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you make an interesting point and clearly not everything about the modern situation for women (or men for that matter) is a clear gain over the past. However taken as a whole you have to ask whether or not the life of an average woman is better due to additional education, legal and voting rights...

I would say it probably is, i don't think increased suicide rates or depression rates are high enough to actually effect the average experience. though that is obviously just an opinion and could do with some data



I think that additional education, legal and voting rights, and all of the other benefits of modern society are a net good for women. That said, I think that society's support systems for women are still playing catch-up.

In general, young people need some form of emotional support and mentoring as they grow up. Young men and women need to be protected from the emotional and sexual depredations of other men and women. I'm not saying to lock them away in single-sex institutions, but there is an actual function performed by the over-protective father and mother in traditional society. Truth and decency should be the order of the day. There is room for that and freedom. In fact, I would say that without truth and decency, one only has a false freedom.




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