pepharytheworm said:
bugrimmar said: Equal rights between men and women eh? Sorry, but the fact of the matter is men and women are not equal. In many things, men are better. In other things, women are better. Are you going to suddenly tell me that the NBA should integrate men and women in the name of equality? Should we pay female basketball players the same money as male basketball players? That's just stupid. We live in a world where men and women have different strengths. Equality for sexes is impossible and if you try to do it, you just wind up with a bunch of crap that doesn't make sense. So yes, feminism is garbage.
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Females and males can have certain advantages physically but that doesn't speak for every male or female or every task. Do you seriously believe that the best WNBA players are worse than the worst NBA players? I have seen plenty of women more capable than me in a variety of task usually held as males being superior. Equality doesn't mean 50/50 amount of people in every facet of life, it means equal opportunity to develop such skills and being able to use the skills aquired and judged on those merits. It has been tested repeatedly that the exact same resume with only the names changed from a typical male and female name, the male name would be called in for an interview more often. Do you not see that feminism exist because of people who think like you do?
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Eh? NO, even the absolute best female players in the world would get wiped away by a combination of 12th men in the NBA. Are you freaking serious? You're downplaying the obvious advantages and making it seem that the points are small.. come on, the advantages are freaking huge in many facets.
Just because you see women more capable than you, it doesn't mean women are just more capable. Maybe it's just you. Think of the whole world before you make such a statement.
FACT: men are stronger and that strength carries in many professions. Put your head around that for a minute. In 95% of competitive sports, men are absolutely better. Women are probably only better at style based sports such as figure skating and gymnastics but anything strength based, men are obviously better. Men are also absolutely better at tasks that require physical strength, such as construction, police, army/navy, firefighting, as well as anything that requires people to carry stuff.
FACT: women hold no scientifically proven physical/mental advantages over men. This means that yes, women can be just as good as men in terms of jobs that do not necessarily require physical strength. This means that the playing field is level, so it's up to the women to show their worth and prove themselves, just like men do on a daily basis.
FACT: It's a competitive world and men are scientifically more competitive due to hormones and competition makes people more driven to perform better. That's why men are more naturally able to get better positions. Don't blame lack of opportunities, it's just individual performance.
FACT: Those same hormones make women more emotional and better at nurturing and/or other tasks that require a deeper understanding of feelings. You can interpret this in any way you want.
Don't pretend things are equal. Men and women are too different and can never be equal. That's it.