From: Cory Przybyla (recherchetenet@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 21 2002 - 14:18:16 MST
--- Alexander Sheppard <alexandersheppard@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Well, I think a lot of times they aren't arbitrary,
> really: of course
> sometimes they are, but a lot of times they're
> crafted to suit the needs of
> a certain group. For example, sexism favors men,
> almost universally.
>
> >From: Alexander Sheppard
>
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If sexism actually favors men in most cases, it ruins
a lot of hope for it's decline. I tend to believe
that at best it temporarily favors men, or it favors a
small minority of men (defectors) such that it's to
the rest's benefit to stop it. Expecting people not
to do things which on the whole will benefit them is a
lost cause, without grave fear of consequences, and
even then doesn't universally succeed.
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