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Unless you haven’t been paying attention, or were born  to such privilege that you didn’t have to, you will at least by now have come to the suspicion that the world is not fair, and all people are not created equal. All that stuff about rights to free expression, and all people being “created” equal are entirely about legal protections against our loving governments infringing in areas that might contradict either of those, and for the most part, daily interactions in the world are between people, neither of whom are the agents of government. In that realm, no such guarantees exist.

Speaking your opinion in the wrong place and time could get your teeth knocked out, or worse, and if that happens, you have certainly been assaulted, but your rights have not been infringed. I read recently of a disabled man who equated being turned down for sex during a date with a woman with a level of discrimination that ought to be punishable under the law. His meritless argument is not about equal opportunity so much as the personal responsibility to find a way to get out from behind any eight ball the universe bounces in front of you on the great pool table of life, so if you can’t charm your way into woman’s pants, you’re even more disabled than even you thought.

All this being said begs the question of who has it “easier”, across the board. I could delve into the advantages of looks, wealth, wit, and I will in time, but for today we’ll focus on an easy question, with the able assistance of none other than that most inimitable chronicler of the Human condition of both then and now. Speaking to us, “… while on a walk on a sunny day through woods in Switzerland, never far from a rather noisy river …”, the intrepid and ever so brave Lindybeige admits to addressing, “Too big a topic for one short video, but I give it a go.”

The question being answered is taken from his Q217 series in which Lindybeige says, “I shall attempt to come up with at least something faintly interesting to someone somewhere in answer to 217 questions from a list.”

Today’s question was, “Which sex do you think has it easier in our culture? Have you ever wished you were of the opposite sex?”

It being resolved that the asking and answering of such a question holds the promise of very Dark Sentiments indeed, I yield tonight’s podium to the Dread Prophet Lloyd.