RE: Ask an Anti-Feminist!
June 7, 2015 at 8:35 am
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2015 at 8:41 am by TheMessiah.)
(June 7, 2015 at 8:26 am)whateverist Wrote: It has to be said. You are acting the ass here.
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(June 7, 2015 at 8:26 am)Dystopia Wrote: Well who the hell doesn't want to go to a field with interesting subjects and with potential to earn big money? Why wouldn't 50% of the population be interested in a job that gives you tremendous social prestige?
I'm betting that those studies only found differences in adult brains - It's funny a century ago the same studies were using similar arguments to segregate blacks from whites because, after all, blacks score lower on IQ tests. Studies after studies have found more differences between just groups of men than between men and women. It's complicated to, using a sample of people, actually argue our brains are wired. It's funny one of the masculine jobs has to do with computers and IT, but decades ago women did those jobs a lot and no one remembers that... And things changed. It's also funny that those "evolutionary traits" give men the better, more powerful jobs like politicians to wire us to dominate society. How pleasant.
Because here's what differs between Western and Asian culture --- the West want their children to do what interests them; do a career they enjoy. Asian culture (Chinese/Indian)? Not so much.
Indian and Chinese cultures look down on people who choose careers like gender studies or sociology because they don't generate much money. However western cultures are far, far more Liberal and put an emphasis on what you enjoy.
The prospect of women not liking STEM, despite the pay is....rational, and reasonable. Many women just find it boring - there's nothing wrong with that, but give equality of opportunity and you can observe the differences in course choices.
Those evolutionary traits also give men worse jobs, BTW, while you'll find male CEO's, you'll also find male janitors/labourers.
Also, in regards to politics, if a woman really wants it, she can get it.
Margaret Thatcher led the Conservative party in the 1970's; won the election 3 times and destroyed her male opponents. She wanted it, and she went for it --- the Left Wing Labour party which proclaims itself Feminist has never had a female leader, the current female leader is a fill-in and she isn't even campaigning for leadership. A woman, leading a traditionally sexist party...however she used her legal rights to achieve what she wanted.
I don't care if a female is a politician, I care about the merit of their idea.
A lot of women in North England detested Margaret Thatcher, and so did men - not because she was a woman, but because her right-wing politics fucked over the working classes.