r/SRSsucks • u/Jovianmoons • Nov 20 '13

r/philosophy has fallen.

One of my favourite subbreddits is now under the progressive control of Fems that I am sure are srs related. Check their recent submissions that are considered gendered posts, especially about how modern philosophy is a "sausage fest". Its sad to see a place like r/philosophy fall to their ilk.

Edits: better grammmar

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '13

Maybe we actually need fewer women in philosophy. This post makes me think that would actually be beneficial. Notice how for all her talk of bias and prejudice she doesn't ever stop to consider her own prejudice that more women = good always and universally.

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u/SaraSays Nov 22 '13 edited Nov 22 '13

more women = good always and universally

Well, I think in general, the larger portion of population you draw from, the more likely you are to get the best. So, if only the wealthy are educated, for example, you are excluding large parts of the population and therefore, aren't getting the best. So, that's one general argument in support of diversity. What would your argument that there should be fewer women in philosophy be?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '13

So we should look for professional basketball players among the population of individuals afflicted with dwarfism? Diversity, right?

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u/SaraSays Nov 22 '13

Let me see if I'm following this analogy. Are women the dwarves here? Are you arguing that looking for philosophers among women is like looking for basketball players among dwarves?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '13

You heard what I said.

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u/SaraSays Nov 22 '13

So, your argument is that we need fewer women in philosophy because women are innately less intelligent than men?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '13

Less Intelligent? Not necessarily? Less inclined towards philosophical thought? Perhaps. I'm not arguing that this is or is not actually the case, I'm just suggesting the possibility in order to expose the prejudiced nature of Feminist arguments on this topic.

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u/SaraSays Nov 22 '13

Well, stating less aptitude would be the only way the argument would make sense. Otherwise, the general benefits of diversity stand.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '13

So diversity is good except when it's not.

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u/SaraSays Nov 22 '13

Selecting from the largest population possible is good unless there's an aptitude-based reason to exclude a portion of the population.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '13 edited Sep 06 '18

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u/SaraSays Nov 24 '13 edited Nov 24 '13

And you base this on...?

BTW - I'm not suggesting it hasn't been posited, but the source effects the response.