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Men invented the car and the submarine

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feministfran · 22/08/2015 15:36

But not all men!!!

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MadgeMidgerson · 22/08/2015 18:33

what difference would that make?

I haven't called for some kind of biblical cull of men, just let's not make any more for a bit

A kind of reproductive lysistrata if you will

What of it

goblinhat · 22/08/2015 18:20

madge - do you have sons?

MadgeMidgerson · 22/08/2015 17:52

And yet, without women, there would be no men. Maybe we should set a moratorium on making more for say 100 years or so.

See how we get on, like

goblinhat · 22/08/2015 17:41

Totally right.

Men invented most things since the industrial revolution. They have also been the best composers, musicians, artists, economists, politicians,scientists, engineers, sculptors , church leaders Biscuit... the list goes on.

What a crazy coincidence.

WhirlpoolGalaxyM51 · 22/08/2015 16:58

It's still interesting to find out about people like Sarah Mather though!

YonicScrewdriver · 22/08/2015 16:50

Fran has been here an hour and had more posts deleted than I have in 5 years. Coincidence? That's Joe-incidence with a C.

WhirlpoolGalaxyM51 · 22/08/2015 16:46

YY women are important for being nice to look at, and things related to reproduction.

If by some weird aberration they do invent something or discover something, despite being denied an education / excluded from professional bodies / whatever it might be, then all you need to do is make sure a man steals it, or ignore her in all the history books. Voila!

whatdoIget · 22/08/2015 16:08

It reminds me of that James brown song where he basically says men invented everything, but it's quite nice having women and girls around Hmm

WhirlpoolGalaxyM51 · 22/08/2015 15:43

"In 1845, Sarah Mather received a patent for the invention of a submarine telescope and lamp. This was a remarkable device that permitted sea-going vessels to survey the depths of the ocean."

I did not know that!

great thread OP got me googling now!

WhirlpoolGalaxyM51 · 22/08/2015 15:41

How do you mean?

Aren't they both things made of lots of other things invented by lots of people? Do you mean the internal combustion engine when you say car for eg? There were steam cars I think - are you including those?

I don't know much about submarine invention I must admit!

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feministfran · 22/08/2015 15:37

A woman invented the windscreen wiper- just one woman not all women!!!

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