RE: A rant on gender stereotypes
December 30, 2014 at 5:51 pm
(This post was last modified: December 30, 2014 at 5:51 pm by Dystopia.)
(December 30, 2014 at 5:21 pm)alpha male Wrote:(December 30, 2014 at 5:07 pm)Blackout Wrote: It's because some men like to feel superior and they are afraid women can equal or have better performance than them doing supposedly masculine tasks/jobsThat's circular as an explanation for why the mechanic stereotype exists in the first place.
It's not circular, it's the only truthful explanation - Highly deeply ingrained socially accepted gender roles and more specifically patriarchal principles (like men holding higher paying jobs being the rule). If you do not acknowledge this, you need a lesson on sociology.
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