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← Trying to make the sexes equal by making them alike would degrade both

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 18 Sept 1895 to 20 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under patience patience Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under education education Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Trying to make the sexes equal by making them alike would degrade both Trying to make the sexes equal by makingthem alike would degrade both AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: The legal subordination of one sex to the other is wrong and a chief hindrance to human improvement, and should give way to perfect equality — tap to centre the map on it The legal subordination of one sexto the other is wrong and a chiefhindrance to human improvement, andshould give way to perfect equality JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nature made people so equal in body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim — tap to centre the map on it Nature made people so equal in bodyand mind that no one can claim abenefit another cannot also claim TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: Men would gain from the equality of the sexes, as an equal is worth more than an inferior — tap to centre the map on it Men would gain from the equality ofthe sexes, as an equal is worth morethan an inferior SG Sarah Grimké — holds since c. 1837–1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: Women, like oppressed men, are degraded by preferring present pleasure to the struggle for freedom — tap to centre the map on it Women, like oppressed men, aredegraded by preferring presentpleasure to the struggle for freedom MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: How far women are degraded is as good a test as any of the state of domestic morals in a country — tap to centre the map on it How far women are degraded is asgood a test as any of the state ofdomestic morals in a country HM Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing — tap to centre the map on it Agitating for social equality isfolly; progress must come fromconstant struggle, not artificialforcing Last stated 131 years ago 18 Sept 1895 BW Booker T. Washington — holds since 1895-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: To improve both sexes, boys and girls should be educated together at home and in public schools — tap to centre the map on it To improve both sexes, boys andgirls should be educated together athome and in public schools MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom — tap to centre the map on it Alongside a healthy passion forequality, a depraved one prefersequality in slavery to unequalfreedom AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI would be short-sighted, giving up on the problem too early. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI would be short-sighted,giving up on the problem too early. Last stated 3 years ago 25 May 2023 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A basic rule for better decisions is to slow down, especially when there is an immediate conviction. — tap to centre the map on it A basic rule for better decisions isto slow down, especially when thereis an immediate conviction. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A choice with no immediate payoff is not necessarily a poor one: many extraordinary things come from what is first-order negative and second-order positive. — tap to centre the map on it A choice with no immediate payoff isnot necessarily a poor one: manyextraordinary things come from whatis first-order negative andsecond-order positive. Last stated 11 years ago 12 Apr 2016 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2016-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Trying to make the sexes equal by making them alike would degrade both Last stated c. 1840 Holds Alexis de Tocqueville Read this korrent →