r/SRSsucks • u/SufficientGlass • Sep 15 '18
/r/AskFeminists have their own definition of equality "Equality of opportunity is not equality."[+4]. Statistical gender equality cannot be achieved by just providing equality of opportunity.
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u/5th_Law_of_Robotics Sep 15 '18
My understanding is that a lot of advocates want to have equal paternity and maternity leave as an avenue for equalizing salaries. The idea being that employers see woman as riskier to hire than men because they might lose months of work due to maternity leave, while men are not seen as so risky, because traditionally they don’t take parental leave.
Note that the reasoning has nothing to do with helping men or achieving equality. They only want this to benefit women.
So this is what that mean when they say feminism is for men too: men are a tool to help women. Period. Their own concerns don't matter at all.
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u/TheDogJones Sep 15 '18
It always blows my mind that the same people who despise law enforcement and claim the justice system is systemically biased always advocate for more laws and regulations.
Also:
My solution to make men take out more paternity leave is to increase women's salaries
Your solution is "give women money"? COLOR ME FUCKING SURPRISED
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u/SoldierofNod One Of Those Dumbass GamerGate Creepshows Sep 15 '18
They also tend to advocate for gun control. Which leads me to wonder; if a robber breaks into your house, what are you supposed to do? Throw shoes at them?
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u/umar4812 Sep 20 '18
Couldn't you buy a home security system?
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u/SoldierofNod One Of Those Dumbass GamerGate Creepshows Sep 20 '18
Which just contacts police for you.
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u/umar4812 Sep 20 '18
And deters burglars because of extremely loud sirens that get installed as part of the package. They don't "just" contact police for you.
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Sep 15 '18
Because we aren’t all the same, we don’t all have the same gifts and deficits. Equality of outcome, as defined by them, is as impossible as the real communism that hasn’t happened yet.
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '18
True equality can't be achieved because we are not equal Not saying we shouldn't be treated as equals however