• @feedum_sneedson
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    1 year ago

    Women bear children, so are materially disadvantaged when it comes to sex. They can be raped and get pregnant as a result. This can’t happen to men. This is compounded by sexual dimorphism meaning women are weaker on average, though the tails definitely overlap.

    This means special laws are needed to protect women wherever sexual dimorphism has the potential to disempower - for example, the right to safe abortions, certain economic protections for mothers, and perhaps even some protected spaces.

    I don’t have the answers, but that’s the basis of the argument. We’ve come so far in the West it’s hard to see the material inequality written into our DNA. With modern contraception it can be especially hard to recognise the reality of our bodies, and certainly natural to resent it.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Don’t men have worse health problems including higher infant mortality rate? Do you think we should be legislating to even the playing ground in that aspect?

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          How?

          Just because some people are at an apparent genetic disadvantage, does not follow that we should attempt to legally remove inequities.

          This would both be unfair to those considered advantaged in some way, and impossible to implement.