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On the Separation of Men and Women: A Philosophical Essay by Arthur Chandler
First, let us take as given the definitions of “man” and “woman”: for though there are some who would pretend to ignore even these, that a newborn grasps for his mother’s teat before he can see proves how inherent these categories are. Treat “men” and “women” as disjoint sets, their union encompassing, with the exception of some unfortunate accidents of birth or circumstance, the whole of the human species. Treat these categories as immutable, and any attempt to move between them as what it is: mutilation, mockery, clumsy human imitation of the great Artist.
It was a great gift that God gave Adam in giving him Eve. Born of a rib, sundered from him and then returned, she was to be his companion, to complete him, to provide what he lacked in exchange for his protection. Such was their contract. Note that I am not framing this essay in a strictly theistic ontology by opening with this point: this story is as beautiful an illustration of the human condition as exists, replete with cross-cultural parallels, and even atheists should appreciate its etiological force.
Today, men and women compete increasingly for the same roles, domestically, professionally, in some cases even martially. That some asymmetry (a preferable term to the loaded “inequality”) should persist is not evidence of undesirable social conditions: rather, it is evidence of some bulwark against them.
We aim to show that men and women are distinct and complementary, and that it follows that the ideal social order should structure itself around this fundamental truth. Let us construct our argument by contrapositive. If men and women are equal, then equal inputs should lead to equal outputs. It will suffice to show that equal inputs do not systematically lead to equal outputs for the sexes. Obviously, the world is not a laboratory, and proponents of certain ideologies will surely be apt to claim that “true gender-neutrality has never been tried.” We intend only to weaken their argument down to this single weak point.
It was a great gift that God gave Adam in giving him Eve. Born of a rib, sundered from him and then returned, she was to be his companion, to complete him, to provide what he lacked in exchange for his protection. Such was their contract. Note that I am not framing this essay in a strictly theistic ontology by opening with this point: this story is as beautiful an illustration of the human condition as exists, replete with cross-cultural parallels, and even atheists should appreciate its etiological force.
Today, men and women compete increasingly for the same roles, domestically, professionally, in some cases even martially. That some asymmetry (a preferable term to the loaded “inequality”) should persist is not evidence of undesirable social conditions: rather, it is evidence of some bulwark against them.
We aim to show that men and women are distinct and complementary, and that it follows that the ideal social order should structure itself around this fundamental truth. Let us construct our argument by contrapositive. If men and women are equal, then equal inputs should lead to equal outputs. It will suffice to show that equal inputs do not systematically lead to equal outputs for the sexes. Obviously, the world is not a laboratory, and proponents of certain ideologies will surely be apt to claim that “true gender-neutrality has never been tried.” We intend only to weaken their argument down to this single weak point.