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| 2 | Why all this matters.It's a lot more complex the more we look at it, right? Some time ago there were definite lines that could be drawn, freedoms that were specifically suppressed from women. Now that we've moved toward equal rights, we can see how these "norms" affect all genders. Traits that seemed to benefit one sex are seen more clearly as being as oppressive as the opposite trait in the other gender. I'm reminded of Maya Angelou in one of her autobiographies describing how her segregated "separate yet equal" bl… | /r/MensRights | 30/09/12 06:04 PM |
| 1 | Why all this matters.I think you mistake my words for a judgement call. You apply a value to "being in charge" as a positive thing. I never said that. When you look at attitudes toward gender you have to look at it unbiasedly, like maybe an anthropologist. The stereotypical ideas about men are oppressive, as are the same about women. If you read "men should be in charge" and think I'm describing something that is a positive trait attributed to men, you need to step back from your emotions for a minute. Science and s… | /r/MensRights | 30/09/12 05:37 PM |
| 1 | Why all this matters.Yes. It's the notion that men and masculinity can lead and fight better than women and women are weak and need protection. Men are given an elevated status and therefore, the responsibility to fight based on masculine characteristics. Shitty, I know. It leads to oppression of men, ironically. Can you please give me more information on your claim that women voted to put men on the front lines? I haven't heard this and I don't think it's true for my country. | /r/MensRights | 30/09/12 05:19 PM |
| 1 | Why all this matters.Patriarchy is just the idea that men should be in charge because of their manly qualities. I don't take it as far as some feminists. It's just a symptom of our binary gender thinking and oppressive social norms about sexuality. It means that men will be put on the front lines or not get full custody of children based on faulty notions about gender. | /r/MensRights | 30/09/12 07:13 AM |
| 4 | Why all this matters.What you describe is actually an issue that older feminists fought against: the "Superwoman" ideal that meant a woman could find liberation and get a career as long as she was also able to play all the "traditional" roles her gender demands. I've never come here. I call myself a humanist and an equalist. I don't agree with a lot of MRA stuff and I don't agree with a lot of the feminist stuff of late, but reading your story shows me that there are MRAs who get it. The patriarchy isn't something t… | /r/MensRights | 28/09/12 03:42 AM |
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