Discussion with the shocking beginning
"Men do not need to be good at cooking! ", "Men can not raise a child", "Two homosexuals should not have a baby"
Uff!!!! This was very tough to hear from a friend of mine. But the discussion afterwards was perfect. I just reflected on my arguments in topic on gender and I still believe I am right.
The argument that women are naturally gifted to be better at taking care of children than men is not the argument I can agree with. Human beings have something which makes them different from other animals. We are born with very few instincts and instead of them we have flexible brain which enables us to learn all the time, every minute of our life. And that´s why men as well as women have to learn how to take care of children and ARE able to take care of children. Furthermore both of them have right to take part in raising children. And the child has right to spend as much time with dad as with mom. Why to bring these inequalities? And arguments based on nature! We use nature all the time we need some arguments to excuse our behaviour but we forget about nature when it comes to taking care of our environment.
I love gender issues. Mostly the question: why have we created gender roles? And why are they so so rigid? We have lot of other roles in our life which we can modify according to our wishes to feel comfortable. But step out of the gender role is most often a disaster!!! The whole identity falls apart! Why is it so essential to belong to one of the two gender (not sex) cathegories?
Hmm..I would like to find out.
Uff!!!! This was very tough to hear from a friend of mine. But the discussion afterwards was perfect. I just reflected on my arguments in topic on gender and I still believe I am right.
The argument that women are naturally gifted to be better at taking care of children than men is not the argument I can agree with. Human beings have something which makes them different from other animals. We are born with very few instincts and instead of them we have flexible brain which enables us to learn all the time, every minute of our life. And that´s why men as well as women have to learn how to take care of children and ARE able to take care of children. Furthermore both of them have right to take part in raising children. And the child has right to spend as much time with dad as with mom. Why to bring these inequalities? And arguments based on nature! We use nature all the time we need some arguments to excuse our behaviour but we forget about nature when it comes to taking care of our environment.
I love gender issues. Mostly the question: why have we created gender roles? And why are they so so rigid? We have lot of other roles in our life which we can modify according to our wishes to feel comfortable. But step out of the gender role is most often a disaster!!! The whole identity falls apart! Why is it so essential to belong to one of the two gender (not sex) cathegories?
Hmm..I would like to find out.
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Postat av: Troysarah
Lots of great info, keep up the good work!
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