some philosophy on this board

[Matthewmongan]

i agree, ron. discrimination is pervasive in our society. we cant help but make generalizations about groups of people. this by itself is not a form of discrimination but the way it manifest itslef creates an inviroment in which those who do not represent the norm have to work harder to sucseed.

i agree that the bluring of gender roles has caused confusion in the homes and in the work place. but in an intelectual arena should a woman not be given qual opertunity as man.

if you look at language, the masculine pronoun is considered to be used as the nongender specific and genderspecific article. is man the norm and woman a deviation of that norm, or his human the norm and man and woman smaller parts of it?

i wonder if it is human nature to subscribe to generalizations or if it is a social construct. am i realy matt mongan or am i just a product of said social construct? are we shaping society or is society shaping us?