Let's get this party started!

Now, there's a lot of antifeminist silliness on this wiki. Head over to this thread at Crimitism to see people talkin' 'bout it.

Just thought I'd bring up my most favouritest silly statistic on this page. There's a lot to choose from, but this one... it takes the cake for me:

“FEDERAL TAXES: Even though men pay 115% of federal income taxes women constitute 11% more of the voters.”

It's supposed to be proving that the world is sexist against men. Where to start?

Let's start with the wording: if that statistic is worded correctly it's saying that men pay more then %100 of all income tax. Perhaps they mean men pay %115 more income tax then women? I'm not actually sure. I'm impressed by mans contribution to the economy though. Hot damn.

I have to wonder what part of the world this statistic was taken from. I don't know, because there's no citation. If it's America, then the problem of not enough men voting could be solved by... men going outside and voting.

Alright now we can go on to the idea that if men are paying substantially higher income taxes it must mean that as a group have a substantially higher income to tax. If this statistic were accurate it would show that women have got a looooooooong way to go in the 'equal pay' department.

Now for the idea behind the statistic. The idea that mens votes should matter more, because they have a higher income. Let's break that down: The higher income tax a person pays, the more their vote should matter.
Since income tax is linked to income, that'd mean that the higher the income a person earns, the more their vote should matter.
That's... Interesting...

I'd like to see how that helps men in poverty.* Mens rights indeed.



*Not to discount the fact that y'know. "poverty is the biggest issue facing females in the 21st century."