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I don't think even that case should permit it
Posted by walkinginthepark on 2020-July-12 08:43:00 EDT, Sunday
In reply to Thought experiment on the ethics of rape posted by Leucosticte on 2020-July-12 07:28:56 EDT, Sunday
As a species we're social. There are many other social species but our level of intelligence has allowed us to construct far more complex societies than other animals, societies that are built to meet our social needs.
Society has grown ever more complex and with that our achievements ever greater. We have women astronauts, scientists, doctors. We immediately doubled our species intellectual output and achievements by harnessing the abilities of both men and women rather than just men. To say women are anything less than equal would in my opinion be a massive step backwards and the species would be far poorer for it.
The idea that strength alone should determine position makes no sense to me, if that was true then stronger men should be free to enslave and control weaker men. Our leader should be whoever is most talented in combat and everyone below has a place in an ownership hierarchy. If it's advancement for the species we want then we should choose hierarchy by intellect and if we did that we could very well find ourselves in a matriarchy or at least a swing backwards and forwards.
Back to the question itself, if it was just two people then there wouldn't be enough genetic diversity to save the species anyway so we might as well just dance and enjoy the swansong of the last days of humankind.
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Responses
- Equality of women has been a step backward - Leucosticte on 2020-July-12 09:41:47 EDT, Sunday - (21 / 0 / 7)
- I think women have excelled in many areas - walkinginthepark on 2020-July-13 07:34:09 EDT, Monday - (20 / 0 / 6)
- Equality or inequality - pick one. - manbot on 2020-July-13 10:52:24 EDT, Monday - (16 / 0 / 5)
- The women equivalents of Newton, Einstein, Euclid - Leucosticte on 2020-July-16 12:40:52 EDT, Thursday - (16 / 0 / 0)
- So many achievers - walkinginthepark on 2020-July-14 11:58:44 EDT, Tuesday - (20 / 0 / 3)
- At that level? - manbot on 2020-July-17 17:51:40 EDT, Friday - (22 / 0 / 0)
- Yeah but a female is usually not going to do - Leucosticte on 2020-July-16 12:48:48 EDT, Thursday - (20 / 0 / 0)
- And Hedi Lamarr. nt - griffith on 2020-July-14 12:13:47 EDT, Tuesday - (19 / 0 / 0)
- Equality or inequality - pick one. - manbot on 2020-July-13 10:52:24 EDT, Monday - (16 / 0 / 5)
- I think women have excelled in many areas - walkinginthepark on 2020-July-13 07:34:09 EDT, Monday - (20 / 0 / 6)