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? asked in Social ScienceGender Studies · 8 years ago

Feminist analogy : A double edged sword ?

So here are two recent questions which were posted --

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Au9_v...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhQKp...

So the analogies are that women are similar to a physically damaged man,whose on a wheel chair and a 15 month old baby, and how people do not react to them even if they instigate violence so similarly the rule should apply on females as well since they do not "pose areal threat to them (men)"

Now I would like to know from these two people as well as the ones on the forum, that what if the same analogy is used and applied in favor of men in a work place setting, as a reason to pay men more, as a reason to advocate no women in the military,fire fighting,police forces etc ??

Do you consider me a misogynist for essentially using the same analogy which goes against your school of thought ??

Update:

@Tile floors

I love how your answer is 75% self proclamation of how big of an intellectual you are just like most feminists, as for running away, what do you call resolving a question, after making responses to a person ?? so that he/she cant reply you back --- in other words you simply "ran away" ---

Now lets see your figure of 98%

Resource extraction (coal/salt/diamonds/gold/petroleum), Defense (army,airforce,navy), fire fighters, police/law enforcement forces, construction works, and jobs that require alot of field work like research in the fields of science --- accounts for 2% of the jobs in the world ????

If that is what you believe then I guess we have nothing left to argue, and you'v proven just how big of an intellectual you really are :D

As for the MRA's argument let me explain it to you

1.Women that do enter the military eg In USA, that is because of their choice --- Not because they had to sign up for the SSA like the men have to do.

So if femin

Update 2:

-feminists advocate equality, they should also advocate SSA for both women and men, or simply a matter of choice for BOTH men and women

2. Women that do enter military do so mostly, when physical standards are reduced for them

So if feminists advocate equality, how about advocating same standards too

Both these arguments are in a continuity and both are logical and make sense ---

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2nd edit

@Tile floors

When you call others bitter and get personal with them publically and then say oh yea my email was available and stuff and close the discussion --- I call it running away, however your right I did not know about the comment section --- See something good atlast came out of this discussion---

On to your points

Statistics:-

Dear, you were the one that came up with the nonsensical 98% to 2% numeric not me, and when you say that I didn't bring stats so why should you, you forget you already did bring a statistic (although a made up one) === and now your getting upset cuz I have a logical rebuttal to it ??

"Boosting rights":-

Umm lets see, I wasn't the one posting a question about how females are weaker than males, Im not the one saying and boosting im an intellectual --- YOU ARE ---

Consistency of claims:-

First of all you say that these arguments of military are "MINE", which they are not since Ive exclusively mentioned them as

Update 4:

"MRA's arguments" ---

However if your not biased and view these arguments they are perfectly consistent ---

Because these arguments address 2 different stages altogether --

one is before applying for service, the other is on the initial level in which you are tested

The argument is not, women should be "FORCED", its that feminists should advocate "choice" for both genders, and if not they should advocate SSA be enforced on both genders because lets face it only in these two conditions is it "EQUAL" ---

The second deals with the physical exams in which women are exposed to a lesser standard of physical work out than males ---- That too, is "Inequality" ---

These arguments are consistent, and I know feminists have tried hard to make it seem like they are not --- but the fact is that these arguments are very strong, and you chanting they are "inconsistent" because you take two different stages and intertwine them to ma

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make out something far fetched --- does not make them any weaker ---

Lastly, you say feminists are a group that advocate "EQUAL RIGHTS" for "WOMEN"

Isn't a retaliation after a physical aggression by women a form of EQUALITY ??

Arn't same physical tests for forces EQUALITY ??

Isn't the application or dissolution of SSA for BOTH genders EQUALITY ??

Or are you simply saying that feminists dont have the ability to take the NEGATIVES of equality, and can only take the positives ???

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