gender bias

To discover the inherent bias in a statement, it is often helpful to reverse its terms, making it easier to notice the outrageousness of the statement.

Consider this whopper:

"He claims that - in general - men are idiots. About 90%. But they are 10% smart, which is how they are able to get a woman. Women are about 90% smart. But they are 10% idiots, which is usually when we go all weak-kneed and fuzzy over a man who's completely wrong for us."

Anyone who agrees with this statement is obviously not intelligent enough to notice its sexist language. Consider the opposite:

"...women are idiots. About 90%. But they are 10% smart, which is how they are able to get a man. Men are about 90% smart. But they are 10% idiots, which is usually when we go all weak-kneed and fuzzy over a woman who's completely wrong for us."

Upon hearing this, most women would be outraged - and they should be. However, men are expected to put up with this sort of wretched idiocy for over 30 years now.

So are both statements biased? Yes. Equality will only come when BOTH sides stop this sort of childish name-calling.

See also: racism.

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