Gender roles are pure bullshit, plain and simple. If we spent more time doing what we wanted, instead of what other people want us to do, the world would be a much happier place.
"I just want to be who I am, a racist misogynistic asshole who harasses children going to school with unprovoked angry tirades about blood and death. Let me be who I am inside, Mr. Oppressor."
cool strawman, but i'd actually allow them to do that because the police would arrest them after a little while
now if it was molestation you were talking about it'd be an even better strawman
I don't know about your strawman, but I said that specifically because a guy was doing that on the train today.
And, again, if people would be who they are, instead of who they are "supposed" to be, I guarantee you a half-dozen of your fellow passengers would have cussed the guy out/shut him up.
women were, as a gender, too physically weak to do any types of activities such as sports or physical labour.
I always find this pretty funny. Labor doesn't count as physical labor anymore?
No-one mentioned labour, but someone claimed that women didn't even have half the muscle mass as men, which is what probably set the teacher off.
I know it's anecdotal, but my sister always laughed at stuff like this. See, she was a powerlifter in high school, and could out deadlift the entire football team. You can even take this further and point out someone like any of the
entire division of Womens' Weightlifters in the Olympics. They could all easily outmuscle even your strong average dude.