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Originally Posted by Patriam1066
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In economic times where agriculture formed the basis of all production and surplus, where labor was an asset, perhaps having societies that forced women into reproductive relationships was advantageous to human survival and societal order? In other words, could the motivation behind inequality, PERHAPS, have been pragmatism as opposed to men imposing dominion? I'm asking rhetorically. I know the right answer but I suspect you don't
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Obviously other things matter to humans than equal rights for all ... things like (for instance) the survival of the species. And obviously it's idiotic to impose modern values on medieval times.
But I didn't include all that because I wanted to shit on medieval people: I did it because I care about the present, and the past impacts the present. A lot of the anti-feminist arguments here stem from a lack of knowledge about the way the world has been. You honestly can't (or at least I can't) fault someone for having a bad opinion if that person doesn't have all the facts, so I'm just trying to battle ignorance with facts.
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Originally Posted by Jimjam
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Ergo women's rights among this group have outpaced those of men.
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Ok, sure, but ... let's say we're on a staircase. I'm on step 1, but you're on step 100, and I go from step 1 to step 50 while you go from step 100 to step 101. I've absolutely made more progress than you: that's true. But at the same time, that doesn't mean we're equal, because I'm still 51 steps behind you.
Women are still not equal in our society, and feminism is still far from irrelevant.