re: feminism

[_ave_]

I have some very strong opinions about feminism and have gotten into more than one full out arguments over the differences between men and women. Never so far as to say that gender inequity doesn't exist, because it absolutely does, but rather getting into things like biology and nature vs. nurture and things like that. In the last year I started

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[aujsayshi]

If I can say one thing though it's that I think our present society knows how to appreciate women but not how to value them, and that it knows how to value men but not necessarily how to appreciate them.

That is entirely correct.

[scumbagstyle]

convincing argument, sir

[fireinthebelly]

i agree with that last statement also.
one thing i read about was how feminine = weak = bad and masculine = strong = good, and that is how our societies values are measured. that's why it's easier for women to take on men's roles than it is for men to take on women's roles. being a woman (weak) is somehow embarrassing, demeaning.