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Aloof Equation No.1
Is the fight for women's rights hitting a huge roadblock because of the Law of the Instrument (i.e. If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail)? Let me explain...
It feels like a lot of the success of the movement hinges on how many men can be replaced by women as CEOs, elite marketable athletes and other professions dominated by men. What may not be obvious is that a lot of those roles have been created to suit the traditional male abilities and temperaments. By trying to slot women into those roles, we are asking them to act like men in order to show that they can be successful. That's the hammer.
If we really care about empowering women, then we have to give everyone the support and freedom to try new things and do things their own way and evaluate long term success. As a society we certainly could use fresh ideas and structures in all walks of life, and by supporting expanded inclusivity of viewpoints for setting rules and creating structures, we'd certainly find things that benefit our society more as a whole.
Is the fight for women's rights hitting a huge roadblock because of the Law of the Instrument (i.e. If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail)? Let me explain...
It feels like a lot of the success of the movement hinges on how many men can be replaced by women as CEOs, elite marketable athletes and other professions dominated by men. What may not be obvious is that a lot of those roles have been created to suit the traditional male abilities and temperaments. By trying to slot women into those roles, we are asking them to act like men in order to show that they can be successful. That's the hammer.
If we really care about empowering women, then we have to give everyone the support and freedom to try new things and do things their own way and evaluate long term success. As a society we certainly could use fresh ideas and structures in all walks of life, and by supporting expanded inclusivity of viewpoints for setting rules and creating structures, we'd certainly find things that benefit our society more as a whole.