4 ms·
Had this question from my girlfriend earlier. I told her about pissing contests. A literal one, where boys are at the urinal seeing who can pee the highest. Tha
by Spearchucker 9y ago
Had this question from my girlfriend earlier. I told her about pissing contests. A literal one, where boys are at the urinal seeing who can pee the highest. That's a guy thing because, well, anatomy right? Now throw a girl into that scenario. The pissing contest would simply not happen. That's removing a testosterone-driven (competitive), masculine thing for the sake of gender equality. Is that a good thing, or bad? Must men rid themselves of their competitive nature before women are able to feel equal?
- sp332 9y agoSorry are you saying that women aren't competitive, or that men can't compete with women? Because there are the same number of boys and girls as before, they're just together. So even if I accept one of those (which I don't), the boys can still be competitive with each other, there are just girls in the vicinity.
- Spearchucker 9y agoNot sure how you came to this conclusion - women are indeed competitive and men can, and do compete with women. What I'm saying is that higher levels of testosterone in men increases their competitiveness and appetite for risk. Depriving boys (and men) of an outlet for that competitiveness is folly. Expecting men to take up crocheting just because equality is folly. I support giving men and women equal opportunity. I support any individual's choice. If a boy wants to play with other boys who are we to interfere? If a boy wants to play with girls or crochet, who are we to interfere? FORCING equality, equivalence and absolute parity onto women and men will lead, I think, to societal problems. Androgynous sameness. History, and experience, has shown me that anything in the extreme is a recipe for disaster. Who knows. I may be wrong (I've been wrong before), but I have yet to hear a compelling counter argument.