(November 29, 2015 at 7:35 pm)The_Empress Wrote:(November 29, 2015 at 7:23 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I dunno, I think it'd be pretty insulting if we went up to a lady hairdresser and told her the only reason she thinks she likes doing that sort of thing is because society made her think so.
I think at least in the US, pilots are pilots usually because they want to be, because they genuinely like it. And hairdressers are what they are because of the same reason. Not because of "society", at least not anymore.
You have to see the fallacies in this: first, no one said that the hairdresser's only reason for enjoying it is because of society; second, there is nothing saying that being a pilot is the only thing someone of that profession would enjoy doing.
You're correct. I should have said "a large part of the reason" rather than "the only reason," since I was responding to Mermaid.
I'm not sure what you mean in your second point though? I didn't say anything about it being the only thing they would enjoy.
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