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Well obviously one or the other needs to go first. Why do you think the first one was chosen because it has the greater honor? If it was the other way round,
by gwd 7y ago
Well obviously one or the other needs to go first. Why do you think the first one was chosen because it has the greater honor? If it was the other way round, wouldn't it look just as patriarchal to you ("Ladies first" and all that)? And are you sure they didn't flip a coin to see which parental gender would go first?
- dmos62 7y agoI don't know how they made the choice, of course. And if you have sexism on your mind, there isn't a right choice in this situation, I agree. However, if you take stock of all the similar choices (male or female) that we make in these mundane contexts, would it come out even? Or would it lean heavily to one side?