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Calling such ``minor differences'' in biologically required behavior means cramming both masculine and feminine persons into a retarded politically correct unisex role slot, which is uncomfortable and frustrating for both men and women, and for some of whoever comes in between.
There is no unisex role. The entire point is to eliminate ``roles'' altogether and let people think for a change and make their own choices. Gender gives them a default answer to many life questions so they can just sit back and take the mental shortcut.
What bothers me is that this unisex role also tends to lean towards stereotypical ``feminine'' patterns, i. e. when I was a kid we had competitions at school where students would compete at one thing or another, sometimes personally, sometimes in groups, but would always be rated with some point system, and winners would be celebrated. None of the schools I know has it anymore.
What the fuck, where the fuck do you live? I recommend going to your local ministry of education and punching in the nose whoever is responsible. Fucking shit. Just because privilege exists and blah blah blah doesn't mean you shouldn't evaluate a student's work and give them an incentive for doing better. Fuck I fucking hate carebear people.
Students are graded for participation and socializing, even in science class.
My blood is boiling.
All or almost all great scientists and inventors, more than 98% of whom were male, from what I have read, were self-absorbed and/or competitive. They were raised as boys and men, without felling guilt for their masculinity and possibly even machism.
This is because you're looking at things through your gender glasses and checking whether something looks more blueish or pinkish. You seem to think that by eliminating gender, everyone will have the exact same shitty psychological traits. I see in this the exact opposite; by eliminating gender, you are taking away from people the mental shortcut they can take whenever they have to make choices about their lives. Of course, whether or not they will be able to make the correct choices depends on how well they were educated.
masculinity and possibly even machism. Note that I am not against cultivating masculinity and independence in women. Successful female scientists and engineers are tough girls.
Masculinity is not all good. Urban thugs are very masculine, and I'm sure you wouldn't want them to be a role model for the children in your society. Of course, what you
really mean by this is to cultivate in children a sense of strength, of perseverance, of independence, of intelligence, and of competition. Yes, I agree, we definitely need more people like that, and both males and females alike should be educated in that manner; gender would just make things more difficult for females (who would feel like they're betraying their gender identity by accepting those values).