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I don't think statistical analysis is a very good gauge of sexism. If we counted every human on Earth and their gender, we might come out with more females than males. If Nature discriminated, what would we do? Would we correct it, slay every excess until everything was equal?Meep wrote:It could be argued that this in itself is sexist. The main character is male, the supporting character is female. (Hermione is outnumbered two to one in gender representation, another form of "symbolic annihilation.")
These are not my opinions on the matter; instead, they are repeated from what I have learned in class. I'm just saying that that this (main vs. supporting, 2:1 ratio) could be interpreted as sexist.
Meep wrote:Are there particular arguments/posts you've seen that make you say this? If so, which ones? Please explain.
I will rephrase. I am sick of the overwhelming popularity in the current times: of discrimination, hate crimes and so on, being featured as such a huge sin in the realm of the media and society in general.I'm sick of this ubiquitous domination of the semantics and philosophy of discrimination.
This was more an expression of my irritation at my English teacher and others that argue the case for anti-discrimination poorly. My arguments are largely based on refuting them, though I'm not going to cite anything... I think I covered most things, and this post is already long enough.I'd also like to say that all this sexism and feminist talk is just c**p.
Katharsis wrote:I don't think statistical analysis is a very good gauge of sexism. If we counted every human on Earth and their gender, we might come out with more females than males. If Nature discriminated, what would we do? Would we correct it, slay every excess until everything was equal?
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How is that negative?
Katharsis wrote:My problem is that if everything must be tied relentlessly to the ideals of gender equality, race equality, religious equality, etc. Then what will happen to the arts? They'll become stale, convoluted and obsessed with a social utopia.
That's why I disregard this, because it damages only the overly sensitive, it's not injustice to me to -not- use a black actor in a movie, or -not- have a female character in a book. Who is going to stop you? Why should you feel the need to accomodate anyone except yourself?
Katharsis wrote:I dislike the concepts of racism, sexism, and what have you. But what I dislike even more is the widespread vilification of the people who hold those beliefs. Why? Because the moral principles behind tolerance of those of religious faiths, ethnicities, genders, and so on are the same ones that should apply to racists, sexists, etc. And their ideals.
Katharsis wrote:I like to analogise this with Paranoid Personality Disorder.
Katharsis wrote:Imagine that a racist politician is written about in a newspaper, having said something like: 'Darn Blacks, they should all go back to their own countries.' This man is promptly dissociated from his political party, leaving him jobless and humiliated for having an opinion, however silly and unfounded it might seem. His house has bricks thrown through the windows, his children are harassed at school and his wife is mugged by a black man.
I will rephrase. I am sick of the overwhelming popularity in the current times: of discrimination, hate crimes and so on, being featured as such a huge sin in the realm of the media and society in general.I'm sick of this ubiquitous domination of the semantics and philosophy of discrimination.
This was more an expression of my irritation at my English teacher and others that argue the case for anti-discrimination poorly. My arguments are largely based on refuting them, though I'm not going to cite anything... I think I covered most things, and this post is already long enough.[/quote]I'd also like to say that all this sexism and feminist talk is just c**p.
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