alt Hacker NewsHow much human resources have been lost because women were seen as stupid and intellectually inferior? How did people even come to this bizarre conclusion?
Over the millennia many fathers secretly taught their little princesses to read and write. But apparently none of them wanted to upset the status quo.
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A lot of (but not all) people are very insecure and cling to some personal attribute (that they put in no effort to acquire) as proof that they are superior to others (gender, race, religion, etc).
If you try to make a list of ways in which humans look down on each other, it'll be a truly long list. Sexism is unfortunately only a portion of it.
Normal people enforce things not one of them thinks about. There is nothing absurd enough for them to do. If you question it they revoke your membership.
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> Over the millennia many fathers secretly taught their little princesses to read and write. But apparently none of them wanted to upset the status quo.
Apparently many of them did want to upset the status quo, or we wouldn't have the situation we are in now. Men gave women their rights and powers, without men deciding that nothing would change. Women pleaded men to make this change, but it was ultimately men who decided to give women these rights and that it is the right thing to do.