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The claim, "If men and women are fundamentally different is a matter of debate," needs to be clarified. Obviously, men and women have many fundamental ''physical'' differences. The fact that we are one ''mammalian'' species means that, like other mammalian species, we have two sexes. |
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Now, according to some radical feminists, I'm sure, the view that men and women are fundamentally different is sufficient for sexism. We can add that view ''as a separate paragraph'' in the article, I'd say. But it is far from being the ordinary understanding of the view, ''even among feminists.'' --[[LMS]] |
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Revision as of 13:49, 21 May 2001
Like Racism, this is bound to be an interesting section. And I must put forth a position similar to Lee's over on Racism/Talk: the two sexs are indeed fundamentally different, and observing this does not make one a sexist. On the other hand, I would contend that believing one sex is inferior to the other because of these differences is a sexist position. -- STG
If men and women are fundamentally different is a matter of debate. We are after all one species. Besides the argument tends to fall down when confronted with people whose gender identity isn't straightforward, whether they be transsexual, hermophroditic or simply enjoy messing with people's heads. The problem here, as in racism, is that some tend to see only the traits that they consider typical to be representative and simple deny everything that is outside that. It's a circular argument. What it comes down to in the end is this: Can the fictional individual we're discussing here meet another person first and foremost as a fellow human being or will they see them primarily as an instance of the group they've arbitrarily consigned them to?
--Mjausson
The claim, "If men and women are fundamentally different is a matter of debate," needs to be clarified. Obviously, men and women have many fundamental physical differences. The fact that we are one mammalian species means that, like other mammalian species, we have two sexes.
Now, according to some radical feminists, I'm sure, the view that men and women are fundamentally different is sufficient for sexism. We can add that view as a separate paragraph in the article, I'd say. But it is far from being the ordinary understanding of the view, even among feminists. --LMS