For example, when discussing gender-related problems, it seems inevitable that some proposed solutions will generally be better for men, and other solutions will generally be better for women.
Even this is too simplistic. Polygyny is better for high status men and most women, and bad for low status men and high status women. (And this is before you get to the evolutionary effects, which are both positive and negative and thus hard to judge!)
I meant that to be a simple example of how social policies/norms tend to create winners and losers relative to other policies or the status quo, and didn’t mean to suggest that the winners and losers of gender-related policies will all or mostly divide along gender lines. I’ve reworded the sentence to make it clearer. Thanks.
Even this is too simplistic. Polygyny is better for high status men and most women, and bad for low status men and high status women. (And this is before you get to the evolutionary effects, which are both positive and negative and thus hard to judge!)
I meant that to be a simple example of how social policies/norms tend to create winners and losers relative to other policies or the status quo, and didn’t mean to suggest that the winners and losers of gender-related policies will all or mostly divide along gender lines. I’ve reworded the sentence to make it clearer. Thanks.