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Old Jun 09, 2012, 02:02 AM
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(Bit of a bump here I know)

If I'm honest, I have never felt any inferiority complexes about my race (I'm white), it's just something I never think of. I have briefly wondered what it's like to be other races, like black or something, but nothing which occupied my mind.

However I do feel deep down that as a female I'm somewhat classed as inferior to males (if not consciously then subconsciously), when I was a child and in my early teens I used to believe I was born the wrong sex and wanted to be a boy because I was a tomboy, I suppose this manifested in my young teenage years when I actually pretended to be a boy on an online game for nearly 3 years but that's another story completely. I always felt it was unfair that females had to be physically weaker and smaller than males (generally speaking) and that women had very few rights up until the 20th century. When you look at history all the greatest scientists, engineers, inventors, leaders, philosophers, entrepreneurs, richest, etc etc have been male, and yes there are lots of great females who have succeeded well and I believe there will be more in the future, but vast majority are men and probably always will be. I've always felt men have had the better deal when it comes to what is socially acceptable. Hair on men is encouraged, with women if they have any body hair they are freaks. An unhygienic man will not get as harshly criticised as an unhygienic woman. A man who enjoys playing the field isn't frowned upon, but a woman who does is deemed a "slut" or a "*****". You get the picture.

Men do have the short end of the stick in some areas I acknowledge that, but IMO, women are much worse off. Another thing I dislike is how feminism has negative connotations now, more than any other civil rights movement, feminism has been unfairly blamed on other areas in society "going down hill" (such as education) when most feminists simply seek equal rights, including social rights with men, somehow there's lots of people out there who think feminists are merely now a band of man-hating lesbian lunatics who are out to take over society and oppress or something. I am completely against "positive discrimination" BTW. But generally nowadays I guess I've given up caring and think eh it's life, life's a ***** and all that.
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