So Damn True

People say women are a minority; but in fact, it is men who are the smaller group.

More interestingly, men are not born as a minority – as for every 100 female births there are actually 105 male births.

But this male surplus doesn’t stay for long, as over the course of a life time, the number of men is slowly eroded away until the sex ratio shifts.

Yup, in adulthood there are only 97 American men for every 100 women.

So what happened?

Why do men experience higher mortality rates in every age group, and have an overall death rate 1.4 times higher than women?

Why has a problem, so large it literally alters the tectonics of a nation’s population, been so readily ignored?

Why are men’s higher mortality rates so often waved of with, “well that’s just the way it is!”

Perhaps… men are not the ubiquitously privileged gender you’ll hear described, but the disposable one?

I mean isn’t early death a bit more deserving of advocacy and investigation than women having too few pockets, or Babie’s super cool day out?

Are the solutions to men’s issues more serious and complex than social media coddling, and meagre calls for “talk” and male tears?

What about men’s early death?

How do we save our men and boys?

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US Death Rate: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age-and-sex-in-the-us/

Population reference bureau: https://www.prb.org/resources/u-s-population-is-growing-older/

NIH Funding: https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sites/orwh/files/docs/ORWH_BiennialReport2019_20_508.pdf

The New Scientist: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2586-men-die-young-even-if-old/

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Holy shit. Men actually die from a birth majority into a living minority.

How is this not a huge thing, and why is everyone supposed to be so comfortable with it?

How are we supposed to take seriously the claim of society "privileging" men, when there's no greater privilege than being alive? With "empathy"/"anyone giving a shit" not far behind?

Oh the nostalgia.

could honestly be old news, but just discovered someone recreated the pmd personality test online, with an even longer option! absolutely adore this. 🥹

If this was a deck I could buy I would.

rococo themed tarot cards. these drove me insane :-)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃

Read some excellent MyLaurie fanfics from Slasherslasher and Burningsoftly and now I want to see a story where Laurie is being hunted by a copycat killer, see how she deals with that, and how our favorite stalker would as well. I don't know I'm just bored and staving off Christmas for as long as I can.

Okay, where do I get a space pony? Because this thing is adorable.

On This Day in Cryptid History  

November 14th: In an evening in 1974, on Bald Mountain, Washington, a fiery object was seen in the sky, and a week later, residents around the area reported a horse sized, green glowing creature. Supposedly the Men in Black were seen in the area as well.

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Posted On: Nov. 26, 2022

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Rainbow Lepidoptera

The pictures don’t really do it justice but it’s the best I can do.

And some close ups of my favorites

At some point when I started this painting I knew what all these butterflies and moths were called but I can only remember a few of them now!

this is your daily reminder to write that fic! who cares if it’s a dying fandom, bring it back to life! who cares if you only have a sentence, you’ll get there don’t give up! who cares if it’s a self indulgent fic, we love to see it! who cares if it’s an overdone trope, you’re making it unique in your writing style! who cares if it takes you a month to write a fic and then you dip, you’re still writing and sharing your work and that’s what matters! who cares if you write for yourself and never post it, you’re still writing and getting your ideas down and that matters just as much as if you posted it! just keep writing, you got this <3

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