Except that in a society that continually regards women's opinions as inferior, the only way to ensure equality is to purposefully give women a chance to speak up. They're used to being ignored, so they don't have much incentive to speak up. In order for us to hear their voices, we must make special arrangements to ensure they can speak and that we will listen.F0RC3 wrote: No I read it correctly. It is still sexist regardless. You should hold the opinions of people, equally (well i mean of course hold them higher or lower depending on how well they argue for their opinion). You shouldn't hold their opinions higher on women's oppression for the multitude of reasons that I presented already. Hold them equally, that is equal. Let the person's argument speak for its self, not their gender.
That's what it means when you have to surrender some male privilege. You have to shut the **** up.
And banning Durf is a small step towards achieving that.I see sexism every day too, sexism exists in this society. It will likely always exist in some small facet, but will eventually get as close to equality as possible.
I call bullshit. There isn't a job on the planet that a man has a strength advantage over a woman.The same jobs as men? I'm not going to argue that they aren't fit for working all the same jobs as men, but on average women definitely are not as fit as men towards some things. Men are typically born with the ability to become stronger than a woman of the same age. On average they are stronger physically, which can be advantageous for men in some job situations (where as normal women would have to try extremely hard to improve their strength)
I'm a mechanic. I do things that involve great feats of strength every day of my life. And there's not a damn bit of it that a woman can't do. We always say "work smarter, not harder". A woman with the same approach can do as much work as I do, if not more.
Casual sexism. You don't even know you're doing it. And there's no amount of arguing I can do that will show it to you. Will you hit a girl? Would you do so in self-defense? How much of a beating do you have to receive from a girl before you'll fight back? Compare that to what you'd accept from a boy.Check my privilege? I realize as a white male I have a pretty nice life. But just because I'm a white male, that doesn't mean I can't argue for an opinion that I feel isn't sexist. That doesn't mean that because I disagree with a woman it makes me sexist. It simply doesn't.
I'm not saying you're maliciously sexist. In fact, based on what you say, it sounds very much like you don't wish to be sexist. How can you be completely certain you've rooted out the casual sexism in your views? I see that it's still there, you say it's not.
How can you be sure?
If you said the n-word and got a one day ban, would people revolt?Okay a one day ban? I don't think he deserved any ban what so ever. One day ban itself is too much. I'm not saying that not being able to post is harsh, but the point is he shouldn't have been banned in the first place, that's why people are revolting.
People think a one-day ban is too much, and for what? Because he said sexist things? Because he came straight out and said that women aren't nearly as good at being doctors as men?
If I gave you a one-day ban for saying that women make better secretaries than men, would we get the same kind of revolt?
The typical Men's Rights Activist line. You feel oppressed because you're being asked to give up some of your male privilege so that women can be more equal.TBH I'm finding that you are being sexist towards men...
I've heard it. I don't care.
I've already given up my male privilege. When you can show the balls that I've already shown, perhaps we can discuss this further.
It's worth pointing out at this juncture that everytime there's a discussion, the spam gets worse.
Get your side in order! If you wish to have a reasonably discussion, then find the source of this spam and get it to stop.
