(April 20, 2015 at 4:57 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Do you ever wonder why that happens? As a law student I noticed lawyers often ask for mercy to the judge saying that their client is a woman and poses no danger. Men are given harsher sentences simply because they are considered strong and hence dangerous. Women are given less time because they are considered too weak to be dangerous enough and no one believes they will survive in prison. Have you ever wondered if gender roles can give you upsides but impact you negatively at the same time? The though side of being considered "Strong, assertive and masculine" is that you are also considered more dangerous than people with feminine characteristics who are seen as "passive, submissive and docile".I agree with you, and I think the fact that men are considered more dangerous is systemic and institutionalized inequality. I don't agree that women should be given less time because they will not survive in prison; prisons exist which are women only and women survive in them fine. Also, prison sentences shouldn't be about whether a person can survive or not in prison; prisons should be created such that any person who is incarcerated there is both punished and protected from harm.
Quote:False dichotomy. It can perfectly be mostly about women but also take some time to focus on men, gays, transsexuals (as it does nowadays). You don't dictate that it's either one extreme or the other. It's like saying that you are either a fundie Christian or you are an atheist. You can be something in between.I disagree that it's a false dichotomy. I never said that you had to focus on men / gays / transsexuals equally to women, but if a feminist stands for equality for all, they should at least focus on those groups some of the time. The reason a lot of feminists get flack and opposition is because they claim that feminism is about equal rights, but then do nothing for men's rights, and in some cases deny outright that there are social inequalities which men face.
If you want to call yourself a feminist and say it's about ridding inequalities for everyone, but then you only focus on inequalities which affect women, then to me, that appears very one sided.
