A preface to boys,girls and freaks

A preface to the next chapter

One evening during a round table philosophy discussion we hit upon the question of what is the difference between men and women. We struggled to answer it. Some proffered up the idea that women are more nurturing, but that was soon countered. Men are stronger than women. Maybe, however that and so many things people cite do not apply in every case. There are plenty of women that are stronger than many men. We resort to generalisations, stereotypes. Men are less …. Women are a bit more …. Aside from the obvious biological ability to bear children and provide a seed, nothing is as straightforward as we have come to believe. Not all women can have children. Not all men have penises. Thus, I began to debate this extensively and the boy, girls and freaks chapter came to be. If men and women are not as distinct as people make them out to be, why do we discriminate so much? Why are some things ok for women and not men?