Feminism Overload

This last week has been unpleasant. The focus in one of my classes has been on feminsts and feminism in the 19th Century as it applies to the history of the churches. Added to that was the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day and a sermon at my regular church about it. I went to a different church last Sunday, the sermon on global warming was far less offensive.

Fundamentally, I am sick and tired of being expected to feel guilty and ashamed for being a straight white male. I've had it and I'm really quite angry about it.

Here are some realities that are being denied:

Women are not the same as men. There are a lot of things that both genders can do equally well, but there are also a number of things that they can't.

Here are some hard facts that are in relation to me:

1. Less than 1% of the women out there have a higher IQ than I do. I've looked it up on the charts.
2. Far less than 1% of the women out there are taller than I am.
3. Less than 1% of women are stronger than I am, and I'm in lousy shape.

Yeah, some of those may seem trivial, but that's the way it works. Gender is not just a social construct, there are some very real differences between the populations of men and women.

Here's another one:
I can never have children. The closest I can come is to hire a surrogate in a third world country to bear a child for me.

Here is one of the implications:
Men really do care about how women look. Their fitness to bear the next generation is a big factor. This has been reinforced by thousands of generations of natural selection. Yes, the kind of person you are also matters, but it isn't everything.

Yeah, I'm all for equality of opportunity, but at least I understand that there will never be parity of results in many fields. One of the most obvious is the job of firefighter in most major metropolitan areas. The physical requirements are tough, most men couldn't even pass them. Reducing the requirements based on gender is only going to get more people killed. This is a harsh fact of life.

And another interesting tidbit, a recent ACM paper came to the conclusion that there are so few women in IT for the simple reason that few women are willing to put in the work required, particularly in today's society versus that of 30 years ago.

Here is the last upsetting fact:
If a significant percentage of women reject having and raising a family then our society is doomed. And that is what is happening right now. Being on the losing side of natural selection really sucks.

Women, you said you wanted a choice, and you have it. Your instant gratification or the survival of modern society. It is up to you, not the men.