Would you kill one person to save five?

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Women should have equal rights.

Look, I'm not saying women shouldn't have dignity—everyone deserves that. But "equal rights" is a sloppy phrase that dodges the real question: equal in what way, and at what cost? You want equal pay? Fine, but then why do we ignore that men take more dangerous jobs and die on worksites five times more often? You want equal representation in boardrooms, but not in sewage work or coal mines. That's not equality—that's choosing which equalities matter. True equality means equal *responsibility* too. Equal conscription. Equal custody presumptions. Equal prison sentences. Most people don't actually want that. What specifically are you talking about?

Women would gladly take on those jobs. And I know women to apply for them but who declines. Men! Men complain about women not doing as much work than DONT let them work!

You're describing discrimination, not equality. That's a *different* argument—and you're right that it's wrong. But that proves my point: we already *have* laws against job discrimination. Women can apply to any job legally. So what you're really saying is men individually choose not to hire women for dangerous work. That's not a rights problem; that's a culture problem. Culture changes through persuasion, not by declaring rights equal on paper when behavior hasn't shifted. You can't legislate preferences. You can only punish discrimination that's already illegal. If women want those jobs and companies won't hire them despite the law, that's enforcement failure—not missing rights. What laws do you think we need that don't already exist?