sictransitgloria
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Task Force 16 wrote:
Of course I too agree to a certain extent with the premise, but here's where it gets a little sketchy: it's not the PREMISE that I have a problem with, it's the fact that when they are talking about something like men being conditioned to be more violent and think they should own guns they are really talking about bluring the lines between genders and erasing any gender roles that men and women have been created to fulfill. That's the sketchy part in dealing with all of this, that there is always some truth to a lie, and it's hard to explain to some people that the premise of what they are learning is somewhat true, but the motive behind teaching it and the direction that it is taught in is a little more insidious.
Task Force 16 wrote:
I just re-read the OP, and I realized that you stated that ONE of her classes is the one that has taughther that "men and women are the same, society controls how they develop... movies/shows that depict men shooting and such make men grow up to be violent/feel the need to be "manly" and own guns".
At the risk of getting flamed, I'm going to have to agree, to a degree, with what she has been taught. We have been conditioned toexpect certain behaviors from men and women. Just as we have all been conditioned since childhood to expect to grow up, finish HS, maybe go to college, land a good job,find a mate, get married, and raise children. We have been conditioned to believe that there is a negative stigma to veering from this plan. "Old Miads" were made fun of. Remember when you were in high school, anyone that didn't have a gf/bf by the time they were juniors were made fun of, as being not good enough as dating material?
Yes, I have to agree with the notion that "society controls how men and women develop", at least it tries to. But then there are always some of us that are always bucking the system, in defiance.
Of course I too agree to a certain extent with the premise, but here's where it gets a little sketchy: it's not the PREMISE that I have a problem with, it's the fact that when they are talking about something like men being conditioned to be more violent and think they should own guns they are really talking about bluring the lines between genders and erasing any gender roles that men and women have been created to fulfill. That's the sketchy part in dealing with all of this, that there is always some truth to a lie, and it's hard to explain to some people that the premise of what they are learning is somewhat true, but the motive behind teaching it and the direction that it is taught in is a little more insidious.