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SGPL Question of the Week (w/o Nov 3, 2014): An unmarried US President.

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Bobby

The Legend
Tomorrow is Election Day in the United States and though the Presidency isn't on the ballot it got me thinking, will we ever see another unmarried US President?

The answer to this question is obviously yes. It'll eventually happen, some unmarried person will eventually get elected, so I guess a better way of phrasing it would be: Will we see another unmarried US President anytime soon?

I personally don't think we will. There are several factors that lead me to believe that. First of all is the way the American media fetishizes marriage and its non-stop obsession with political spouses. Secondly there's open cultural and institutional discrimination against single people in this country, from distrust of any unattached person over the age of 25 to paying more taxes and higher costs for several forms of insurance, in addition to issues regarding upward mobility at the office. With all that in mind, I just can't see it happening. Not any time soon anyway.

What do you guys think? And if you're not American is this an issue at all in your country?
 
chygry

chygry

Starting XI
I'm not really into politics, in fact i don't read about it at all, unless it's something major. Obama has done his 8 years as a president, correct? As long the guy is not anything like Nixon or Bush i'll be satisified.

In Estonia we've got a normal guy in charge right now, so everybody is happy i guess. Maybe some Russians living here aren't, but fuck them.
 
Juventino

Juventino

Manager
Staff member
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The Netherlands' current Prime Minister Mark Rutte is unmarried and single, or at least he doesn't have a relationship in the public sphere. The media (and people) like the speculate about his sexual orientation, but it's irrelevant for his political career.

Belgium's recent Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo is openly gay. Oh, and an atheist. A gay atheist. What are the odds of that ever happening in the US? Haha.
 
chygry

chygry

Starting XI
Juventino;3754167 said:
Belgium's recent Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo is openly gay. Oh, and an atheist. A gay atheist. What are the odds of that ever happening in the US? Haha.
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Haha! : D I used to live in Belgium and never knew that. Also that name sounds Italian, maybe i'm thinking it because of the "Di" in there. In US? Never. That's why i'm glad i live in Europe, although i'm not someone who thinks being a buftie is normal. Also not that i have something against Americanos, though.
 
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Filipower

Bunburyist
That's your third post.



Oh and Bobby, be glad you have gotten all the way to a black President, don't get greedy now.
 
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Bobby

The Legend
Depending on what you believe, we've had at least one gay President too (Buchanan, who was also a bachelor).
 
Alex

Alex

sKIp_E
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ShiftyPowers;3754653 said:
Maternity leave is the major reason for the miniscule remaining gender pay gap.
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Not just maternity leave, but women making the decision to be the stay at home parent, and putting their career on hold to do it.

My sister did exactly this, and she was in a higher position than her husband. It had nothing to do with who earned more etc, but was simply a matter of her wanting to be the one that stayed at home with the baby.

The other reasons for the remaining pay gap are:
i) Plenty of high earning men have been in their jobs for a very long time - they started their career progression at a time when the workforce certainly wasn't equal. The high earning positions need experience, and there are simply more men with this experience than women.
ii) The jobs that women take. When you find any study on the pay gap, they generally group occupations into categories like "Social Science" etc. They don't go into the details of what these are. The example I saw illustrating this, showed that Sociology and Economics are both considered "Social Science" in these stats. But Economics salaries are MUCH MUCH higher. And surprise surprise, more men do Economics than women. It's never the same job, but always grouped into categories of "similar" jobs, and "similarly qualified" people.


http://time.com/3222543/5-feminist-myths-that-will-not-die/

Written by a female I should add.
 
Mus

Mus

Fan Favourite
Senior management positions are primarily caucasian males, because senior managers hire senior managers and they like to clone themselves or have someone similar in the role
 
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Mandieta6

Red Card - Life
Life Ban
Good article. I didn't know the wage gap thing was such a broad statistic. I thought it had more legitimacy.
 
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