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> Do you really think that discrimination against women is all past tense? No. It will probably never be past tense. That doesn't mean the fewer and fewer rema
by deogeo 8y ago
> Do you really think that discrimination against women is all past tense?
No. It will probably never be past tense. That doesn't mean the fewer and fewer remaining examples should be used to paint entire societies.
That brings me to my second point - societies, plural. Japan is not the same society as the US or Europe (Eastern or Western). See for example the much higher representation of women in medicine in Eastern Europe compared to the rest of the world: http://www.oecd.org/gender/data/women-make-up-most-of-the-health-sector-workers-but-they-are-under-represented-in-high-skilled-jobs.htm http://www.oecd.org/gender/data/women-make-up-most-of-the-he...
- MyHypatia 8y agoThese examples are not being used to "paint entire societies". These examples are being used to: (1) demonstrate that discrimination is still a real problem, (2) show that discrimination is often justified by biological arguments that average out individual talents, and (3) that removing public policies of discrimination are only the first step. I certainly celebrate the fewer and fewer examples of public policies of discrimination. I hope over time there are fewer and fewer private policies of discrimination, but that takes time. It also takes an honest conversation about how "biological averages" are applied to individuals.