Now while I am opposed to the radical feminism of the modern day era that intends to emasculate men...
The reason it worked like this for 100,000 years is because the women were the ones who produced the milk! Technology has allowed for men to partake in the feeding of the young. Not to mention the part that allows the man to actually *GASP* cook and clean up after them. Also, given that most of the "producing" doesn't entail bringing down a 1000 lb beast, the woman can actually bring home a paycheck and take care of (produce) for the family.
This article is ridiculous!
Feminism grew directly out of the same Enlightenment theories of individualism which freed a hell of a lot of men from traditional social constraints and arbitrariloy imposed responsibilities.
It's easy to second guess history and play "what if" games. But history is a continuum which is not played out. If anything could act as a real time guide, let's look at those cultures where traditional roles for both men and women (to each other and to society as a whole) haven't changed in centuries. Where the tribe and clan predominate and the individual and individual achievement is scarcely recognized. Are these the kinds of societies people are clamoring to live in? Why are people in droves moving to societies (read Western) where individual freedom is the organizing principle of society? Why aren't droves lining up to live in Iran, Afghanistan, India where rigid social roles are prescribed for everyone (men included)?
Granted, modern Western societies come with their own problems. There is no Utopia. But taken as a whole, I'd rather be living today and in a Western enlightened culture with its focus on individual freedoms rather than in a caste organized society with emphasis on one's proper role in society ... whether for man or a woman.
In the end, it's not about feminism at all. Where on are earth are the most people the most free from tyranny and oppression and the most able to live their lives based upon the principles of free will and self determination? Would any of us, men included, trade those things to live in a different time or in a different society with rigid social roles for everyone?
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