Message from @Vilhelmsson

Discord ID: 485779518712184833


2018-09-02 11:29:19 UTC  

If you value equality, you will see the differances of man and woman as a bad thing. If you value inequality, you will see it as a good thing. Both of these perspectives are equally logical, they both recognize the truth of the differance. However, they view it in different ways.

2018-09-02 11:29:56 UTC  

@ham addition Ideaologies can also have a value system.

2018-09-02 11:30:15 UTC  

that's true

2018-09-02 11:30:34 UTC  

i take my personal values more from my ideology than family, culture, or religion

2018-09-02 11:33:31 UTC  

but honestly it's mostly bc i don't believe my culture has any values in particular tied to it and i'm not religious

2018-09-02 11:33:50 UTC  

I derive my values from tradition. Why? Because I want to. You can list a bunch of things that you think are good with doing that, but, in the end, what you think is good is based on your values.

2018-09-02 11:34:11 UTC  

yeah

2018-09-02 11:34:38 UTC  

anyway about the original question

2018-09-02 11:34:46 UTC  

what would you mean by sexism

2018-09-02 11:36:19 UTC  

Well, I have reappropriated the word "sexism".

2018-09-02 11:36:49 UTC  

I don't mean that I hate women by it, but most of the things that are now seen as sexist, I see as good.

2018-09-02 11:37:17 UTC  

what sort of things would you mean by that

2018-09-02 11:39:17 UTC  

Not allowing women as rulers, for example.

2018-09-02 11:39:34 UTC  

how would that be an issue though

2018-09-02 11:39:51 UTC  

What do you mean?

2018-09-02 11:39:57 UTC  

women being rulers

2018-09-02 11:40:28 UTC  

That is not their role, it is not appropriate for them to be rulers.

2018-09-02 11:43:02 UTC  

i mean, some countries' arguably greatest leaders have been women

2018-09-02 11:47:23 UTC  

e.g. elizabeth i/victoria, catherine the great, maria theresa, indira gandhi, margaret thatcher, cleopatra, etc

2018-09-02 11:48:01 UTC  

you might disagree with a few of them, i know i certainly don't agree with thatcher, but you can't deny at least that they were good leaders

2018-09-02 11:54:22 UTC  

Take note on how most of those examples were monarchs.

2018-09-02 11:55:06 UTC  

They were born and bread to rule. Of course they would be atleast somewhat compitent even if they were women.

2018-09-02 11:56:02 UTC  

This does not change the fact that governance is not appropriate for women.

2018-09-02 11:58:33 UTC  

why isn't it appropriate for them though

2018-09-02 11:59:35 UTC  

what is it about being a woman that somehow makes you inherently worse in the exact same role as a man

2018-09-02 12:00:43 UTC  

It's not that they are worse as rulers, although most are, it is that it isn't approptiate.

2018-09-02 12:00:55 UTC  

And this comes from values

2018-09-02 12:02:32 UTC  

alright, then why is it not appropriate

2018-09-02 12:03:22 UTC  

and from my point of view i haven't seen female rulers doing any worse of a job than male ones so i'm not sure where you're getting that from

2018-09-02 12:04:42 UTC  

It isn't appropriate because my values say so. It doesn't make any sense trying to explain it after that.

2018-09-02 12:05:15 UTC  

It is so because it is.

2018-09-02 12:05:37 UTC  

well you're right about it not making any sense because i am thoroughly confuzzled

2018-09-02 12:05:56 UTC  

Like how peadophilia is wrong because it is. Not because children can't consent, they can, but because it simply is.

2018-09-02 12:06:31 UTC  

are you comparing women being rulers to pedophilia

2018-09-02 12:06:41 UTC  

i don't think those are remotely comparable

2018-09-02 12:07:39 UTC  

It is the same principle. Peadophilia is bad, so is female rulers (not to the same degree of course). Why are these two things bad? Well, they just are.

2018-09-02 12:08:34 UTC  

also i didn't notice where you said that children can consent at first but yikes

2018-09-02 12:09:40 UTC  

and there's an actual reason for pedophilia being bad, that being that children can't consent and express that they don't want sex

2018-09-02 12:09:47 UTC  

Most of the times doing such acts hurts the child, but not always. Yet, I still believe it is wrong.

2018-09-02 12:09:50 UTC  

whereas there is not an equivalent for women being rulers

2018-09-02 12:10:21 UTC  

that is like comparing murder and jaywalking