(March 9, 2016 at 9:17 am)pool the great Wrote:(March 9, 2016 at 9:02 am)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: Did Pool just turn into Little Rik there for a second? That was terrifying.
Saying that women are inferior to men is sexist.
Saying that men can usually lift more weight than women (as just one example) is not sexist because it's a statement of objective fact.
Saying that women are inferior to men because men can lift more is sexist.
Honestly, I don't think it's that hard of a concept. Recognizing general differences between genders and ruling your sports accordingly is not sexist as long as you're not actively trying to disadvantage one group or another.
Source?
I've known women that can lift weights heavier than some men that I've known
Anecdotes are practically meaningless in terms of evidence, pool. Just because you know a few girls who lift more than some guys, that doesn't change the fact that in scientific studies with large samples of the population, men consistently have the capacity to lift more weight, probably because we evolved to hunt, climb, and lift big rocks so our species wouldn't die. There's a reason the world record deadlift is set by a dude, and it's not because of sexism.
That being said, there are absolutely some women that perform better than some men at some feats of athleticism, but that's not the fat part of the bell curve in most sports.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
