@georgeob1,
Quote:However we have clearly reached a point at which the adverse side effects exceed any beneficial ones in all this stuff.
No, we haven't
clearly reached a point. If anything, this stuff is still at the least debatable.
Clearly there are still groups that need protections because clearly the law isn't applied equally to them. We need only look at racial incarceration rates to understand this.
There is also hypocrisy for this position. There are folks who hold your belief, but then support women's fund raisers because they are 'clearly' in need of protection? Yes, women are indeed singled out because of what they are and abused for it. Do they need extra help over folks not so singled out? And who gets to be singled out for help? What do the statistics show? What does your own experience tell you? I can tell you by experience that many women I've known have been singled out for abuse as well as many minorities. I can also tell you that I'm aware of my own prejudices (because I live in a society that feeds them), but care and so try to fight them. I don't need to imagine what others that don't share that level of concern are like..