- Sexism is good.
- One gender is better than another.
- We should discuss something we cannot prove just because it is fun.
- We should tell lies just because it is fun.
There is no way to argue this logically. People of either gender are so completely different that it is impossible to generalize them and come out with any reasonable evidence. Everyone views things differently, have different values and opinions on what is good and bad, and have met different people, so we will, naturally, generalize differently. The common ground here is so small that it is almost impossible to have any intelligent argument what so ever.
"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil. 4:8"
Well I don't think this topic meets any of these criteria which I quite agree with.
"I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can."
--Socrates
These "discussions" are so biased and opinionated that the very little truth in them is hard to decern.
It's #3. I have found that the best way to get people to recognize the sorts of truth that you have posted here -- that there is no definitive correct answer to this question -- is one that only comes from open, and therefore contentious, discussion. It is the recognition that said discussion is indeed unresolvable and fruitless that helps people to realize that their prejudices concerning the genders are, in fact, foolish and absurd.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the argument goes on, that people have strong opinions despite the lack of evidence, shows the need for such discussions. I am entirely glad that some of you, even many of you, are beyond these difficulties; your job then is to help other people reach that realization themselves.
And the way to do it is to respect their opinions, even if they are wrong or illogical, and to question those opinions until they come to the understanding you wish. It is not beneficial to contemptuously discard them all as fools. You surely realize that the only way to consider the true, the honorable, the just, the pure, is to consider also the untrue, the dishonorable, the unjust, and the impure. Hence, this discussion.
Another note: part of the question, though not something that everybody picked up on (Largely because you all seem way too annoyed by talking about a topic you don't care for), was the question of who has it harder? This does not, of course, have any basis in prejudice, but in simple observation: you all watch people treat the two genders in different ways, almost constantly; you might have observed the differences in gender makeup of certain classes, certain professions, certain criminal enterprises, and so on and so forth; the fact is that gender stereotyping and the resulting sexist treatment is very much alive and well in our country today. Perhaps everyone could have focused on that aspect, rather than this annoyed criticism of the general topic with complimentary eye-rolling.
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