Would I be a misogynist (or a gynophile) if I pointed out that (for cultural and other reasons) many women fare better in social situations? Would you dispute any such difference, or would you assume some sort of hidden agenda whenever such a difference is stated?
Essentially, gender discussions are constructed to penalize half of the discussion. That’s pretty much exactly why I file gender discussion as a strictly political issue; it’s built on an us-versus-them dynamic.
Doesn’t matter what gender you are. I didn’t say half the participants, I said half the discussion. The us-versus-them isn’t constructed on gender lines, but ideological lines.
And the half which you just explicitly stated you penalize (however weakly), and which I broadly see penalized in the majority of gender discussions.
I have always subconsciously assumed that you are male, probably based on the overall LW gender distribution. Unfortunately I have no intuitions relating gender to Chinese names.
Essentially, gender discussions are constructed to penalize half of the discussion. That’s pretty much exactly why I file gender discussion as a strictly political issue
In most of my social circles, gender discussions are the most in your face examples of arguments as soldiers. Knowing that politics is the mind-killer, I usually keep my mouth shut.
Weak evidence of misogyny. Emphasis on the weak.
What?
Essentially, gender discussions are constructed to penalize half of the discussion. That’s pretty much exactly why I file gender discussion as a strictly political issue; it’s built on an us-versus-them dynamic.
I am extremely curious what gender everyone in this discussion thinks I am. (Also, I agree, but which half were you thinking of?)
Doesn’t matter what gender you are. I didn’t say half the participants, I said half the discussion. The us-versus-them isn’t constructed on gender lines, but ideological lines.
And the half which you just explicitly stated you penalize (however weakly), and which I broadly see penalized in the majority of gender discussions.
I have always subconsciously assumed that you are male, probably based on the overall LW gender distribution. Unfortunately I have no intuitions relating gender to Chinese names.
In most of my social circles, gender discussions are the most in your face examples of arguments as soldiers. Knowing that politics is the mind-killer, I usually keep my mouth shut.