In the Czech Republic we sometimes say "čajíček", which literally means "little tea" (it's hard to explain this in English because tea isn't really countable and can't be measured like that but this is basically a diminutive) but I think that it can be interpreted as "weak tea" (which would probably be very insulting to british people).
I think some people may also call you a "bačkora" which means a slipper or "bábovka" which is a typical Slavic cake.
Cabbage is much more hilarious though.
Also, aye.
What a load of shit. He's a boy, so it makes sense to act like one. If your a quarter back, you act like a quarterback, not a lineman. I's got nothing to do with boys being better than girls.
Um. Except that is used as a bad thing. If you're* a quarterback, and when you're acting emotional, someone says not to act "like a lineman" what does that convey to the linemen? There is nothing that is gender exclusive that any boy should be told not to "act like a girl" over. The same thing is said about throwing like a girl, running like a girl. There are girls who aren't emotional, and there are girls who run and throw great. You can't tell what this is saying because you don't know the circumstances of what the kid is being told, but even if the message won't be that boys are better than girls, it won't be a good message. It will be you can't (be emotional/have certain hobbies/do what you want to) because you aren't the other gender.
Furthermore, have you ever heard anyone say that in a kind 'I'm trying to help you out' way? No, it's said as a joke, or as an insult, just like telling someone they hit like a girl.
Yeah, women being mistreated and viewed as inferior, treated as objects, served us great! Especially that whole thing about people not being able to do something they really enjoy or are really good at just because they do or don't have a penis. Some men are really great cooks, or good with children, some women are great fighters and leaders, and just because you were born with certain organs doesn't mean you should have to do something you don't like or you completely suck at. As a human being, I should be able to choose what it is I do with my life, whether that is being the breadwinner and head of my family, or being a stay at home mother. Gender roles are about as stupid as a Caste system. Circumstances of your birth should not effect what you are allowed to do with your life, as long as you are proficient at doing those things.
Yes, all those thing did serve us well, having dominant roles in societal structure reduces social dissonance. That structure allows things to be done more efficiently. Social structure is important for a strong, resilient society.
I disagree, I think that in order for society to progress, we have to allow everyone to go where they work best within it. Otherwise, there may be geniuses with the secret to our survival being told that they are only good for popping out babies.
Yes, society was so stable back when women were just child bearers and we chopped off people's heads because we wanted to. Society isn't any less stable just because people aren't told what they have to do.
People being told what they have to do is literally what civilization is. That describes laws, traditions, rules, instructions, and common sense. The less of those we have the less structure society has.
Okay let me rephrase: just because you don't get told "you're going to be a lawyer" from the time you're born doesn't mean that there's a problem with society.
You can't tell what someone is well suited to be when they're born. That is what gender roles is, telling someone from their birth what they're going to do. It isn't based on what they're good at, it's based only on whether they have a certain body part. Just because I have a vagina doesn't mean I'd be a good mother.
Yes, but in the past women we groomed to become child rearers, while men were groomed to work. Because people were groomed for their roles from birth they were much more prepared for it and better at it. Now people remain as blank slates for much longer, and it takes longer for them to have appreciable skill at anything.
There were still people who weren't good at what they did. There were terrible rulers, terrible mothers. People have different skills, regardless of what they're groomed for. It's far better to wait until we know what those skills are to try to determine a career.
Are you implying that there is a much higher rate of people being good at what they do today? Because in my personal experience there are a hell of a lot of incompetent people out there.
Yeah, there are, but we wouldn't have a rocket, medical equipment or practice, plumbing, legal system, or a country of our own if people had always done what they were told.
Medicine, plumbing, and legal systems were were invented long before statutes of freedom were even a thing, so one could argue that we may not have invented those things if people weren't told what to do, and even totalitarian governments have rockets, so its not like you need any large amount of freedom for that.
As for the creation of your country, (I'm assume the USA) you certainly have a point there, but I will point that that was done while gender role wee still heavily enforced, along with race and class, and other such things.
Sorry, today's legal system, and /current/ medical practice. There have been many, many breakthroughs made even by children, because they weren't told to do something else that was more 'appropriate' for them. Yes, roles of all kinds were a thing, but even France, England, and just about every other country in the world would be vastly different and likely not even a country on their own standing if people had just done what they were told. Women have made many advancements throughout history, and they would have made many more if they were treated equally. If everyone always did exactly what they were told for the sake of society, we would have no /culture/, there would be no art, or music. Everyone would still be pagan or worship Greek, Roman, or Egyptian gods. In South America, people would probably still have human sacrifice because that's what their priests said to do. In order to make progress, people have to have freedom - the freedom to think and create, at the very least.
I think it's a stretch to assume that so may countries simply wouldn't exist, though they would certainly be different.
Art and music were heavily censored and controlled right in to Renaissance and beyond, yet they were still able to compose and create great works. What is higher art, Mozart or Beck? Some would claim that art hasn't actually progressed in a long time.
I don't really see how moving from Pagan worship to Abrahamic worship is really progress of any sort.
As for progress itself, we did plenty of that in the 10,000 years before the Liberal mindset came into it's own, so its clearly not necessary for progress itself.
Heavily censored and controlled, meaning /they didn't do what they were told/. It doesn't matter that they weren't /given/ freedom, they took it, just as a lot of minorities have taken it for a long time. What you're saying is that people should be told what to do, but what is the point if they don't do it? Unless you're saying that we should be told what to do and just ignore it anyway, in which case the whole argument is pointless... since we'll do what we want either way.
It doesn't mean they didn't do what they told. They abided by the censorship and control. They didn't resist, they simply were censored and controlled. They followed the established rules of art.
I don't understand your question. Are you asking "What is the point of doing what your told?" or "What is the point of telling people what to to do?"
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I think some people may also call you a "bačkora" which means a slipper or "bábovka" which is a typical Slavic cake.
Cabbage is much more hilarious though.
Also, aye.
As for the creation of your country, (I'm assume the USA) you certainly have a point there, but I will point that that was done while gender role wee still heavily enforced, along with race and class, and other such things.
Art and music were heavily censored and controlled right in to Renaissance and beyond, yet they were still able to compose and create great works. What is higher art, Mozart or Beck? Some would claim that art hasn't actually progressed in a long time.
I don't really see how moving from Pagan worship to Abrahamic worship is really progress of any sort.
As for progress itself, we did plenty of that in the 10,000 years before the Liberal mindset came into it's own, so its clearly not necessary for progress itself.
I don't understand your question. Are you asking "What is the point of doing what your told?" or "What is the point of telling people what to to do?"