On pendulums and society

[Viking]

I have really no idea what society you get this "oppressed men" idea from. Where I am from, if there is any favour, it typically is tipped in the favour of men. Regarding equality, the latest here is that men might be favoured in jobs dominated by women, like nurses. I see nothing else but a society that is reaching the middle way and that is slowing down in its movement; in this respect that is.

[Reverend Joe]

What do you do if there's a giant pendulum controlling society?

Cut the rope.

[ajaxfetish]

LittleGrizzly and Sasaki have expressed it well. Men still have the gender advantage in western society, and in some societies they are in a position of very unbalanced power (Saudi Arabia, for instance). The shift toward equality is a good thing, and one of the most promising social advances in the west in recent centuries. It is not complete, and is not likely to go far beyond the equality midpoint, if it reaches that point at all. Extremists are always aggravating, including feminist extremists, but our society at large doesn't care enough about them for them to have real power.

You seem very paranoid about this issue, Rodion. I for one support Obama over Clinton, but because I dislike Clinton, not because I dislike the idea of a female president. I think both a dark-skinned president and a female president would be very healthy experiences for this country.

Ajax