Ep 27 - The Reasons for Inequality

12/18/23 • 46 min

Is all inequality the result of oppression? Are there alternative explanations? In this episode we take a stroll through some of the public dialogue around gender and gender inequalities, questioning if the mainstream narrative of patriarchal oppression of women is the gold standard of narrative explanations.

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Many were shocked by the brutality of the attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians in October of 2023, only to be further amazed by the cheering of these events by many in the U.S. and other western countries. How did we get here? Is it possible to have an opinion in the context of such bitter conflicts without becoming an unthinking agent of one group or another?

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In this episode, we look at how language around transgender issues has changed in the last few years, reflecting an evolving rhetoric. Since our meta-narrative, values, and norms are related, this is one more manifestation of the new civic religion that has evolved.

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The Willing Fool - Ep 27 - The Reasons for Inequality

Transcript

Welcome back to the willing fool. This is episode three. I'm your host and lead fool paul tremble We're going to continue today and in the last two episodes we have talked around the current At the time i'm recording this anyway current conflict um between israel and hamas in the region of palestine and uh, I meant to i meant to mention a couple of interesting statistics as I was talking about just the differences in the The two sides culturally, uh, skimming through history, but as of some fa