Women are people 2: Adventures in Logic pt. 1

Hello boys and girls,

Let's start with a syllogism of identity: A=A. Note that this is not: A=B.

You may remember that in algebra you can substitute "is" with an = sign. Today you can substitute sexism with it instead.

Someone once told me that men are the same as women. That means that they are equal with men, that they are same, that they are =. There is no difference in value, and there certainly is no difference in function. A woman is just as capable as a man in any job, and to deny him/her equality in opportunity is a crime; not just to the person, but to society as well. Observation of the transgendered will highlight this: they are just as capable before the trans-gender-is-ation as after.

"But don't men and women have different chromosomes?" Well excuse me, but when was the last time that you checked a person's chromosomes?

Some have told me: "The Testostercone, males and females develop differently," but I say that they also develop the same. They tell me about the fetus, and how the male fetus is "bathed" in some male hormone (I forget which one it is) and that is supposed to change them throughout their prenatal development. I say, whatever, both the male and the female are in uteruses aren't they? Come on! Look at all the things they have in common! They’re both in a uterus! There’s way more in common than there is different. This could be normal variation!

Plus, am I supposed to think that that "female" aspect doesn't have the same sort of impact as some sissy hormone?

Others say: "Yo homes! but like isn't the male brain different from the female's?" My response here varies but it usually includes a discussion on whether that's the woman's brain or a complicated emotion coordinator/ amplifier. Well, let me tell you that anyone who knows anything about the brain can tell you that the parts of the brain that they know best about are those having to do with 1. Sensory input, 2. Body regulation/action, and 3. Emotions. They have a harder time pinpointing cognition; especially linear thinking that takes place while doing logic. In fact, Damasio claims (with a convincing body of evidence, and the support of many others) that emotion is essential for our daily cognitive tasks, and that without it we make foolish decisions and cannot function well.

Maybe the problem with the boys in our school system is that they haven't been allowed to cry, but feel forced to direct their feelings through more destructive means like sports and rough-housing. It certainly isn't because they develop differently, or at a different pace than girls, or have different cognitive faculties.

It seems clear to me that both males and females develop the same, they think the same, they have the same emotions in the same amounts, and they should be treated the same. Man's Nietzschian command over woman has been one stemmed from resentment and effected through myth. Well today is the day that the myth dies: there is no difference between men and women. If A=B, than A=A.

We are the same in value and function: which means, more or less, that A=A. Man= Woman. "He'll smell bad and drink beer while watching football because that's what men do", or "She needs to cry and drive poorly and worry about her appearances because she's a woman," are useless misnomers. Women drink beer and watch football, while men drive poorly and worry about their appearances. We can think of exceptions to the myth which proves the Archetype wrong.

So boys and girls, why make the distinction?

Why not have one bathroom complex for both genders? We should all be mature and should be able to handle it. Why not have baby boys in pink with dolls and baby girls wearing cameo with toy machetes? Why not let women vote? Why not get rid of Express for Men and just have Express? Why not forget the language of gender, and just call people "people"?

Since A=A, and I have logically proven that men and woman are both people, I think it is time to visit the deli for some GLBT. What's the difference between homo and heterosexuality? Answer, nothing. What's wrong with going from male to female if there is no difference? Nothing, because you're not going anywhere, at least not anywhere worth mentioning.

More on this to come…but I have to wax my eyebrows before I go over to The Evanger’s slumber party…