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TheAKGuy
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Well, I think of it more as an idealogical stance than a vice, but how do you feel about the objectification of women? As I see it, women are people. And another suprising fact, the Guy in my name truthfully indicates that I am male. I feel, that no matter where they are from, who they are, or what gender they have, people should be treated equally. Of course, that is my opinion, and so I will hope that people can share their views, even if they do believe in the objectification of women. So, please, no making insults on other people's comments. As the rules say, keep the debate friendly and clean. If possible, you can point out flaws, but, it is opinion. So remember, those are the rules, people!

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Voyageur
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They now in America "Are" legally, but people have predigests against women. I personally think everyone is treated equally. But this probably isn't true. Just like to think of the world as a better place than it is.

TheAKGuy
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Well, by law, you can't predijuce people, but our past has been too recent. Women shall be seen as the weaker gender, the housekeeper. Until they do something, man's opinion of women will not improve.

thelistman
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Well, by law, you can't predijuce people,

Extremely untrue. If I want to hold a KKK or Neo-Nazi rally, I can. If I want to believe that women are inferior to men, that's legal as well.

BTW, it's spelled &quotrejudice."

SubZero131
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Extremely untrue. If I want to hold a KKK or Neo-Nazi rally, I can. If I want to believe that women are inferior to men, that's legal as well.


I think he meant like businesses or something maybe?
Like how you cant discriminate by only allowing certain "races" into a restaurant or something. IDK.

Where did this whole idea of men>women come from?? Religion??

I disagree with it, if I had a kill every racist and sexist person on the planet button i would be spamming it.
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I think it is impossible to achieve total equality; women and men are different. Different kind of people. Not in a 'better' or 'worse' sense.
And as I see it, women have been treated as inferior in many cultures and it isn't long since they have the right to vote for example (in my country at least). I think we are making progress, though there is still a lot of progress to do, because of the prejudice certain people have.

goumas13
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I find fascinating that when we talk about sexual objectification we only refer to women. Men are sexually objectified every single day in the media.

BenTheBozer
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I'm all for having equal rights and its sad that woman being able to vote has only came in the last 50 years. Women tend to be the savers of our society most of there inventions tend to save lives and are only made because a man has created somthing that has the ability to kill.

HahiHa
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I find fascinating that when we talk about sexual objectification we only refer to women. Men are sexually objectified every single day in the media.

You're right goumas, when we talk about objectification both sexes are concerned, especially in modern times.
Oblivior
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In my opinion, everybody should be treated equally and respected, regardless of gender. Women shouldn't be treated as mere objects that you place somewhere in the house, they are people and therefore, you should respect they're rights.

goumas13
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In many species, including the majority of mammals, the male is larger than the female. In this case the male is dominant.

In others, for example spiders, insects, fish and birds of pray the female is larger than the male. In this case the female is dominant.

When you are big you usually win conflicts and you have priority of access to food.
Male dominance can be considered an outcome of competition between males, sexual selection makes the male competitive and aggressive.

The bottom line is that size does matter.

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I think it is impossible to achieve total equality; women and men are different. Different kind of people. Not in a 'better' or 'worse' sense.

Could say that better.But after all, olny thing that we totally get, is totally destruction.
I'm all for having equal rights and its sad that woman being able to vote has only came in the last 50 years. Women tend to be the savers of our society most of there inventions tend to save lives and are only made because a man has created somthing that has the ability to kill.
Thats not totally true.Womens can also kill (ex. amazons), and some causes that can be more dangerous than men.
The bottom line is that size does matter.

Not actually true.That what kind you are bigger.If you are fatter, you get no advance.But if you have taller, that is advance.
holt24
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Men have treated women like animals for quite a long time and people only stopped treating them like animals when Christianity came along.

HahiHa
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Men have treated women like animals for quite a long time and people only stopped treating them like animals when Christianity came along.

Not my opinion. There where and are cultures in which women are taken in high esteem, and they are not christian. On the other side christian maybe did stabilize social structures in some cases, but ancient high advanced cultures also had stabilized families and structures; it isn't a new thing that christians invented. Also christians, with their view of the women as made from a rib of a man, didn't help much in the way men look at women.
SubZero131
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Men have treated women like animals for quite a long time and people only stopped treating them like animals when Christianity came along.


The bible still portrays males as having a more dominant role though.

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said: âI shall greatly increase the pain of your pregnancy; in birth pangs you will bring forth children, and your craving will be for your husband, and he will dominate you.â

Is this for real? Doesn't seem very nice if it is.
holt24
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The bible still portrays males as having a more dominant role though.


Never said it didn't.
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