If women's 'natural roles' are raising children & cooking & taking care of homes, men's are hunting & fighting & building things.
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If this is what you want to do, fine. Find someone else who wants to, go do that. Try not to die in childbirth or fighting over a cow.
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If, on the other hand, you accept that men can do things other than hunting, fighting & building things with their bare hands - eg computing
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Then it should be quite clear that women can also do things other than raising children, cooking & cleaning a house - eg medicine.
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None of this - 'It's my natural role to develop software & women's to have lots of babies."
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"I fulfil my role by spending half my waking life at work & half with my family. Women should fulfil theirs by devoting 100% to family.'
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And stop pretending the only alternative to this is blank-slatist insistence that men & women are exactly the same & make same choices.
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We are different on average coz we evolved with different pressures. Society evolved too to produce opportunities for the full spectrum.
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The 'public sphere' has not been a battle or hunting ground for some time. It's had things like hospitals & schools for thousands of years.
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If you got your way & all women were removed from the public sphere, what do you think wld happen to hospitals and schools? NHS -77% female
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The 'public sphere' now includes many important roles which draw on abilities & interests women have to a greater degree than men.
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So just shut up, ridiculous people. I'm not arguing about this any more. I'm just posting this thread.
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??? No, they get updated & expanded. I said that quite clearly.
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So you believe in gender roles??
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They exist, yes. I don't think anyone need comply with them. Gender differences exist on average too & we can make our own roles in life.
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But in that thread, I was saying that logically if social conservatives accept that men's roles have changed over time, women's can too.
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Men's roles haven't changed. It's the same: get resources and protection for the family. The WAY in which men comply their role changed.
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Women's roles haven't changed : look after the wellbeing of the community, educate children. The WAY has changed. Doctors, teachers etc
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My point should have been clear. Men & women have different aptitudes & interests on average. Many career opportunities for both.
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