Battletard wrote:
I view women as equals when they view themselves as equals, and when their behavior reflects that view. I don't like "I'm so special, I deserve more rights than you. I can pop out kids so diaf, you don't matter." I don't judge an entire demographic in the same manner. I see no rationale for that. I judge people based on my personal interactions with them.
Dr. King said it best in "I have a dream"
People first, subgroups last. Gay, straight, black, white, male female. I don't care honestly.
These things shouldn't define who someone is.
This would also work for me. Ideally.
It's also why I refuse to date.
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I don't judge an entire demographic in the same manner. I see no rationale for that.
This, though, I don't agree with. My rationale is simple: demographics are defined by what they have in common. Different kinds of people are different. Learning about the world - and navigating it - is learning those differences and making some sort of peace with that. One can't very well get by if one thinks that every sort of person has the same instincts or value system.
It's too much easier to just say differences don't exist and/or don't matter than to strive to understand exactly what they are and how they do.