An interesting video (27:00) from Unherd.
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Justice for Men & Boys 
It is interesting that really what Dawkins is grappling with is essentially a metaphysical belief. One that is, as is touched on in discussion here, not about corporeal reality but about a belief in a “soul” separate from the physical world. In short a form of religious belief. So actually quite impervious to “science” and Dawkins empiricism. And one firmly rooted in “feminism” which eschews science in favour of metaphysical “ways of knowing” such as individuals “lived experience”, “women’s ways of knowing” and “wicka” or other supposed tribal “wisdom”. All of which is effectively prophesy, divination, dreaming. Feminism bringing some sort of legitimacy to what is in fact simply a rehash of past superstitions. Really the point is to look at the evidence for the supposed interchangeability of the sexes, earthworms, snails or Clownfish.. not remotely convincing. For my life from the early nineteen seventies I was aware of “sex change” individuals, my favourite travel writer being Jan Morris for instance, yet in fact this didn’t become a big “thing” until early this century, not coincidentally coincident with the rise of feminism and its continuation “gender studies”. Having decided the scientific method and facts are a patriarchal plot, and replaced it with a mishmash of superstitions and feelings we are left with a load of dodgy metaphysics.
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Thanks Nigel. Feminism has indeed many parallels with religious belief, but without any redeeming qualities.
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Well I think we are apt. to take Christian ethics as being universal to “religion”. Yet in fact there are religions now and in the past with very different ethics. Feminism often links itself in a simplistic way with “wicka” or “old ways” even witchcraft. Ignoring the fact that many of these included human sacrifices, revenge spells, poisonings and trial by combat or fire or water and of course torture. The links to these are easy to see in the support for ending the life of the unborn, dispensing with “due process” or Jury trials, disregarding the protection of children, demands for sexual licence (for women) and in short reflecting some of the extremes of what one might call “Paganism”. I’m sure some feminists who see the antics of their spell casting, dancing, tree hugging, witching sistas are embarrassed by the superstition and Juvenilia, but it is revealing non the less.
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Yet another example of emphasising the differences between the sexes. Make driving test pass rates gender equal, Labour told It seems men are more likely to pass their driving test than women. It turns out the gender of the examiner is not a factor. However higher levels of over thinking and consequent anxiety amongst women may be a factor. Yet another iteration of the gender difference seen in all sorts of contexts. Males are more likely to not add to their own anxiety by overthinking about the communication from their examiner. Meanwhile the suggested remedy for this “gender inequality” ? Allowing women to choose a “chatty” or “formal” examiner. Fortunately the female head of a driving school points out the comical silliness of this. More intriguingly the “research” goes on to point out women do better on the “theory” test. Again a common theme in all sorts of research that women set too with theoretical “paper” (yes I know its on line) but are less well prepared for practical tests. As the report points out the males seem to have sussed out that passing the practical test is their focus, not least because repeating it is expensive in time and money. Oddly a “solution” to this is to make the theory more “expensive” (in money and time) which doesn’t make sense at all. Personally I suspect and “gender gap” is in fact a reflection of the tendency to over praise females meaning they “feel” they are ready for their test before their skills and confidence warrant it.
The authors of such pieces never seem to grasp that if their “findings” are true, they are presenting good reasons to make males the target for recruitment because each one has plenty of “solutions” to the “barriers” while observing the males simply get on with whatever it is without fuss or support. All together it adds up to compelling evidence that women are “high maintenance” in a host of ways men apparently aren’t.
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