Currently I plan to strongly advise my future sons against marriage.
While it makes sense to explicate the current gender disparity in the legal practice once your male hetero children are of the relevant age, brainwashing them (that’s how I interpret “strongly advise” coming from a (future) parent) in any area is generally a bad idea. The best parents can do is to give their children the tools to make optimal decisions and then watch them screw up and stumble regardless, but hopefully not as painfully.
I meant strongly advise as in educate on the risks and benefits. Though to be perfectly honest I don’t see much of a difference between “brainwashing” and “educating”.
I’ve personally been mildly amused at the arbitrary distinctions that people make between “education/socialization” and “brainwashing”. Generally, I find that the later term is used for influence that is percieved as low status or otherwise not socially acceptable.
While it makes sense to explicate the current gender disparity in the legal practice once your male hetero children are of the relevant age, brainwashing them (that’s how I interpret “strongly advise” coming from a (future) parent) in any area is generally a bad idea. The best parents can do is to give their children the tools to make optimal decisions and then watch them screw up and stumble regardless, but hopefully not as painfully.
I meant strongly advise as in educate on the risks and benefits. Though to be perfectly honest I don’t see much of a difference between “brainwashing” and “educating”.
I educate, you inform, he brainwashes.
I’ve personally been mildly amused at the arbitrary distinctions that people make between “education/socialization” and “brainwashing”. Generally, I find that the later term is used for influence that is percieved as low status or otherwise not socially acceptable.