I'm not a misogynist asshole. I'm a female myself, but I have always found the feminist movement to be rather questionable. The way I see it, men and women are very different and the aspects that make each gender unique are often ignored. Stereotypes such as girls are better at English, boys are better at math are there due to biological differences in our brain. Women use both sides of the brain to process language and therefore tend to outperform men. I don't understand how this could offend someone. Women naturally have stronger connections to their children, which explains why women tend to get custody in instances of divorce. Women are seen as the weaker sex , because they literally are the weakest sex. Smaller bodies, less strength. In my opinion, this justifies the hesitation to put women in front line combat, and also explains why it is so socially unacceptable for a man to hit a woman but not vice versa. None of this is news to anyone, but basically what I'm saying is that most gender stereotypes and roles we have make a lot of sense and are stemmed from basic biological differences. I absolutely know that are many exceptions to all of the generalizations, which is fine. There will always be outliers but it does not take away from the overall trend. I think men and women should be treated with the same dignity and respect, nor do I think laws should restrict any one specific gender from anything. But I generally think the social push for absolute equity is misguided and foolish. edit you all changed my view That was quick, lol. My opinion isn't really changed but pointing out that the fight isn't really for complete and absolute equality, along with viewing contradicting studies on brain function , makes my point invalid and essentially irrelevant. I'm really sorry but I'm mobile so I csnt read the rules and I have no clue how to make a delta. Edit 2 this post as a whole was kind of dumb because this isn't really what I meant to say and I don't necessarily believe in what it appeared I was trying to prove. I don't feel like explaining myself in comments because my original post was invalid, so all of you intelligent and interesting people changed my view and I am too retarded to make a delta right now so goodnight Edit 3 Wow, I was originally being pretty lazy about this but since it blew up so much overnight I feel obligated to explain myself. First, I am not misogynist. Originally following this statement with I am a woman myself was not me saying that me being female is proof I am not misogynist. It was so it could be clear that my post was coming from the point of view of a female they were two individual thoughts. I do not think women are inferior to men. I do not think stereotypes should be regarded as true and encouraged by society. My general claim about the brain differences in terms of hemispheres is something I learned awhile ago, and apparently is just a myth that has been proved false. The source I provided was something I just googled and skimmed through, assuming it proved my previous knowledge. I apologize for not examining the study more carefully and realizing that it didn't really prove anything at all. However, that really isn't important to my central argument. There are so many sources that point at contradicting conclusions. I can find a study that supports my claim, and you can find one that directly refutes it. So I don't really care what shit you think backs your claim up, realistically if there was one straight answer about any of this there would be no point in even talking about it. ALL I was trying to say is that, hypothetically, if all opportunity was completely equal and there was no moral or social obligations to align to a particular gender things would not be fifty fifty. There would be more men in the army, and there would be things women would be much more inclined to do. A lot of my post was interpreted as me justifying stereotypes when that really was not what I meant to do. I wasn't saying that I think it's okay that it's socially less acceptable for a man to woman, but that's the truth and I am just acknowledging that I think it is based in logic. All I was trying to say was that the stereotypes we have are based in logic and are not entirely untrue. This isn't defending stereotypes, or saying that they don't further encouraging sexism. I do not think there is justification for sexism. I think that men and women should ALWAYS have equal opportunity. That's all. Oh, and I just want to say that it's really fucking annoying that people who are inept at providing a valid point instead turn to demanding sources and nitpicking the shit out of a word or sentence that everyone knows wasn't the main point of that person's argument. Arguing with someone about a slightly wrong use of a word, even though if you have a goddamn brain cell you know what they intended to say, detracts from the overall argument, makes you look like an asshole, and is a waste of time to read. Again, I'm sorry for not being clear in my original argument and sloppily wording my opinion in away that led it to easily be misinterpreted. It is slightly embarrassing for me, and I would delete the post if it wasn't for the fact that this bred such a rich debate amongst so many intelligent people. PS. Like 5 assholes private messaged me about my delta, being extremely rude. Get over it, I'm on mobile, I couldn't read the sidebar, and frankly I didn't give much of a shit. I'm going to fix it, but I just want to say if you care that much you need to get your priorities straight. Yeah.
I think expecting men and women to be completely equal in every aspect of life is illogical.