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CuriousLord -> RE: Difference between male and female dominance (11/22/2007 12:33:08 PM)
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You don't have to worry about it. It's however a person feels.
I mean, if you stop to think about it, do most people, in general, respect men or women more? If someone yells at a man and a woman, or a boy and a girl, who do you expect to be more likely to cry?
In general, men are respected more than women. They're seen as stronger and more honorable, while women are often characterized as more emotional and fickle. In many respects, these traits are derived from empiracle observation over many generations and tend to carry some level of truth.
But what if a man and a woman do the same thing? Shouldn't they be respected as the same? Yeah, and they are.
Like, in this case, pro's. A pro-domme doesn't suffer much reputation loss because she's female, she just doesn't have as far to fall. The reason people would critize a man more is because he's supposed to be better than that, so they're just knocking him down to the same level as his female counterpart.. he just gets knocked more because he has further to fall; he was given a higher place to fall from since his gender tends to be harder.
My point being, the whole pro thing effects females less because they're assumed to be closer to it naturally while men are assumed to be further from it.
(To some: Fair warning, I'm likely to break out ethical calculus if this subject goes anywhere. It's fascinating to see how it works, and I realize that this rant probably seems sexist to many since we're all supposed to be created equal. Well, we're not, and people don't actually believe it, either. Burying one's head in the sand and saying we're all equal is only going to cause a lot of confussion and hyprocracy.)
Edit: Actually, to force this past the denial stage, I'd like to provide some example of what I mean.
I'm an Engineering student. There are male and female Engineering students, and students are left to their own devices on what to choose- advisors don't even tell you anymore and parents, largely, just say '[whatever]'.
Now, say you come and visit my college. You meet a tall, clean-cut white man with a brief case. He tells you he's an Engineer. Are you surprised? Do you respect him much more?
Next, you go on and find a shorter girl with a frilly, pink T-shirt. She tells you she's an Engineer. Honestly, would you not be somewhat surprised? Not respect her a little bit more? You didn't expect it as much, did you?
And it's not just becaue you're blindly prejustice. In general, tall, clean-cut guys with such things are more likely to have such a profession than girls in frilly clothing. If, in general, you think someone's more likely to have a certain type of profession, you're more likely to give them the appropriate respect- it's not blindly prejustice, it's just acknowledging reality. But, once you learn something more concrete, such as the truth instead of a statistical analysis, you can correct that.
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