(April 13, 2014 at 12:42 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Some here might be interested to note that the most 'gender neutral' time period in terms of role playing, in all of history, was back during pre-Neanderthal times. Yep. Women and men pretty much just shared tasks, for the better of the community. It wasn't until many centuries later than men started dominating women in all areas of society, holding them back from education, voting, and government positions--insisting that they were nothing more than second class citizens only useful in terms of child bearing.
You've not accused me of saying this but it seems like every time I openly and honestly talk about this issue, others do. No matter how many times I reiterate "equality does not require interchangeability", no matter how many other posts I make about being pro-choice and pro-feminism, I find I'm quickly slammed with the straw man "oh, so you think women should just be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen then?"
You did not say this. I just felt the need to comment from past experience.
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
