@Tara
I think, we more or less agree on almost all points, so I'll just make a few points on feminism.
- "All sex is rape" - yeah, that's a good one. I find such concepts to be more demeaning to women than what feminists would realize. Basically, what they are saying is that even if a women consents to sex, she is not really consenting but being overpowered by the male will. That would automatically put women in an inferior position, which, I should think, goes against the feminist agenda. Another example would be having special quotas for women in jobs or college admission. Even though it's done in name of social equality, I would think that most women would find it insulting to be told effectively that "you can't get in on your own merit, but since we care about social equality, we are letting you in anyway".
- Regarding the relevance of biological differences - they may not be as irrelevant as you may think. For example, not just upper body strength but the capacity for physical endurance is greater in men as well. While the obvious implications are preferential male selection in fields such as military and police, but the same concept is also applicable in many other blue collar jobs, such as construction work. Similarly, there are other jobs where women are more suitable. While this is often held up as an example of gender inequality, I don't see why gender equality should be necessarily attained in these situations.
I think, we more or less agree on almost all points, so I'll just make a few points on feminism.
- "All sex is rape" - yeah, that's a good one. I find such concepts to be more demeaning to women than what feminists would realize. Basically, what they are saying is that even if a women consents to sex, she is not really consenting but being overpowered by the male will. That would automatically put women in an inferior position, which, I should think, goes against the feminist agenda. Another example would be having special quotas for women in jobs or college admission. Even though it's done in name of social equality, I would think that most women would find it insulting to be told effectively that "you can't get in on your own merit, but since we care about social equality, we are letting you in anyway".
- Regarding the relevance of biological differences - they may not be as irrelevant as you may think. For example, not just upper body strength but the capacity for physical endurance is greater in men as well. While the obvious implications are preferential male selection in fields such as military and police, but the same concept is also applicable in many other blue collar jobs, such as construction work. Similarly, there are other jobs where women are more suitable. While this is often held up as an example of gender inequality, I don't see why gender equality should be necessarily attained in these situations.
