What masses of historical evidence? The ones that show that being a male has long been a major disadvantage in a legal system? Yes, going back into the past being a minority was even worse than it is today, to a point where there was absolutely no justice at all, but that doesn't have an impact on the line of reasoning used to try to say the legal system discriminates against women.
This type of response only further reinforces the notion that the underlying reasoning and terminology is created ad-hoc to justify existing notions.
This type of response only further reinforces the notion that the underlying reasoning and terminology is created ad-hoc to justify existing notions.