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Originally Posted by Grey Matter
I respect your opinion, but I am curious if you studied biology extensively. I have (as it was my major). Men have the ability to grow muscle due to testosterone. Men also do not have the burden of breasts (which, as many people know, takes quite a lot of strength), wider set bones, and a uterus that makes gaining muscle as men do difficult. No one sex was designed to be anything, and this is where people mistake "i'm taking a scientific idea and saying it's fact by putting SCIENCE at the end of it. That is not how it works.
Yes, sexism is institutionalized. Like racism, etc. Here are some readings so if you feel inclined to educate yourself, you may do so.
Institutional Sexism - The Cynical Girl ? The Cynical Girl
Institutional sexism is closer to home than you think - Comment - Voices - The Independent
(more to be found if you google "institutionalized sexism")
"I don't like feminism. I am a woman. I think it is ridiculous to side with only one gender and not the other." Well! If you knew what real feminism was instead of blindly hating it, you'd know that feminism is FOR ALL GENDER BASED EQUALITY! You know how men feel the need to hide emotions? That is from gender roles. Gender roles are based on sexism. You know how men get laughed at when they enjoy fashion/certain music/etc? That is based from sexism! Feminism isn't women wanting to rule the world. Feminism is wanting all genders to be free and safe with who they are. Not every feminist is the "trope" created to scare people off feminism.
I, also, do not think that men are inherently evil. I don't think anything or anyone is. Males do have privilege (employment, you don't see men walking home alone with mace from fear of sexual assault, higher pay for same work, etc). Does that make the men evil? No! It simply means, within a privileged based system, they got the upper hand whether they asked for it or not. Feminism has nothing to do with hating men. It has to do creating bridges instead of walls. I don't honestly believe you have read far enough into feminism to even denote what is "moderate" feminism, since... I have never known any other feminism than the one I practice. |
Yes, men have the ability to grow muscle due to testosterone. Should we perhaps deliberately lower mans testosterone by putting soya in food and estrogen in tapwater?
Men are more likely to be violently assaulted by other men. Women are more likely to be sexually assaulted because the majority of rapists and sexual abusers are male and heterosexual. However the latter is nothing to do with society stereotypes and more to do with biology. Rapists have always existed. Rape happens with an animals. Does feminism exist in animals? Are female animals being suppressed by the male of the species. Why are the male lions sitting on their *** whilst the lioness go out and hunt? How about insects and arachnids? Are male spiders and preying mantis being unfairly treated by the female of the species who often consumes the male after copulation.
The reason why the majority of men are in positions of power is because men are on average, fueled with 10 times more testosterone then women. Ironically, when a female does make it to the top, she often shows many masculine traits which are assertiveness, dominance and aggression. I would even argue confidence. Since testosterone is a natural confidence booster.