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Old 07-22-2005, 09:24 PM   #37
Aelia Jusa
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Join Date: August 23, 2001
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Age: 44
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Originally posted by Sir Krustin:

I'd like to elaborate on the last: true equality is impossible, nor is it even necessary. I feel it's important to recognize that everyone in the world isn't equal. Feminism is especially loathsome as it is based on the fiction that women are better suited for most things than men are.
Hmm. I had always thought that feminism was based on countering the fiction that women are better suited to certain things (namely domestic tasks and child-rearing) than men, and the fiction that men are better suited to most other things (in particular voting, being educated, and working in anything other than menial jobs) than women.

Of course true equality is impossible, as everyone has different skills, talents, and luck. But the strive for equality is for equal opportunity, where people are only discriminated against based on relevant attributes, not irrelevant attributes, and everyone who is able is given the opportunity to attain the relevant attributes.
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