Women will be led. It’s in their nature. They will be led by their husbands, by the government, or by the media.
Only one of those three will provide benevolent leadership.
In 2018 America, there is more government, more media, and fewer husbands. How’s this working out for us?
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If it really were "nature" that demands women submit to men you wouldn't need to convince women of that, it would just be happening.
Seeking leadership in uncertainty is definitely part of human nature, but that's because we aim to maintain or improve the quality of our lives. We make people into leaders because we believe they have shown an ability to address our needs competently as a priority. Your assertion is that people should do essentially the opposite: Abandon personal reason and submit to a default leader of no greater ability than we believe ourselves to have even when they are demonstrably consistently less successful in their decisions and intend to improve only their own lives at the expense of others who are expected to accept a lifetime of being regularly kicked around just as a reminder who is in charge with no hope of an improvement, only reprieves based on whimsy. Now THAT is against human nature and I say that with confidence because when we see humans try to live in those conditions they mentally break or they rebel in sometimes quite bloody fashion.
Your own attempt at a parting shot just proves that. Your assertions - while hilariously lacking in self awareness for what little validity they have - that the government is overstepping its bounds and depriving you of power when you think you know better how to improve the quality of your life makes you want to lash out rather than submit. When we are "led" without seeking leadership we perceive that as a challenge or even a threat. This is doubly true when that "leadership" is intrusive, restrictive, and completely arbitrary.
Basically you think you're now the "woman" in one of your relationships without an automatic advantage and can't see yourself as vital to the existence of others in such a way that you can hold power over them. The person of much less consequence who is being told to shut up. That you react this way and cry foul because the power dynamic is being pushed closer to level rather than having an unassailable while you demand others submit to complete degradation without the right to complain as you are now is pathetic. Calling it childish would be insulting to the developing maturity of children.
You are a fool and a sad excuse of a man who undoubtedly helped to vote in an even sicker joke of a man that promised you exactly the kind of unfettered ability to subvert the lives of others for your own benefit you've always wanted. Not only is that not working out how you hoped it's pretty hard to deny that like you would do as the head of a family he is only going to act as benefits himself even at the expense of those under his charge as the head of a country.
It was in my nature to spend twenty years in a research lab, and to expect my husband and kids to have dinner cooking by the time I came home. It was in my nature to make sure that my son knew how to cook and sew, which was a good thing as his wife didn't. It was in my nature to make sure my daughter got the best education on the planet, and to raise her to choose a husband who would be a willing partner in the raising of their child. It was in my nature to take care of my husband and make all the decisions for him when he developed dementia. It was in my nature to make sure he had good care in his dying days. And now it is in my nature to enjoy pursuing my interests, both alone and with friends.
Leadership is for leaders, sex immaterial.
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