My Theory About Why Feminism is Currently Irrelevent to Millenials

[loramin]

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

It makes me think of futurama where job roles are assigned; perhaps to the intention of mandatory equality?

The example of easy jet shows how equality of opportunity won't result in equality of outcome. I don't think equality of out come is so important though; thanks to increased opportunities, and diffused social expectations we now have many more female doctors and male nurses than previously (which in some ways turns the pilot/crew example on its head). I don't think we can argue against people who are competent, capable and motivated going into jobs they love), and it would be wrong to push people jno careers they don't enjoy (momentary nod towards wage/debt/subsistence slaves in the modern world).

Absolutely. But at the same time you also have to remember: for the vast majority of human history half of all humans were considered property. Obviously things have changed a bit in the last century or so, but it's all still very recent in historical terms. Heck, less than a hundred years ago women in America didn't even get their own citizenship: there are still people alive today who were alive back when a woman marrying a non-American meant that they stopped being American!

My point is that systematic oppression like that doesn't just go away overnight, and even though we've seen lots of progress, we shouldn't mistake progress for the problem being solved (more women doctors doesn't mean half our society has equal opportunities to the other half).

You can't have a ref who cheats and throws the game to one team for the almost the entire game, and then two minutes before the buzzer throw in a ref who calls things more fairly (but still not completely fairly), and declare that both teams are equal and can now play the game normally.