As a sociologist, I'd like to point out how inaccurate your arguments are. First off, this is a strawman fallacy. This is not the desire of feminism. The feminist goal, though varied based on schools of thought, is to have men and women have equal opportunity and be held to the same standards of action, without judgement based on socially enforced assumptions and roles.
Women, though physically different, vary little to none in functional levels as compared to men. This of course excludes the physical difference that would make some professionalism difficult for the majority of the members of the sexes like contortionism for men, or construction work for women.
As for gender,-yes, it's different; do the research yourself- it's only socially enforced as it is marked by the behaviors we expect from the sexes and the roles we attribute to those behaviors. The ideas of masculinity and femininity come from these concepts. Some cultures have other genders because they have constructed the roles differently, leaving some cultures with three, four, or even five genders.
Most of the inequality comes from discrimination based on gender and not sex, which is why "gender equality" is such an issue. It's caused because people assume that just because someone has a vagina, they aren't emotionally capable of being a CEO or running a country. It's the assumption that because someone has testicles, they aren't suitable to care for children or it is inappropriate for them to be a midwife.
That's the basics... for the most part. It DOES get more complicated than this.
IIN to believe that "gender equality" is unrealistic and fallacious?
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As a sociologist, I'd like to point out how inaccurate your arguments are. First off, this is a strawman fallacy. This is not the desire of feminism. The feminist goal, though varied based on schools of thought, is to have men and women have equal opportunity and be held to the same standards of action, without judgement based on socially enforced assumptions and roles.
Women, though physically different, vary little to none in functional levels as compared to men. This of course excludes the physical difference that would make some professionalism difficult for the majority of the members of the sexes like contortionism for men, or construction work for women.
As for gender,-yes, it's different; do the research yourself- it's only socially enforced as it is marked by the behaviors we expect from the sexes and the roles we attribute to those behaviors. The ideas of masculinity and femininity come from these concepts. Some cultures have other genders because they have constructed the roles differently, leaving some cultures with three, four, or even five genders.
Most of the inequality comes from discrimination based on gender and not sex, which is why "gender equality" is such an issue. It's caused because people assume that just because someone has a vagina, they aren't emotionally capable of being a CEO or running a country. It's the assumption that because someone has testicles, they aren't suitable to care for children or it is inappropriate for them to be a midwife.
That's the basics... for the most part. It DOES get more complicated than this.