What are the arguments FOR the oppression of women/gender inequality?

Question

i know it's not right to oppress women. but i need this for an experiment.

Answer 1

When my wife was carrying our first child, it became critically important that I could support her financially and emotionally so that she could use as many of her limited resources to keep herself healthy and well for herself and our daughter.

I was struggling finding work at the time, but because of Equality Legislation, women in post were always considered more favourably for jobs than men trying to escape the dole.  I failed to support her when she needed it, lost her respect and the consequence was a horrible divorce.

Had there been legislation giving preference to men applying for jobs or promotion whose wives were expecting a child and needing extra support from their husbands, then my marriage and probably countless others would be intact and a lot of unpleasantness avoided.

I notice that it is very common for a woman to divorce a man who does not come up to expectations in terms of money or career.  Furthermore a single man whose career has lost its way is unlikely to find love.  But a man rarely divorces or rejects a woman whose career has hit the rocks.  Why then do they still persist in denying a man the right to a living and family life,  when it conflicts to a woman's right to personal fulfilment and independence?

When my wife cuckolded me and forced me out of our home, she was alone for the birth of her love-child.  She felt it was patronising of me to shift heavy playgroup furniture around for her, since she believed the dogma that whatever a man can do, a woman can do better.  She did this shifting the morning after giving birth and had a prolapse, which required a hysterectomy.

I tried to tell her, but because she was so well versed in women/gender equality she would not listen, that men have muscles where women have babies.

It just seems such a pity that in our society, we have got the idea that if a man loves a woman, he is oppressing her.

Answer 2

I've heard of one of the reasons being that women are (generally) less physically strong than men, hence they were historically not so readily employed in industries which require a lot of manual labour.

Another is that women (again, in general) are viewed as being softer hearted and more gentle than men and so were not employed in roles which involved killing on the front line - I suppose it was feared that a woman would lack the killer instinct to pull the trigger and end another life.

But I'm going down the employment route, in terms of keeping women chained to kitchen sink etc. I dont know of any arguements lol.

Answer 3

On an individual basis, it is all right to oppress a woman if she wants to be opressed.  I quite enjoy it when my husband oppresses me.

I do not believe it is a good thing for it to be compulsory though.

Answer 4

You've said gender inequality, so as a Woman I'm going to argue back the other way :o)

Reasons for oppression of Men:

Women are responsible for the continuation of the Human Race, without them the World stops, which makes them vastly more important genetically speaking. They give birth, nuture and care for the next generation. Science has now made it possible for children to be cloned from a single female cell, thereby removing the last contribution from a Man and rendering him sadly obsolete (sorry!).

Women are naturally kinder, more compassionate people who don't start wars and whose instinct is to protect. If the planet were given over to them, society would shift dramatically to a caring, gentler way of life, with no wars (no Woman could mass kill another Woman's children). However they are equally capable of being strong and brave when called for, albeit in a much 'higher' way than mere brute force. Examples such as the female instinct to protect their child, the incredible bravery of Women during both recent World wars, and the amazing struggle by the Suffragettes show testament to this.

The workforce relies very heavily on Women (going back to the War, if during the 2nd World War Women had gone on strike for one week the war would have been lost). In particular, essential jobs such as Nurses and Carers are often taken by Women.

Women are more than capable of achieving academic success equivalent to Men, and many Women have fought to be recognised for this (examples such as Marie Curie and more recently female Astronauts). They are also capable of achieving excellent physical fitness, although with the advent of modern technology this is considerably less important than before. A Man's sheer physical force is not enough to make him 'superior'.

To sum up: Men rely on 3 thing to oppress Women. Physical strength, an assummed superior intelligence and social status. Physical strength is obsolete since we stopped roaming the planet for woolly mammoths years ago, they are no more or less intelligent than Women as exam results show year on year, and are gradually having their social status eroded as Women become stronger.

Personally speaking, we're all Human Beings and have as much right to life as any other species on the planet. However, I do firmly believe than any argument for the oppression of Women can be easily overcome, and in some cases very much 'won' by Women.

Hope this helps! From a single, solvent, professional Female with an IQ of 139 (and with a Sister with a Masters Degree) x

PS I know you asked specifically for oppression of Women (altho you do also say Gender Inequality) - for reasons for, then I guess you'd just argue back in the opposite direction, tho citing examples and statistics is going to be the most important piece of ammo you'll have.

Answer 5

Here's one.  We make better apple pie.  LoL.  For real though, some men believe that a womans place is in the kitchen and in the home.  Here is the arguement that was made in the beginning of all of this.  Ready:

If women are allowed to work, who will look after our children and homes.  Who will cook and clean.  

If a woman is allowed to work, the home will fall into disrepair, the children will not be attended to, the dinners will not be made, and the garden not be kept.

A woman should not work, because she cannot do the things that a man can do.  She is not as smart as man and she is not as strong as man.  

A woman is too kind hearted.  Her soul will not allow her to react to things the way that a man would.  

It is a bad idea for a woman to be allowed to work and the above reasons make it clear why.

NOW I don't believe this in any way, but in a different time, this would have been a good arguement.  Thank GOD for women's rights, because I can't cook and I hate gardening.  LoL

Answer 6

Lower divorce rates, less infidelity (on the woman's side at least), dinner is always ready?  I can't think of any others, but overall suppression of women is terrible (almost as terrible as special treatment...).

Answer 7

Wow so many interesting and educated answers...

Answer 8

For starters, because it's only natural, with them in general being weaker mentally & physically. Also because legislation has permitted them to be sexist [commonly known as feminism] , spurring them to exploit & abuse this application to further their selfish agenda.

Answer 9

Your not experimenting based on my answer thank you very much.

Big hairy you must work in the oil industry and live in Scotland.

Answer 10

If you don't oppress them the b*****s will take liberties and oppress you.

Answer 11

TEA IS ALWAYS ON TIME, OUR FEMALE CURLING TEAMS GET A LOT BETTER, LESS EFFORT FOR MORE COPULATION, BASICALLY THINGS ARE A LOT LIKE SAUDI ARABIA

Answer 12

Being humble is a priority  with  me,  so  when  my  boyfriend  and  I  get  married, I'll definitely  put  himself  and  his  desires  ahead  of  my  own  and  put  him  first in everything .  If  we  had a dispute or a disagreement, HE'D have the authority to make the final decision .  He's  also ten  years  older  than  I  am,  he’s  willing  to  sacrifice  and  give  up  everything  for  me,  and  be  a  good  husband  to  me  and  a  good  stepfather  to  my  son,  so  I'd  be  submissive  to  him  for  those  reasons  as  well .