Growing up I never bought into the whole "we are all special" mantra. I never believed we are all equal either. Equality is a lie. It's a warm and fuzzy hippie phrase used to make all the children feel like unique snowflakes. And by the way kids, that snowflake garbage is a lie too. Some snowflakes are alike.
I never bought into it because it was clear to me that some people have absolutely no redeeming qualities about them. Some kids are extremely intelligent and gifted, some are excellent athletes, some are talented in every way possible (those people you love to hate), and some stand in the corner and pick their nose the majority of the day. How can we all be equal when there are clear inequalities between person to person?
I believe in the equality of opportunity!
The kids who aren't as gifted are sometimes the most successful. Even though some people are more naturally gifted, those who aren't can overcome their inequalities through hard work and perseverance.
Why does any of this matter?
Political Correctness.
We live in a time where the truth is offensive to people. I have always been a seeker of truth. The truth is not always beautiful or kind. The truth is not always warm and fuzzy. But we cannot progress and move forward, we cannot solve the issues that we all face if we are willfully ignorant. The folks in my generation and younger are happy being lied to and pretending that you're Healthy at every size. I would rather know the truth about myself and the world than to be blind to it. The more overweight I become, the more I worry about the effect it will have on my health.
The majority of intelligent people accept that many of the differences in people and animals alike is the result of millions of years of evolution, and that animals and people are a product of the environments they adapted to survive in.
We accept the idea that people have different skin colors because of the levels of melanin in their skin. Peoples who evolved in warmer climates have more melanin to protect them from the sun and people in colder climates have less.
Why then, is it so hard to accept that there are other biological differences? It's not an accident that some of best runners in the world come from Kenya.
Where am I going with this?
The differences between men and women are the results of millions of years of biological evolution. There are many in western society today who would like to believe that there are absolutely no differences between men and women. They would like to believe that we are 100% equal and that any differences are merely a product of social and cultural expectations and gender norms.
How can such an intelligent group of people apply logic and science to nearly everything in the observable world, but act as though humans are somehow immune from the same effects?
Stop lying to yourselves.
There are some jobs and careers that men are much better at. There are some that women are much better at. Women have evolved to be good mothers, to keep their kids alive. They have an instinct that drives them to secure resources for themselves and their children. They are more in touch with their emotions (perhaps since they sometimes feel 15 different ones in any given hour). This is why they are so excellent in caregiver roles. Women perform excellently in health care, social work, psychology, therapy and any other roles that require human interaction. Men tend to perform better in math and science or roles where they work more with their hands. Is there any question as to why this is true? It makes logical sense.
Of course that doesn't mean there aren't exceptions. There are some women who are built like a truck and could be a much better construction worker than myself of many men I know. Just like there are some men who are very sensitive and in touch with their emotions. Some men tend have more feminine energy. But the exceptions to the rule don't negate them.
Perhaps if we continue to mate the way we are the future of humanity will look much different.
But breaking away from the instinctual nature and the biology that has made us such a successful species that has survived and reshaped the world is not an easy task. And there is a reason why we find certain qualities to be sexually attractive. We sit here and ignore reality while first world people are so privileged, that they have access to enough food to become morbidly overweight and then complain about it on the internet.
Stop lying to our kids. Teach them to nurture the talents they have. And if they have none, teach them to work hard. We are not all equal. We are not all special. Genetic variety is what makes us interesting and special.
And if a certain lady wants to keep telling me that men are women are equal. I'll let her arm wrestle me on the condition that she wins I'll shut my mouth on the topic.
