That was my first reaction, but the OP is from Oman, where women actually have real problems with sexism.

It's not Islamophobic. Islam by it's very definition is fundamentally against women's rights. Sharia law discriminates against women and gay people in a way that contravenes all human rights legislation. OP keep being yourself. It is people like you who will make a difference in the future

Because getting lower pay, rape, higher prevalence eating disorders, higher rates of attempted suicide, and few positions of power aren't problems at all.

I did not read a word of that.

@138 Ya you're probably the biggest idiot on this site. So how about you take your blond little butt and go tan or something and leave comments to people who have intelligent opinions.

The GOP has a profound tendency to oppose many of the core issues that Feminists fight for. Abortion is the right to choose. Gitmo is a hell hole that should have been shut down about 50 years ago. The "terrorists" we're supporting are wrongly accused people that might just turn into terrorists because of how we've treated them. I don't care if you're a "great boyfriend", you're still a pig (no offense to pigs). Europeans stole most of their inventions (or slightly modified them) from other civilizations. Guns needed Chinese gun powder. Pasta is a deviation of Chinese noodles. Cuisine and Architecture are derived from Southwest Asia and Northern Africa (Middle East and Egypt for the geographically challenged). Oh, and here's the show stopper you Aryan git: The vast majority of white people and Europeans, or Caucasians to bundle them up, descended from the people of the CAUCUS MOUNTAINS, a Middle Eastern mountain range. So, before you start getting uppity about your European heritage, remember that the Mediterraneans killed off most of the original and EXTREMELY primitive Europeans and that you are a descendant of the same region the OP is from. Now turn off your computer and stay the hell off this site until you've read a history book or two, you uneducated, self-righteous dipshit. To everyone else, I apologize for this exceedingly long rant. It won't happen again. I just knew there was no way in hell he would ever figure this out on his own. PS If you don't like the government or Socialism (police, fire, medicine, education, etc.), you're welcome to piss off and live in a Communist nation like North Korea or set up your own "perfect society" on a .5 sq/mi Polynesian island. ok, I'm done now. Really. (Sorry!)

One last thing, whites are the minority of the world. About a fifth of the world is Chinese. Another good chunk is African or Indian. Also, the three biggest religions in the World are Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism. Christianity is lurking somewhere around number 4 or 5. So yes, the chances are that you are a minority in several respects. Oh by the way, the last gender ratio estimate was about 51.035% female to 48.952% male. (the discrepancy is due to unidentified hermaphrodites or non-genders)

You are taking everything way too literally. While whites are technically a minority throughout the world, in pretty much every 1st world nation they make up a good percentage of the population. Maybe whites didn't invent everything they have been given credit for, but the truth is they have been largely dominant throughout history, and that is why they are able to steal other cultures ideas and inventions. But to just list a few things that are commonly thought to be invented by Europeans and say they were actually invented by Eastern countries is misleading. There are many things that Europeans invented or improved on, but based on the fact you are a so-called history buff I think you know what I am talking about.

# 138, can you please back up your info with some links or something? because try as i might, i cannot find those quotes on Canada's health care. Please, if you're going to bring politics into FML, at least back your statements up with some real facts. oh, and it seems to me you're saying that it's okay for woment o have opinions as long as they are the same as yours...

I am speechless. You are an imbecile. How do you know universal healthcare doesn't make people happy if you live in the US? I AM British and although our NHS is nowhere near perfect I am pretty damn happy that I am entitled to free healthcare. If I don't like it, I can go private! However, you seem to suggest that the rich can still buy the treatment they need ahead of others, and yes, they can through the private sector. However, if you are seriously ill and taken to the emergency room or in an ambulance, you can't go private. Until your situation is no longer critical you won't be transferred. And you're using statistics badly, it IS true that there are thousands of people on waiting lists but its not like those are all for life-threatening conditions. People who need ingrowing toenails sorted are on those lists until they are treated. The NHS was founded on the idea that medical treament be based on clinical need, not ability to pay. The problem with the National Health Service is not that it is underfunded, it's that it is inefficient and badly managed. Gordon Brown, while he was Blair's Chancellor, effectively doubled NHS spending, while productivity is down 4%. The problem is Gordon Brown's solution to everything, which is throwing money at the problem and not expecting improved results. The best thing about having government-managed healthcare? We can vote out people who are managing it badly! Gordon Brown's incompetence will soon be gone. If Labour gets voted in again at the next general election, I will eat an X-ray machine. Anyone who attempted to make the NHS funded by the British public in any way other than the tax we already pay would be committing political suicide. The idea of paying for health insurance is alien to most British people. We complain about it, and it really needs some fixing, but the British are very proud of their NHS.