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josepi  ·  3121 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New Data Gives Clearer Picture of Student Debt

Should be noted that

1. Sallie Mae is entirely private now.

2. USA doesn't back private student loan debt (e.g. Sallie Mae loans).

3. DOE doesn't buy private loans. They just buy the servicing of public loans.

4. ECASLA shit is just old. It doesn't affect new loans since, like 2010.

System is goofy but not anywhere near as goofy as the infographic suggests. And it's really only goofy in the same way mortgages are: people decided they need college educations, so the government had to create a ton of regulation to get people that shit!

josepi  ·  3167 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Men Kill Women in the U.S. So Often that It’s Usually Not Even Newsworthy

Right. Just about every violent crime (can't think of one where this isn't true) is more likely to be committed by men, and to men, than women, including rape. A growing disparity between genders in education exists. Something like 40 percent of domestic abuse cases had male victims in the UK according to a study a few years ago - it's probably similar or more than that in the USA. The vast majority of workplace deaths are men. Significantly more men are homeless and commit suicide than women. Now, these are just a few facts. This can be separate from things less quantifiable, like issues with the male gender role, court-related problems, and so on.

I'm not an MRA or someone doing really any kind of work for men's rights (this post being the most I've done in quite a while, since a post similar to this). However, I don't think men's issues should be ignored, and I think activists in that area should be lauded like other activists are. Life is complex and time is limited, we need not expect everyone to take an active interest in every cause. In fact, this is why activists exist in the first place. What time I volunteer tends to go toward other things. Some issues are much more pressing that others, but that doesn't mean the whole world need to focus on them. Splitting the effort seems, to me, a much more reasonable approach. So, while I agree with the other user in saying that men's issues tend to less important than a lot of others, I don't think it warrants completely ignoring them and calling those who don't assholes. That's a little ridiculous. Hell, I mean, feminists and environmentalists don't give a shit about Rohingya Buddhists, child warriors in Africa, or general mistreatment of animals worldwide. And that's okay - Divide and conquer!