Democrat
18% Independent
23% Libertarian
35% Republican
16% Tea Party
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Voted in the 2012 Presidential Election
93% Voted
3% Did not vote
3% Not registered to Vote
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Now, as a test of your true gender-neutrality, what do you think the response would be if a 34-year-old man had sex with a 15-year-old girl...
Can you show that?
The study, if you'll recall, measured the CHANGE in debt after women got the vote. Uniformly, without exception, the debt began to soar. Have you even read the study? (If not, you're arguing from ignorance. No offense.)
as well, Nebraska has one of the lowest debts, but a higher than median % of adult women in the state. Finally, here is an article that falls between us with stats, but importantly, even though the conclusion is women were key in the 2008 election for Oboma, the % registered democrats of females over males is only slight-not large.
http://usliberals.about.com/od/Election2......
The internet is somewhat of an antidote.
So yes, men have deferred - and all it's gotten them is more abuse.
According to the book I just finished reading ("Men on Strike") the younger generation of men sees the abuse suffered by the older generations - both personal and legal - and is opting out of relationships (specifically marriage) with women, preferring instead to "hook up" without commitment.
And yes, there are men who surrender their masculinity to get laid. The author refers to them as "Uncle Tims".
In the study to which I refer (Lott), the governmental debt trended sharply upwards within just a few years of women getting the vote. Unless you have some evidence that the 48 states covered, and the Feral Government, all enacted similarly deleterious pension plans within 5 years of women getting the vote (something that happened over a period of 50 years), the argument that pensions are the proximate cause of budgetary imbalance isn't credible.
The folks from FAIR probably won't help, unless you are a converted Nibleyite and just know who to ask.
Once women got the vote, EVERY STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT began to have soaring debt. This didn't happen all at the same time, mind you. Women got the vote over a period of 50 years. But following their voting, in any of the states (first 48 covered by the study) and the Feral Government, the governments plunged into debt and have never recovered.
Also, say what you will of Mormons, they're a lot closer to Gulchers than any other religion I can think of off hand. Name another religion that extolls the virtues of having a TWO YEAR supply of food on hand... and firearms.
In many regards, due to religious persecution, the Mormon's have formed their own "gulches". I believe there's still one near the California-Nevada border that has plural marriage.
Or, as another example, take the FLDS compound in Texas that was raided a few years back. They were almost entirely self-sufficient and independent - yet Leviathan saw fit to intrude. Still, I don't envision many of those women voting against the wishes of their husbands.
Most political prisoners want to tell their side of the story...that can be their only victory.
I never questioned your spelling (don't know if you got it right, or wrong), but asked for the details.
Again: 'what did mayor dailey the 1st do?'
It didn't alter my scenario, but it did redefine relationships for following generations. That can not be argued against.
I'll talk to one of my friends in the History department and see if he has any suggestions.
Or would that be the Religion Dept?
Most historians are so focused on religious topics that this political stuff is of little interest. And if they WERE interested, the political ramifications could be devastating.
The LDS Church has "moved on," and closed those chapters in history. Even the last President (Gordon B. Hinckley), who did a lot of interesting stuff with Church History, did not like to open some of the "old wounds."
Keep in mind that many of the families with the information we are talking about were the polygamous wives and children of men who were put in prison for having the "sin" of having more than one wife -- long before the SCOTUS declared it illegal. They felt in a very real way the privations of what the US government is fully willing and capable of doing.
They do not like to talk about this -- and I do not blame them.
But I'll make a few calls to see what I can find.
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