I'm unsure how useful complaining abt cultural pressure - lots of people thinking a certain way - is tho. Telling them they shouldn't. 1/2https://twitter.com/Amrael_pr/status/881803065682165760 …
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I don't think its either realistic or ethical to try to make 'society' embrace a certain understanding of gender or of gender roles.
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Whether its socially conservative rigid ones or 'gender is an oppressive cultural construct' ones or anywhere in the middle.
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There should'nt be a 'wrongthink' on gender. People ultimately do what suits them &its making that a moral imperative for all is the problem
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It's often a self-justification. Eg 'I want to be a stay-at-home mother & also like dominant men so this is how men & women should be.'
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Or 'I hate traditional gender roles and would be unhappy living in them so they are morally wrong & oppressive for everyone.'
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Ideal to find partners with same preferences & live as you wish Then acknowledge this is what you wish, not what is morally right.
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I disagree w idea that feminist ideas dominate society & the ppl facing most social pressure are those who favour conservative gender roles
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In the realms of life choices, that is. Much more justification to say this re academia, social justice movements & leftist policy.
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Social pressure on men & women around working & parenting still seems to be largely conservative pressure.
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With mothers feeling guilty if they work long hours & fathers feeling ashamed if they struggle to provide alone.
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But there is only so much you can blame 'societal pressure' for your own feelings if you've been able to make the choice you feel right.
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Yes, of course. My point was that you seemed to say that being pressured into taking high tech jobs coz status doesn't reflect real choice
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I was referring to the fact that where women aren't pressured to do this, they don't do it so often.
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Eg, Indian friend. Both he & his sister told by parents their options are medicine or engineering & this is something of a norm.
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Where this doesn't happen, more men still choose the engineering option than women.
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you take that back!
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