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> women could become part of the workforce too > women's rights and their participation in many other areas. > Since the decades following industrial revoluti
by voidr 8y ago
> women could become part of the workforce too
> women's rights and their participation in many other areas.
> Since the decades following industrial revolution, they became more and more present steadily in politics, academia, culture, etc., becoming quickly co-protagonists of modern life.
Some studies say that as a result they are unhappier and have less children.
See: https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/files/wp09-11bk.pdf https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/files/wp09-11bk.pdf
> I dream of a world where one's sex is just a biological detail that matters in their amorous affairs and private life.
Do you want men and women to act, think and feel exactly the same?
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoThere's actually a spectrum between, being fairly treated in the workforce and in politics, and 'think and feel exactly the same'
- voidr 8y ago> politics US almost had a female president. Germany, which is the most powerful country in the EU has a female chancellor. The UK has a female prime minister. > workforce https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/aug/29/women-in-20s-earn-more-men-same-age-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/aug/29/women-in-20s-e... > There's actually a spectrum How far down that spectrum do we need to go in your mind?
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoGood example. When a woman in America can get the same fair shake as a black man, then we've made progress.
- voidr 8y agoCan you point out everyday situations where this is the case?
- gkya 8y agoI dont want to be men and women, I want to be persons. I want us to transcend all the categories. We dont work to be happy. We work to earn money. Also, women are not baby factories. Just like we are not sperm dispensers.
- jack9 8y ago> I want us to transcend all the categories. I don't think that's a happy outcome. Identity is important.
- gkya 8y agoIdentity could be personal. I think on this matter quite often. It would be off-topic to ponder on this at length here, but I can summarise saying: I think categories and identity are different, and tye former takes away from the latter, instead of adding to it.