tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post2108151120571457358..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Patriarchy? What Patriarchy?gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-89472872940909625002015-08-04T21:55:05.518-04:002015-08-04T21:55:05.518-04:00I have noticed that too. But feminism does not ma...I have noticed that too. But feminism does not make much sense when you speak in terms of 'equality' and egalitarianism - at least, this has been my observation. It makes more sense when you think about it in terms of pure power - female narcissism marketed as an 'egalitarian' movement. One of the more comical views that feminists have is their condemnation of patriarchal societies. Patriarchal societies are typically seen as being unjust because they are dominated by males. But a tenant of feminism is that it is unjust to discriminate against a group solely based on their gender! Feminists have a real dilemma here - either they say that some patriarchal societies can be just, and swallow the bullet, or they can be inconsistent, and say that they are *never* just or justified. Even professional feminist philosophers have been immune to this strange (male? patriarchal?) thing called logic - and some feminist philosophers actually say that logic itself is a patriarchal invention, and should not hold the weight that it has!<br /><br />Hooo boy. Some Progressive religions are more crazy than others. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053155617490357148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-25430560922969141972015-08-04T19:22:37.513-04:002015-08-04T19:22:37.513-04:00I've heard of him, but I don't know his wo...I've heard of him, but I don't know his work. Contemporary feminism often tries to have this both ways: Whenever someone says "Perhaps women are less suited for role X," they complain bitterly: a Nobel Prize winner can be dismissed from his university post for even joking about this. But when asked to explain why we should work to have more women in (science / engineering / parliament / etc ) the explanation is often that women bring a unique perspective to these activities!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-10748611515784011412015-07-30T14:42:27.552-04:002015-07-30T14:42:27.552-04:00Gene, have you heard of George Lakoff? He is a li...Gene, have you heard of George Lakoff? He is a linguistics professor who studies cognitive science and philosophy. His book, 'Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things' argues that cognitive science is painting a picture that the very constitution of our bodies affects how we perceive the world. In other words, the sex that we are born with affects, to some extent, how we perceive reality itself. This is not to say that reality is subjective - Lakoff denies this (thankfully). But it does mean that we can't dismiss distinctions and differences between men and women as purely sociological constructs, as sociologists (and feminists) have been doing for decades. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053155617490357148noreply@blogger.com