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personal opinion alert: western society seems to preach that the inherent value of men is zero and all value comes from success and accomplishments whereas wome
by twalla 8y ago
personal opinion alert: western society seems to preach that the inherent value of men is zero and all value comes from success and accomplishments whereas women are inherently valuable due to their ability to raise children. combine failure to meet the expectations levied upon them by society with a quaker/protestant belief system where all shortcomings boil down to "you didnt work hard enough" plus a culture where showing weakness or seeking help isn't believed to be a masculine trait and it becomes surprising that the discrepancy isn't greater.
- ericmcer 8y agoYeah this is my exact line of thinking. We are all trying to find meaning and purpose in life and the ability to give birth is inherently valuable. Men feel the need to create value through work/skill so if you fail totally in that area....
- hnmonkey 8y agoWhere is it preached in western society that the inherent value of men is zero? Men can raise children too and last I heard it usually takes a man to help create that child also.
- ericmcer 8y agoCreating 500 new humans takes 500 women and 1-2 men, most men are totally superfluous for procreation, thus us needing to define our value in other ways. Granted that isn't great for genetic diversity :(