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> your argument that women aren't marginalized

No. My argument is that some women have used their privilege to falsely accuse men in the past and that assigning privilege based on social justice groupings is both stupid and immoral.

I literally cannot follow your reasoning at all. I’m the one saying privilege is both relative and context specific.

You seem to be trying to apply some strange kind of privilege averaging?

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Some women, although the number is certainly an ongoing debate, make false rape accusations, yes. I'm not sure what you mean by "social justice groupings", but "sometimes people lie" still isn't mutually exclusive with "women, on the whole, are and historically have been a marginalized population". You keep on saying things like they're some sort of gotcha, but you never actually argue against the point you're trying to argue against; you just constantly bring up other points and try to act smug.

> but you never actually argue against the point you're trying to argue against

Ok let’s back up a bit then:

Why exactly, in the context of the metoo movement, is it important to consider that on average women have been historically more marginalized than men?

What does historically lacking the right to vote have to do with the veracity of sexual assault allegations?

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