Khuutra said:
In that case, your post failed to properly frame a context in which Samus's sex has nothign to do with the topic at hand, which is what I assume you mean by "this" - because Samus's sex has a lot to do with the topic at hand, though ideally it shouldn't And your perception about feminism is wrong; feminism is simply the belief that women should have equal status, rights, and privileges when compared to men. It's nothing more complicated than that. |
His perception about feminism isn't completely wrong, and it isn't wholly uncommon either.
Plenty of equal rights workers - including, and probably especially, feminists - are working for equal rights, but from a false view of justice. A good example of this is the fight for equal salaries between male and female workers in Norway today (it might be true in other countries as well, but Norway is the only place I know the situation well enough to speak of). To a very large extent, I believe Norway has now reached fairness in salaries. There are some apparent problems that are still being fought though, such as a larger portion of leaders being male, and women on average earning less than men.
These apparent problems are, however, largely down the genders not actually being identical. Women and men don't choose the exact same things in life, and women are more prone to choose family, while men are more prone to choose work. I'm not sure how widely accepted that is, but it seems likely, especially from a biological viewpoint. The leaders in companies are, ultimately, the ones who put their heart and soul into the company, and who focus on little else. If you believe that men and women are different, it makes sense that a larger portion of men end up in leader positions.
Additionally, women in Norway have a tendency to choose working in the public sector, while men tend to work in the private sector. Salaries in the public sector are lower, but you have a better pension, and a far more secure job, as it's (virtually) impossible to be fired in the public sector, and there's no chance the government will go bankrupt. So the women have slightly lower salaries, but it's a tradeoff for other benefits.
Many feminists in Norway don't really get this viewpoint at all. They see that the situation is unequal, and therefore decide that women are being discriminated against, and that therefore laws have to be changed. Several laws have been passed that haven't really been about equal rights, but evening out the differences what men and women choose. Which isn't necessary, because it's perfectly fine that people choose differently.
Women should have all the same opportunities as men do. And they more or less do today (at least in Norway). Up to a few years ago, this was all equal rights working wanted - and they succeeded. Which is brilliant. But several equal rights workers today are working toward making equally many men and women choose the same - or even forcing them to - which is completely wrong. I'd say they aren't really feminists, but "homogenists".
Feminism is now partially a bad word because it has been soured by people doing stupid things in its name. Stupid things that aren't proper feminism at all.
This ended up being a bit of a digression - and a bit longer than I expected - so sorry about that. I don't really have a lot to add on the Samus-specific part of the debate.
