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el_hoovy on scored.co
1 year ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)1 child
i think ideally, really, both can do both at acceptable levels... if by some serious misfortune your wife is out alone with a flat tire or something, you really want her to go "ohh, noo, i cannot cook and clean my way out of this one..." or just change it herself because she put her hands on a jack and a tire iron once or twice in her life?
same for men, should a husband and his kids eat only pre-processed crap for a few weeks if his wife falls sick with the flu and can't cook for them?
not saying you're saying anything else, just discussing further.
> "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
Your comment is describing my entire caveat while ignoring my point.
By all means, teach girls how to change tires and teach boys how to cook for their family.
My specific criticism is that girls doing "boy things" is overly glorified by conservatives. Also, with regards to that quote, it's NOT a "human being should" situation because if a man and a woman can do all those things equally well, then there is no point for them to get together. It's the outworking of the delusional fantasy that every child that is born is a blank slate (which is what feminism has used to undermine society).
same for men, should a husband and his kids eat only pre-processed crap for a few weeks if his wife falls sick with the flu and can't cook for them?
not saying you're saying anything else, just discussing further.
> "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert A. Heinlein
By all means, teach girls how to change tires and teach boys how to cook for their family.
My specific criticism is that girls doing "boy things" is overly glorified by conservatives. Also, with regards to that quote, it's NOT a "human being should" situation because if a man and a woman can do all those things equally well, then there is no point for them to get together. It's the outworking of the delusional fantasy that every child that is born is a blank slate (which is what feminism has used to undermine society).