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> a single group that has a representative distribution of all sections of society does not exist That is a strawman, and you could make the same argument abo
by david-gpu 3y ago
> a single group that has a representative distribution of all sections of society does not exist
That is a strawman, and you could make the same argument about any combination of clubs you belong to, as long as they don't include the whole planet.
I simply have no interest in a club that explicitly excludes half of the population. A men only club in my mind is just as appealing as a "white people only" club. I.e. not at all.
- mwbajor 3y agoYou approve of women only clubs though. "They need their safe spaces, right?". Depression and loneliness in men is partially due to the massive hypocrisy in how we treat both sexes.
- em-bee 3y agoi hear you. i said something similar myself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37563960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37563960 but i was not even thinking about male only groups when i read your comment. i was only trying to point out that segregation along many dimensions is kind of unavoidable. gender and racial segregation (and maybe religion) are actually the exceptions here. yet, i have to accept that most of the groups i join are predominately white males. but it's only a problem when others are explicitly excluded and not just missing because they have different interests. every group is its own echo chamber, and the only way to avoid carving yourself into that echo chamber is to join multiple groups.