I really don't understand people like steveo and use2betrix. Do they really think that women get a fair shake in our society? I mean, that's the main issue, isn't it? Is it harder to make it as a woman than it is as a man.
Who knows, maybe for their next argument they can explain to us all how minorities don't have any social barriers either, and just can't succeed because they are lazy.
That was sarcasm in case it wasn't clear.
Yes I do think that the vast majority of women and minorities get a fair go in society. It's not harder to make it as a woman or a minority than as a white male. I am married to an Asian woman and I work with women and minorities as a matter of course.
I don't see any discrimination at all in the work place.
I should add that the other big part of my life is going to the gym. We seem to accept all different minorities and women at the gym. I'm a small middle aged guy and it's harder for me to succeed than big younger men but I don't go and cry about discrimination.
I have heaps and heaps of friends who are women and minorities and they have never complained to me about racism/discrimination in a serious fashion. I went out to a Christmas picnic yesterday and there was a joke that I was the token white male. One guy at work calls me racist really loudly at times but it's a joke. He has the same job as me and is younger than me so he certainly hasn't been discriminated against. He is also paid more than me.
As for minorities not succeeding because they are lazy you clearly don't know the people that I know who come from minority backgrounds. They work harder than me (I'm lazy) and do very very well.
I'd be very careful when it comes to assuming that I am somehow racist at all. My wife is Filipino and my kids are pretty clearly 1/2 Filipino. I have heaps of friends who have emigrated to my country and are minorities.
I'd add the minority label is even getting a little old where I live. I don't live in an area or work in an environment dominated by white males. I'm a white male, my wife is Filipino and the kids are mixed. My next door neighbours are Indian on one side and Korean on the other.
Yes some people get it easier than others but it's really about being bought up in privileged environments. You can't change that easily though. Do you stop allowing rich people to give their kids easy jobs ? Do you stop all forms of inheritance ?