I have enjoyed the recent articles by Hilary and Lisbeth in the CrossFit Journal. Here is my comment on the issue of feminism First, I would like to applaud the writers and editors of the CrossFit Journal for tackling a controversial issue. My friend Lisbeth is correct that gender inequality persists in the U.S., and elsewhere. Women certainly are at a disadvantage in many fields and countries. In chess, for example, there remains a womens world championship. I struggle to think why gender categories should be necessary in a mental competition. That is not the whole story, however. A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research points out that in the U.S.: In 2003 there were 1.35 females for every male who graduated from a four-year college and 1.30 females for every male undergraduate. Link: nber.org/papers/w12139 This trend persists in most developed nations. The fight against gender inequality should not pick favorites. We should not protest inequality when it concerns one gender but tolerate it otherwise. For this reason I believe that gender equality, not feminism, should be the unifying term.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:39:08 +0000
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