I strongly dislike the 'Respect women because they have relatives' bullshit. We're a sexually reproducing species which cares for its young and maintains family ties. Nearly everyone has relatives. They're also individuals and have genuinely respect-worthy qualities.
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Some people think it's inconsistent that I am critical of feminism and of 'traditional gender roles' which make women purely wives and mothers and domestic workers but it isn't. If feminism was just that, I wouldn't be critical of it.
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I think some people can be fulfilled by a life devoted to domestic & family stuff and devoid of work or intellectual pursuits just as some people can be fulfilled by a life devoted to work or intellectual pursuits & devoid of domestic & family stuff but I think most ppl need both
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I am very very sceptical of traditional gender roles at the same time as recognising that gender differences exist and lead to different choices in life. This is because I know we are overlapping populations. Steven Pinker said it best:pic.twitter.com/JurdNpL7C6
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I was with all the way up until you entreated "read charitably". In my best kermit the frog voice "Well, good luck with that". Did you write this in 1987? This is 2018, I doubt even bus timetables are neutrally.pic.twitter.com/o88bTf1fRj
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I don't know what you mean. What is it about 2018 that makes it impossible to be charitable? This is what I mean by reading people charitably.pic.twitter.com/91rByKmQ1E
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I understand what you mean. I mean that people don't give each other much benefit of the doubt these days. Which is a shame. I was endeavouring to crack a funny, and failing.
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Oh, OK. It is a shame. I think we can do better.
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We can do much better. I'll play the straight man and you deliver the punch-line.
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Well put.
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