Comments by "cchris874" (@cchris874) on "Can Feminists and Non-Feminists Agree On Gender Equality? | Middle Ground" video.

@daisydaisy7873 Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't talking about physical strength. My question boils down to, do women value power and status as much as men do? And if not, is this due solely to cultural conditioning?
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Dua Rai: I agree about many aspects of patriarchy, but among many feminists patriarchy has become dogma. For example, it seems to mean that every non-physical difference between men and women, statistical or otherwise, is caused by patriarchy. The wage gap comes to mind. And any suggestion that differences in temperament or behavioral norms could have even a slight biological component is often met with extreme intolerance.
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I think whether we admit it or not, as Steven Pinker wrote, we are now all feminists compared to generations past. What man today would call for taking away the vote from women? Or not allow them to serve on juries (which was true in the US until 1973)? And who is against equal rights? But it's still legit to point out that the kind of feminism advocated today is filled with questionable dogmas, such as the alleged rape crisis on college campuses, the wage gap, or rape culture.
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@daisydaisy7873 "an equal status of power" I agree about status, but an interesting question is, do women seek power as much as men do? If not, should they? Or for that matter, do they? And if we say, "yes they should," isn't that accepting "masculine" standards as the norm?
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@daisydaisy7873 Do you think hardwiring could play at least some small role here?
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@daisydaisy7873 "can you elaborate on what hardwiring is? English isn’t my first language" Sure. Hardwiring is a term borrowed from electronics. It means in our context, inborn. In essence a genetic predisposition to something. So fear, for example is in our hardwiring. The big sociobiological question is: do differences in behavior and temperament between men and women have a possible biological component?
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You don't have to know my name Of course. I'm just wondering if there's a difference as a whole. Do men as a whole, on average, value power, status and money more than women?
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