On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:28:11 +0100 "arne anka" <openm...@ginguppin.de> wrote:
> >> > what exactly has one's value to do with the gender or the pronoun you > >> are > >> > using to refer to him or her? > >> > your proposition is based on the assumption that one gender is less > >> > valueable than the other, hence, using the male or female pronoun > >> would > >> > express a judgement. > > In different situations, I myself assign different values to people of > > different genders, yes. This is usually backed up by statistics - for > > example, I assume more men than women are capable of heavy lifting ;) > > Other people are likely to do the same. Aren't you? > > i don't really see, inhowfar difference necessarily must impose a > hierarchy. > my laptop's screen is certainly different from my parents tv -- but that > doesn't mean one is better than the other. > I think you missed my point - it was only to stress that people see and treat genders differently. The difference in value I was referring to was suitability for some things. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
