If feminists get equal pay laws in America, does that mean guys don't have to pay for everything on a date?

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Posted by ForEsme May 7th, 2012 at 4:15PM

The two aren't directly related, but I don't think guys should pay for everything on dates. It creates a situation of indebtedness for the woman to the man, where feminism is all about getting rid of power discrepancies.

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Reply by SocietalAnger May 7th, 2012 at 4:19PM

So would you its unfair to make women a priority over men in emergencies like hostage situations sinking ships?
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Reply by ForEsme May 7th, 2012 at 4:23PM

Not that that situation arises that frequently anymore, but it is unfair. The reasoning behind it was that women should be with their children (women and children first), and in the panic of a sinking ship, it would be hard to arrange for whole families: men, women, and children, to be escorted off wholly together.
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Posted by luckylassie May 7th, 2012 at 4:08PM

with more money should come more responsibility.

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Posted by thomasedwin Jul 5th, 2012 at 5:24PM

I think it's a bunch of bullshit, Every place I ever worked at payed the women there exactly the same or leaned towards paying the women more than the men and The men allways do more actual phisical work than the women anyhow just because they are stronger. Not to mention the fact many wimen get payed more in a job setting and get raises more frequently then men because the boss is a guy and they use the promise of or the implied possabilty of sexual favor to the boss for more pay where the male workers have no such advantage, If you think it doesn't happen you either don't want to admit it or you have your eyes closed to it. I even worked at a place where it was a rule or policy that the women were not aloud to pick up or move anything that weighted more than 20 pounds where most everything in the shop weighted 50 to 100 pounds but they got paid the same or more then the men. They even had a list of items that were weighted on a scale to say the women were not to handle them. I think If you do the same exact job you should be paid the exact same money as the other person but it just doesn't work that way. 99.9 % of heavy work is done by men where the women get paid the same or more than the men in the exact same job setting so how is that fare???????????

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Reply by thomasedwin Jul 5th, 2012 at 6:06PM

Since the begining of civilization It is and has been implied that the man is to be the provider for the woman and children in all things social, not only that but men have been trained to feel insalted or belittled when a woman pays for any social interaction. I was raised old fasioned and I feel a guy is suposed to pay for everything on a date and he is to be the main provider for his spouse and family but that was when men were making the majority of income in the work force, now women make the same if not more than most men but women are taking advantage of this. If a guy treats a woman as an equal in all aspects of financial things right away the woman calls him a cheepscate or in some way insalts his manhood because he treats her as equal to him. On the other side of the same coin If a guy is exspected to pay for everything how about if he exspects to get serviced after the date and if the woman doesn't want to give it up she shouldn't go out with the guy in the first place. It's a doubble standard and the guy allways ends up paying and then gets called an ******* no mater what.
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Posted by LordR1160 May 8th, 2012 at 1:19PM

Men paying all the time is just a sexist holdover...now back in the '70's when I was in college, we either went Dutch (Sorry to all Dutch Americans out there) or alternated paying. Be honest...have you ever been forced to pay for a meal when you didn't want to?

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Reply by thequeenofeverything Nov 14th, 2012 at 4:19PM

what does "going Dutch" mean?
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Reply by LordR1160 Nov 15th, 2012 at 1:23AM

where you each pay your own tab
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Posted by GnatFree May 7th, 2012 at 9:13PM

I would expect them to pay 50/50. I only pay for my date's dinner the first time and when I'm feeling generous.

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Posted by Ketsan May 7th, 2012 at 6:47PM

Equal pay laws have been in effect for decades.

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Reply by GnatFree May 7th, 2012 at 9:12PM

Doesn't mean everyone follows them.
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Reply by Ketsan May 8th, 2012 at 7:20AM

They do actually. This whole pay gap thing got shot down over a decade ago; all things being equal women get paid more.
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Posted by maninconn May 7th, 2012 at 4:37PM

Changing a law for fairness is one thing, changing a tradition is another.

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Reply by SocietalAnger May 7th, 2012 at 4:45PM

I'm not saying pass a law to force people to go dutch, Im just saying if we make equal pay and I refuse to pay for her ****, that society don't look down on me. Traditions can be wrong just like laws can.
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Reply by maninconn May 7th, 2012 at 4:49PM

I see it as an apple orange issue. You legislate fairness in public, including the workplace. You don't legislate courtship. You can certainly offer a date "dutch" and that would certainly get each of you a clear picture of what the other is about. But remember when dating, you are compared with every other date. If you stand on equal pay means going dutch, and get a rep as cheap, hmmm. Now once you have an established relationship, she can be expected to contribute. Most of my serious squeezes did.
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Posted by pixelbest May 7th, 2012 at 4:16PM

Do people still do that, not dated in ages. Why not take it in turns.

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Posted by dejaentendu90 May 7th, 2012 at 4:13PM

Paying for dinner/a date is just a nice thing to do for someone and typically if you are the one who invited someone you should at least offer. Whether you are a man or woman, no matter if you are romantically interested or not.

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Posted by Allmen May 7th, 2012 at 4:08PM

hahaha wouldn't that be nice ....we pay for every thing

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Posted by madasalizard May 7th, 2012 at 4:08PM

I think all this feminism bollocks has back fired on them to be honest.

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