Merriam-Webster Word of the Year 2017

[loramin]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if ever there is to be equality we must first acknowledge disparity and only thereafter may we celebrate diversity.

Originally Posted by kb2005 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You can't do that if you don't acknowledge that differences exist.

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

which school of feminism is it that says the sexes are identical?

i'd love to know

Exactly. Feminism means equal treatment, not "pretend both genders are identical". Now to be fair:

Feminism = equal treatment for all genders ... which does not mean pretending that the inherent biological differences between those genders do not exist

doesn't fit well on a bumper sticker or protest sign, so I can see how that might lead to confusion.

However, you will not find a sane feminist anywhere who says you should ignore biological differences. Just take the issue of public bathrooms: men move through them faster because of their biology and the magic technology of urinals. Feminists want more female public bathrooms to account for the biological differences. They don't want an equal number of bathrooms, with urinals in both.

Same thing with maternity leave/paternity leave. No feminist is saying "men have to push a baby out, they need time off". They're just saying "hey, there's a lot more to this whole baby-rearing thing than just the 'pushing out' part, and men should get the same opportunity for involvement in that as women".