Re:Address to the American Psychological Association on Men ...
by facepalm on Friday November 11, 2016 @07:35AM
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At face value feminism sounds good - who would be against equality, indeed.
Except that feminism is more than that: it is the claim that women are disadvantaged and equality means merely that women's situation has to be improved.
Of course I don't take issue with women having equal opportunities for jobs. I take issue with the claim that they don't have that now. That is the unquestioned feminist assumption here. And I know there are some exceptions, like military, or models and so on - but by and large, women can do whatever they want.
With respect to military, I would also have to say it might depend on women not endangering the mission. I wouldn't deny them the right to get themselves killed, but what if a woman is not strong enough to carry a wounded comrade out of danger? But I think by now they are allowed in the military in most countries anyway?
Except that feminism is more than that: it is the claim that women are disadvantaged and equality means merely that women's situation has to be improved.
Of course I don't take issue with women having equal opportunities for jobs. I take issue with the claim that they don't have that now. That is the unquestioned feminist assumption here. And I know there are some exceptions, like military, or models and so on - but by and large, women can do whatever they want.
With respect to military, I would also have to say it might depend on women not endangering the mission. I wouldn't deny them the right to get themselves killed, but what if a woman is not strong enough to carry a wounded comrade out of danger? But I think by now they are allowed in the military in most countries anyway?