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Post #1225703

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Jay
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Is Star Wars catering to girls now?
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13-Jul-2018, 4:23 PM

DominicCobb said:

DrDre said:

Men and women are equal, but not the same. To me continually forcing women into the role of a female Rambo, and calling it feminism or female empowerment is wrong. Men and women are different, and we should celebrate this gender diversity. To me Leia is a much better representation of female strength, and empowerment than most of what the current batch of movies have given us. It should not just be about beating up people, and being in places of power. It should be about having a moral compass, showing resilience, and being an inspirational leader. That’s what Leia was to me, more so than any of the other classic characters, or the new ones. Leia stood up to Darth Vader, despite the fact that he could break her in half. That is true strength.

Ehhhhhh men and women have biological differences that set them apart, sure… but I think these are often overstated, as the majority of the differences between the two genders are caused simply by cultural norms and mindsets.

That’s not what the data says. As societies become more egalitarian and women are free to make choices about the direction of their lives, they increasingly make the sorts of choices that we’re being told today (by politicians and activists – not social scientists) are simply social constructs enforced by cultural norms. The likelihood is that the cultural norms now being labeled as enforcement actually arose from biological gender differences in the first place.

That’s not to say there isn’t cultural reinforcement of these norms, creating a positive feedback loop of sorts, that pushes more harshly defined lines between male and female, causing some people to think they can’t or shouldn’t do certain things because of their gender. There has traditionally been a lot of pressure for girls to be girls and boys to be boys. It’s just interesting that when those pressures are reduced, our life choices (career, child rearing, etc.) tend to bear out our gender differences rather than do away with them.