Message from @asparkofpyrokravte
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Other dorks are out here racing
I swear it’s like everyone in my dorm got a charger or mustang
Car insurance is definitely annoying as a man. That said, since that is descrimination based on real-life behavioral differences, I'm not too annoyed. What is *more* annoying is when this logic is not applied to insurance where girls real-life behaviors and physiology isn't taken into account in the same way -- health insurance
The health industry in America is all kinds of backwards
You can say that twice
Glad I'm up here in Canada
That it is
There’s a reason we have so many foreign doctors. They’ll come to America because our doctors get paid more than any other country.
It’s crazy. Medicine shouldn’t be _this_ much of a business.
It shouldn’t be a privilege. Seriously $250+ for a bag of saline
That’s hot
Saline. Salt water.
I want pizza
Lol ok. Just thinking about pizza gives me high blood pressure. That sweet sweet testosterone
I need more testosterone
Can’t have mine!
>.>
That's not the point. People are individuals, just because other people have more accidents doesn't mean one sex should have to pay more than the other. In what other area is this ok? Women use medical services more than men, does this mean that they should be charged more for insurance or taxed more for national healthcare? They clearly aren't, so why is a man forced to pay for others when it comes to car insurance?
Oops, there were more messages I didn't read. Still, what I said is valid
That’s what I’m sayin’
'cause we were defending the insurance practice
I would assume it’s because men tend to be more extreme in their use of resources. Women use medical services where they aren’t always necessary, meaning it could be treated at home. Men tend to go to the hospital when there’s rebar through their chest.
Y’know, because mean are taught to “man up” when they get hurt
They won’t seek help unless it’s very necessary.
I think you can no longer discriminate on the UK for car insurance but I might be wrong. @SilasPsy
It may have just been a thing about a company called Sheila's Wheels that tried to give out cheap insurance to only women.
They may have just got in trouble over the latter
Men still pay more for car insurance
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/insurance/car/men-still-paying-women-car-insurance-five-years-eu-ruling/
Righto
Ooo I see. But considering men drive more and rates are calculated off of that as well it may just be that
Doesn't matter if men drive more. Doesn't say anything about how often a particular person drives. Some women drive more, why shouldn't those particular women be charged more?
They are probably
It's an average remember
No, they aren't
It's fair to charge all people as an average, it isn't to charge one sex more
Indeed
But just because you remove sex from the equation didn't mean that on average men still won't pay more due to other factors like "commuting" which bumps it up and "miles driven"
It's just the wage gap thing again
In the USA is different
I've not looked at the actual calculation used so if I'm wrong I'm happy to be
On average men will pay more sure, but average miles are not the problem and not anything anyone is arguing about. Simply changed the sex on your insurance application from female to male will result in thousands increase