I didn't see Barbie, but my understanding is that it's fiction, based on a plastic doll, not a documentary about an actual real life matriarchal society.
I'm a little confused though, or rather, I think you are. First you said that you didn't want to carry water on your head, and that you thanked patriarchy for sparing you from this, (eve…
I didn't see Barbie, but my understanding is that it's fiction, based on a plastic doll, not a documentary about an actual real life matriarchal society.
I'm a little confused though, or rather, I think you are. First you said that you didn't want to carry water on your head, and that you thanked patriarchy for sparing you from this, (even though your not needing to do this is a product of technology, the technology that you wish you were unable to contribute to furthering, because you wish you hadn't gotten an advanced degree). And then you say that you would be glad to carry water around on your head. Okay, well you go girl, I guess.
Well since you consider The Handmaid’s Tale literature worth reading it’s not surprising that you find reading comprehension difficult. Yes I praised the patriarchy because I am extremely grateful to have a low infant mortality rate and infrastructure that people throughout history would have literally sacrificed human beings to access. What I said was that if my choices are between carrying water and fighting wars or predators then carrying water is clearly the better option. Because believe it or not the division of labor is actually based on biological ability and not men wanting to enslave women. In primitive cultures someone had to get the water and someone had to die in war or risk getting killed while hunting. Women were more capable at hauling water than they were at hunting or waging war. But thanks to the patriarchy I don’t have to do either.
Fun story, the Comanche ignored this maxim and their women spent a lot of time on horseback just like their men, even when pregnant. As a result their fertility rates were so low they had to rely on capturing slaves to keep their population numbers at sustainable levels. So a Comanche woman’s equality meant some poor Kiowa or Apache woman wound up a slave. Talk about betraying the sisterhood.
The overwhelming majority of veterinarians myself included do not add to the technological advancement of society, literally the only thing that would be different for the world if I hadn’t gone into vet med is that another doctor would have my job. I’m 100% replaceable professionally as are the overwhelming majority of people.
I didn't see Barbie, but my understanding is that it's fiction, based on a plastic doll, not a documentary about an actual real life matriarchal society.
I'm a little confused though, or rather, I think you are. First you said that you didn't want to carry water on your head, and that you thanked patriarchy for sparing you from this, (even though your not needing to do this is a product of technology, the technology that you wish you were unable to contribute to furthering, because you wish you hadn't gotten an advanced degree). And then you say that you would be glad to carry water around on your head. Okay, well you go girl, I guess.
Well since you consider The Handmaid’s Tale literature worth reading it’s not surprising that you find reading comprehension difficult. Yes I praised the patriarchy because I am extremely grateful to have a low infant mortality rate and infrastructure that people throughout history would have literally sacrificed human beings to access. What I said was that if my choices are between carrying water and fighting wars or predators then carrying water is clearly the better option. Because believe it or not the division of labor is actually based on biological ability and not men wanting to enslave women. In primitive cultures someone had to get the water and someone had to die in war or risk getting killed while hunting. Women were more capable at hauling water than they were at hunting or waging war. But thanks to the patriarchy I don’t have to do either.
Fun story, the Comanche ignored this maxim and their women spent a lot of time on horseback just like their men, even when pregnant. As a result their fertility rates were so low they had to rely on capturing slaves to keep their population numbers at sustainable levels. So a Comanche woman’s equality meant some poor Kiowa or Apache woman wound up a slave. Talk about betraying the sisterhood.
The overwhelming majority of veterinarians myself included do not add to the technological advancement of society, literally the only thing that would be different for the world if I hadn’t gone into vet med is that another doctor would have my job. I’m 100% replaceable professionally as are the overwhelming majority of people.