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RE: It's official, females dominates males on steemit !!!

in #steemit8 years ago

Umm.... interesting. Thanks.

Btw I saw your comment that "women have the power" and of course this is right in many ways, but can depend on how you look at it. Men have power by exhibiting their agency on the world. Women have power by exhibiting agency over men. Men largely have power in the world through intellect, invention, physical labour, technology etc. Women largely have power over men through their sexuality i.e. beauty, male mother need, female validation. Women also have faculties that men have but largely their power in this department is less.

The balance of power in society also depends on the operating system the society is using. If it is patriarchal, then women will have less power. If it is matriarchal (feminist) then women will have more power. But you are right, in either system there are ways that women are more powerful. And the whole of this comes down to the fact that what we call "power" in men is really powerlessness, and what we call "oppression" in women is really a kind of privilege.

For example men working in a coal mine get payed more than a woman working in the office. But the man in the coal mine is 90% more likely to die at his job. Or for example, more women stay at home and work part time or not at all than men. But staying at home watching DVD's with yer kids is alot better than working in a coal mine risking your life.