Who here is a feminist?

[Kiko]

That's their culture. In those parts of the world they do things a certain way, and it works for them. Let's live and let live. The american indians lived a certain way, and then white folks came along and sneered at their lifestyle. Not good.

Okay, well drugging and raping women in nightclubs is very common in Chile and Argentina and rape is a very difficult crime to get a conviction on. It's all tied up to the disgusting concept of Machismo, Male Chauvinism. Just because something is part of someone's culture doesn't mean it isn't total dogshit.

Yes well that's an extreme example you're giving there, and yes it's not right. But machismo is the extreme end of a culture led by men, that doesn't mean that such a culture is bad. In fact it's very good for society to be led by men. Men are naturally good leaders with a track record to show, and women are better at nurturing. Together, with their own strengths, men and women make a great team. But when women try to be like men and vice versa, it tends to mess things up.

For a man to be whole and complete, he needs to have a healthy balance of masculine and feminine. Let's say, for argument's sake, 80% / 20% respectively. And for a woman to be balanced she should have an element of masculine qualities, but mostly feminine ones. If you've seen the yin / yang symbol, the black part has a white dot, and the white part has a black dot, symbolising balance. Complete harmony between the two, and a bit of each other in them too.

But when women try to compete with men, the message it gives is that men are better, and that therefore women need to aspire to be like them in order to be equal. The thing is, women are already equal to men.

And of course there are exceptions. There are men who are very feminine or effeminate, and women who are quite masculine, and that's fine too. But by and large, most men are masculine and most women are feminine. That's why society should by default cater mainly to those two types, simply because they're the majority. The minorities should be catered to also, but we should understand that priority must be given the the majority. People should be allowed to live as they please, but on the understanding that without masculine men and feminine women, aka the majority, society would fall apart.