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My bad if it came off like I was trying to argue that with you. Now that I think about it, that first paragraph was kinda confrontational. Sorry 'bout that. There's also the fact that women have avenues by which to go after anyone who may actually be discriminating against them. You're right. There are numerous steps that can be taken without government intervention. What it boils down to is that it's the ugliness of political virtue signaling at work. *sigh* And honestly, I don't have much left to say here. I'm not much of a fan of politics so, jumping into this thread for debate was probably a terrible idea on my part, but eh. I got what I needed to say off my chest.

In the end, standing around here would not help Aria alleviate her pain. She just needed to find somewhere to leave her luggage so she could look for some sort of infirmary or maybe get her hands on some painkillers. Having most of the left side of her body covered in burns was not a pleasant experience, so the faster she could get rid of the pain, the faster she could start walking around without having her calmness and pridefulness be a facade. She slowly walked to one of the random dorms with her luggage in tow. Which one she went to really did not matter to Aria. All she needed to do was put her things down and rest. Using her left hand, one of the few parts of the left side of her body that was not covered in burns, she opened the door to the dorm she had picked, only to find two people already inside. The one sitting on the top bunk was the messy-haired boy she had seen leave a bit before she did. He called himself Can, if she was remembering correctly. To think he, of all people, was poking fun at the names of others. The other was the girl with the snow-white hair who had been injured and pinned to the ground earlier after she had likely crossed the line of what passes for mock combat. She seemed to be wearing a large shirt that was definitely not hers and she did not seem to be worse for the wear. Seeing that girl in clothing that was not hers, Aria came to one conclusion. With a blush, she spoke up, "Sorry if I was interrupting something." She was about to close the door fully before she realized something. She opened the door back up and pointed a question to the girl. "You dont seem to be injured in the slightest...is there someone here who can heal wounds? "

I swear, mental sarcasm and bait detectors are terrible on the internet. The amount of false positives and false negatives you get are crazy. Here's the problem. A lot of what you are talking about is due to the choices of people. That's where the main issue arises. You can't force people to change what they want. But, considering that you're talking about percentage of women in law school as an example, you are fully aware of the fact that the 77 cent figure (which is what I am assuming what Eviora is talking about till she says otherwise) is a general median figure. Any scientist would look at the lack of accounting for external variables and laugh. In the end, there are a ton of external factors that lead to that figure including total hours, overtime pay, frequency of men vs women in each field, and job tenure, each of which are all generally individual choices. I'd site the CONSAD report, done by the US Department of Labor, which pretty much did a meta analysis and concluded "The differences in raw wages may be almost entirely the result of the individual choices being made by both male and female workers." It's a long report though the Foreword does a nice job of summing up the findings. Long story short, the 77 cent figure is used as a tool to generate fear of some patriarchy while at the same time hiding the meaning of the figure. The choices of an individual play a huge role in that figure. It's something that can really only be fixed by changing individual choices and frankly, I would rather see an individual making their own choices. If someone focuses on that 77 cent figure, then I should say that fatal workplace injury is also a matter of inequality because of the 92-8 men-women ratio.

I have. And all the statistics and research I have looked into pretty much paint a different picture from what you're saying. If you're referring to the 77 cent to a dollar figure, then you clearly have not looked into how that figure was calculated or what it actually means. There is a difference between an earnings gap and a pay gap. If you are not, then I have no idea what you are referring to. Also, damn. That response of yours is incredibly condescending.

I finally remembered what it was that I wanted to comment on here. When did the Equal Pay Act of 1963 become null and void? There's an earnings gap, yes. But, if there were any hint of pay discrimination based on sex, there would be lawsuits everywhere. Because it's illegal. EDIT: I just stuck my hand into a hornet's nest on this one. Hehehe. But, I've heard this so many times that it pisses me off.

Keeping hold of her staff-mace, Aria followed along behind the others. Putting it away would require her actually kneeling down and putting it in her bag and the last thing she would want to do was to exacerbate the pain from the burns on the left side of her body by putting more pressure onto them than necessary. Besides, it was all she could do to walk behind everyone and it would be fairly obvious to anyone who decided to look at her that she was feeling far from comfortable. After all, her body was starting to glisten from what her sweat glands were pouring out. “I’m Aria Lunacanta. I come from Medulla, though I left to explore on my own about a year ago.” She gave her quick introduction while standing tall as usual. Even if her body was showing that she was in pain, she was stubborn enough to make sure that speech could not be evidence for that.

Actually, I just realized she wouldn't know about Lasia's or even where to find her...Mmmm... What to do here...

So...should Aria go to Lasia if she wants to get her burns healed?

Can we just have both the candidates arrested and have a do over? I'd really like that. :3

Mimikyu Song with English subs. Just so you can cry a bit more. Please remember to adopt a Mimikyu. They just want some love.

The change seemed almost instant. Aria had been in deadlock with Leo while keeping an eye on what was going on elsewhere. All she could see was flames in the background before her view had completely changed. One second, she was on the battle field in that deadlock. In the next she was laying on her back somewhere off the battlefield. As Aria forced herself back to her feet, she felt the searing pain from the left side of her body as she struggled to keep herself steady. She knew it was stupid, but her pride would not allow her to take a knee to wait out the pain, even if half of her body was screaming. In the meantime, she stared back at the battlefield she was thrown off of in order to get a look at what had happened and saw one of the competitors she never paid attention to pinned to the ground with an arrow at her neck. “What did that idiot do…?”

Mimikyu has its own theme song. It's adorable.

More characters. Including a GHOST LOLI!!! SHE'S SO CUUUUUUTE!

Female Ace Trainer is cute! Alola is great again.

Bruh/10 (8/10)

4/10 Meh. A bit unclear.

My dickish jab aside, where is this fight headed...?

And human physiology.

The way I see it, we can do two things. One: Haruki gets to fuck around and burn someone's clothes off and then it ends. Two: We just end it here.

So, I think the only characters left active in the fight are Haruki and Rame...right?