Gentleness Or Descrimination?
This is not a new idea for me. However, right before the ending of Thursday’s class, it struck me again.
A classmate said, “Everyone should have an equal right to get into a lifeboat when Titanic hit the iceberg.” Sure, equality is indeed an important element of morden creek. But I couldn’t help wondering, “if so, what was the point of letting ladies and children get into lifeboats first when the grand ship sank?”
In the case of children, seniors, and the disabled, it is out of question that we should put them before ourselves. The reason is clear. They are either weaker than us and in need of care, or, for children, more important for future. But as it turns out, neither can explain why women should enjoy the priority.
If you consider women are weaker than men and in need of care, I believe all those feminists would drown you with thousands of facts which prove the opposite. Not unreasonably, initially, gentlemen behave gentlemanlike out of the idea that women are inferior, though afterwards, it gradually form an ethic in society and become an act of politeness.
It is a question whether to put equality or gentleness first in a shipwreck. It reminds me of the remark of Ms. Leo, which was about a theory of a psycologist, “There is something both right and wrong, while there is also something neither right or wrong.”
When I think back, it is only a paradox in Titanic. But in reality, when we shove each other in order to get seats in the schoolbus, the gentleness towards girls is not only virtueous but also necessary. Because boys indeed have an advantage in strength. If no boys are gentle, there will be no girls in the bus.
In my opinion, there is a subtle difference between the two cases. Overall, it remains a mistry for me whether it is gentleness or descrimination to allowe women to get into lifeboats first.
Everyone are born equal.But female enjoy care from male since we hunman came into being,so I think it is gentless that let female come to lifeboats first!
ReplyDeleteSo serious a topic! Hmm, I think some boys are not gentle at all, they push girls and take advantage of their height to get on the bus first.
ReplyDeleteDo not think in that way, Florence. I am more than surprised why you say that. The difference between male and female is so huge both physically and mentally. They just have their own strength and weakness. It is nature for men to protect women, nothing to do with descrimination.
ReplyDeleteDifferent people have different opinions towards your topic. From my point of view, it is gentle. Of course, everyone was born equal. I think the equalness is more about our rights and complusories. However, everyone was not born equal. Because we were born with different talents and bodies. Women's physical stucture decides that they are weaker than men in physical. Howeveer,protecting the weakers is a virtue in our society. So "ladies first" is very normal.
ReplyDeleteI think that was neither discrimination nor gentleness. It was the respect to the young and women. It was a reflection of human nature. In that emergent case it was meaningless to talk about discrimination and gentleness. If men looked down upon women,how could they sacrifice their own life to save women and children. Also there was no need to show off their gentleness because life is the most valuable thing.
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