twenty.five
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Lloyd Braun said:[quote="twenty.five":2mej5yb3]seb said:Of course I'm a feminist, in the same way I'm sure most people here are. No doubt you feel differently. I believe women and men are equal in the same way I believe black people and white people are equal. That's all the word "feminist" means.
Men and women are not equal in the same way that white and black people (or people of any other races) are said to be equal. There are differences between men and women that are biological. Each sex, in general, has its strengths and weaknesses. Men typically assume certain roles in a family while women are better suited for others. That doesn't mean its wrong for women to have careers or for men to stay at home and raise the kids it is just an acknowledgment that there is nothing wrong with traditional family life. This is a key area where I think feminists go wrong.[/quote:2mej5yb3]
No, there's not anything wrong with it if that's how people choose to live*, and being a feminist doesn't mean you believe that the only way is a non-traditional way. All that being a feminist means is that you believe men and women are equal. Everything else doesn't come under the feminist banner. So when you say that "feminists" won't acknowledge that there's nothing wrong with a traditional family life, that's not true at all. There may be feminists who have that opinion, but that doesn't make it a "feminist" belief.
Whether men and women appearing to be different is the result of innate differences instead of socialisation is a whole other debate. Nature vs nurture. And it's pretty settled that both make a difference.
(* When you say "traditional family life", I'm assuming you don't mean anything creepy or weird)