Like if someone were to suggest that men are on average stronger and more powerful than women and therefore better suited for certian jobs, they’re suddenly sexist!
Sure there are exceptions, but by looking at the max potential in bodybuilders, male bodybuilders are several times stronger than female bodybuilders.
I’m not saying it’s good or bad wither way, but have people become so anti-discrimitave they’ve been blinded into thinking everyone is the same without exception?
I dont want anyone to randomly discriminate, but people would probably be happier by acknowledging that there are some differsnces in people!
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Why is this question in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered section?
people are to touchy these days.
depends on the way you word things.
You can do anything you want. ‘Cause you’re smart enough, strong enough and people like you. Your question eludes to the ongoing “wussification” of America.
People are stupid, as a result of this thinking I do not offer assistance to women because I am fearful of being targeted I got attacked one day for holding a door open for a woman as being sexist, thankfully nothing came of it and she gained mad weight later and also accused everyone who was male of harrassment thus crying WOLFE to often.
I agree with you that acknowledging peoples’ differences does not mean they are sexist. We all have our differences but it does not mean we feel one gender is superior to the other.
no but we shouldn’t say that men can only do one thing and women can only do one thing.
I think by definition means “discrimination based on gender. ” By that definition, and through your example, I personally don’t think you are being sexist – rather that you are simply saying some jobs are more suited for others. If you were to say that women should not become body builders then you would be sexist.
It’s over-sensitivity and political correctness that are to blame. When these things run amok as they have for the past two decades in America, this is the result.
Last night I was watching the news, and while reporting on a racial story where someone had written offensive grafitti in a public place, the reporter said the offenders had written “the N word” instead of saying that they had written the word nigger. The word has become so offensive that we are expected not to use it, evern when reporting the news! Over-sensitive and politically correct behavior has its place, but it can be overdone.
Edit: Even here, the N word is treated as profanity. That’s the reason for the asterisks above.
Sadly yes, it seems as if in this day and age pointing out the obvious differences is a bad thing and you are labeled as a bigot/sexist. I don’t think that what you are stating is sexist by any stretch, because men are stronger than women by nature in the physical sense. Women are the weaker sex. That is not to say that women don’t posess strengths in other areas tha men might not.
Not all people think this way, but apparently you have encountered someone who does. They fail to understand that it is not observing differences that indicates prejudice. And, in my opinion, having a preference of opinion over one type of person over another is not prejudice. For example, if I like blue shirts, but don’t like green shirts, that doesn’t mean I’m prejudiced against green shirts. In the same way, just because I think olive colored skin is prettier than coffee colored skin doesn’t mean I’m prejudiced against coffee colored skin. And just because I think men are stronger than women, doesn’t mean I’m prejudiced against women.
Prejudice, to me, is *treating* people differently. And that seems to be the problem you have. In your specific example, I don’t think the issue is that you have observed that men are mostly physically stronger than women. What you have done is decided only men should be considered for a certain job. And that IS sexist. In this instance, what is legally and morally right, is to define the requirements of the job and consider any applicant who can fulfill the requirements.
Have to lift 100 pounds repeatedly? There are many men who can’t do that and many women who can. Need to be able to drag a 50 lb sack of rocks up hill for half a mile? Same thing. Yes, you will find more men up to the task, but that doesn’t mean they are “better suited. ”
In the real world you have to judge people on their individual performance–not what most people in their group do.
Wasn’t it the president of some major college, I think his name was Summers, removed from his position because he committed the unpardonable sin of mentioning that maths and sciences are considered a male field, as supported by the LACK of women in those fields. The feminazi’s went crazy.
hm, intersting theories. . .
i think it’s probably because of the womens rights movement in the 1890′s–1940′s, because then, the difference was human rights.
no kidding, men are usually stronger! it’s how our bodies are. holy fcking sht, a REVELATION!
=/ people are over-sensitive. It’s like how you can’t mention race without being called rasist.