I think the sentiment exists, but it's mostly an effect of bad news surfacing and distorting the picture. I'm a woman, but I used to be a man, and before my transition I got jobs working with kids, started taking ballet, and generally went out to test what kind of response I would get as I started to break what I perceived as the narrow role of what a man can safely do. I didn't meet any women who seemed worried about me.
It is unfortunate that culture judges men. And that the judgment and fear can nudge men out of some areas of life. But I hope that if a man has his heart set on being a Kindergarten teacher, for example, he isn't made to feel he's less valuable as a teacher than a woman...
Good point, Pharmboy.
I can't think of any organic agriculture product that isn't used, if nothing else, for fertilizer. As far as waste, nice organic material like paper and wood usually has uses as well. I suppose as the article says, it might be cheaper than carbon recapture, though.
But what about plastic. Some is recycled, certainly, but we could melt it down and pump it back into depleted oil wells.
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I think the sentiment exists, but it's mostly an effect of bad news surfacing and distorting the picture. I'm a woman, but I used to be a man, and before my transition I got jobs working with kids, started taking ballet, and generally went out to test what kind of response I would get as I started to break what I perceived as the narrow role of what a man can safely do. I didn't meet any women who seemed worried about me. It is unfortunate that culture judges men. And that the judgment and fear can nudge men out of some areas of life. But I hope that if a man has his heart set on being a Kindergarten teacher, for example, he isn't made to feel he's less valuable as a teacher than a woman...
Good point, Pharmboy. I can't think of any organic agriculture product that isn't used, if nothing else, for fertilizer. As far as waste, nice organic material like paper and wood usually has uses as well. I suppose as the article says, it might be cheaper than carbon recapture, though. But what about plastic. Some is recycled, certainly, but we could melt it down and pump it back into depleted oil wells.