I think that I interpreted your question as being, "gee, I have no idea why men and women wouldn't be treated equally," as opposed to "wow, we ought to get to the root of the problem and come up with a solution," so forgive me if I came off a little harsh.
Well, I like to think that I'm not a total idiot, true.
It's an insidious cultural problem, and the answers to it aren't simple, I agree.
*nod* That's my point. "Now what?" It's one thing to raise awareness, and certainly, that's step one. But as the other sub-thread demonstrates, it's easy to get into summary generalizations that distort (all men belong to a boys club, "men are just spoiled", "men have a greater sense of entitlement") rather than clarify the problem space.
Well, okay, I'm pretty bad at summary generalizations myself. No harm, no foul.
But pointing out 1 or 2 ancedotes doesn't particularly help. I mean, sure, it's illuminating to someone who's never thought about the problem, but I'm trying to delve a little deeper here.
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Date: 2007-07-31 08:45 pm (UTC)Well, I like to think that I'm not a total idiot, true.
It's an insidious cultural problem, and the answers to it aren't simple, I agree.
*nod* That's my point. "Now what?" It's one thing to raise awareness, and certainly, that's step one. But as the other sub-thread demonstrates, it's easy to get into summary generalizations that distort (all men belong to a boys club, "men are just spoiled", "men have a greater sense of entitlement") rather than clarify the problem space.
Well, okay, I'm pretty bad at summary generalizations myself. No harm, no foul.
But pointing out 1 or 2 ancedotes doesn't particularly help. I mean, sure, it's illuminating to someone who's never thought about the problem, but I'm trying to delve a little deeper here.