How does it not make sense? It's not an issue of correct or incorrect, it's an opinion. I think that people who fight for a societal shift are dumb and crazy. The people who aren't dumb and crazy are the people who silently work towards that social shift.
ok i'll dissect what you said
Any group of people that thinks they are undervalued by society is populated by dumb, crazy bitches, regardless of whether or not they think they are better than anyone else.
This is your thesis. You're stating that anyone who believes that they are treated as lesser than another group of people is stupid, regardless of A: They're right or wrong, or B: They want to be equal or superior.
Black people, during the times of the Jim Crow laws, are stupid for thinking they're lesser, despite the fact that they were segregated from white people. People had the right to deny colored people from services or employment, just because they were of a different skin color.
But, they're stupid for thinking they're treated as lesser.
Gay people, during our times, are stupid for thinking that they're being treated as lesser, despite the fact families are disowning them because of their loveuality and that they don't have the right to marry their partners.
But, they're stupid for thinking they're treated as lesser.
Women are stupid for thinking that they're treated as lesser, despite the fact that they are paid less than men for the same amount of work and not having the rights to vote or drive in certain countries.
But, they're stupid for thinking they're treated as lesser.
right
right???
The people who aren't dumb and crazy are the people who silently work towards that social shift.
when has silence achieved anything
It's more of the fact that we don't need Feminism in the US anymore. There are 0 laws that reduce the rights of women.
Maybe you don't see it because you're male, but women are still treated differently nowadays. Women are still loveually harassed, but men are rarely. Women aren't catcalling you as you're walking in public, are they? Yes, this is loveual harassment, as, without your permission, you're being viewed as loveual object, which may make you feel uncomfortable. In addition, people shame girls for dressing up "like sluts." Why should a women be told how to dress? It's her body, so she has the right to do what she wants with it. That, mind you, does not warrant people to harass someone. Also, Femininity is also viewed as a negative thing. Men can't be "emotional," or express interest in girly things, but women are allowed to play sports and do other masculine activities without social stigma. Have you ever walked into school or work wearing a skirt? Doubt it. Have you seen a girl wear a suit, or perhaps a flannel or jeans? Most likely.
Not having rights is not the only form of oppression.
The issue is, the value of something is ascertained from the social structure. Since I'm looking at it from the American social structure, I value women more highly than the Saudi Arabians do. So from my position it's easy to say they're undervalued. However, from inside the Saudi Arabian social structure, it doesn't work that way. The women are given one value by the society, and if they think they are above that value they are crazy.
Let me put it this way. In America, a cookie is worth approximately $1. That same cookie in the jungles of Uganda is going to be worth more, say $5. From the Ugandan's perspective, cookies are undervalued by Americans because they're willing to pay $5 for that cookie where we're only willing to pay $1. But, does that make the Ugandans objectively correct? It doesn't, because the value of such things are set by the society.
It's the same way with women, if people think they're only worth so much in one area, but they think they're worth more in another area, that doesn't make them objectively undervalued in the area where they are worth less.
The point is, it's not just to treat a human differently because of their love. A cookie cannot express human emotions. It doesn't care that it's undervalued. A woman, on the other hand, is treated as a lesser man because of something out of their control. It's fine that there are cultural differences between the way people are treated, but the difference between people should not be so vast it's dehumanizing for the lesser half. Do you really think it's fair to have a social structure like that?
by the way, comparing a person to a cookie is technically objectification but what can i say
