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I agree with the sentiment, but what I never see discussed is what the benchmarks are for reaching the proclaimed “equality”. Often times it seems we are overs
by meowkit 6y ago
I agree with the sentiment, but what I never see discussed is what the benchmarks are for reaching the proclaimed “equality”.
Often times it seems we are overshooting with attempts to create better societies - or worse shooting off in the wrong direction.
- wpietri 6y agoIt seems that to whom? To you? To a group? If so, who? And what data lets you speak for them? As they say, "When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression". So if you're in a previously favored category, it's only natural that the loss of that boost might seem like overshooting. The real test, of course, is objective metrics. Looking at who's in Congress or who's running Fortune 500 companies, it seems like we're a fair ways from overshooting. (If you have data otherwise, please do share.) But if we do overshoot, so what? Overshooting is common in all sorts of systems as they self-correct. The important thing to me seems to be reducing the magnitude of the swings as we converge on a new norm. Given that the previously baseline is a couple millennia of violent gender oppression, seems like we're certain to do better than that.