Suggestion - Gender equality "Battle Stance", "Victory Pose" and weapon idle emotes

[ScarboroughFairy]

Then let me give you another, which ends with, "In summary, the fundamental paradox may best be explained as a conflict within ourselves--a conflict between our biological and cultural heritage on the one hand and our more contemporary aspirations on the other," and, "As these mixed findings suggest, the internal conflict between who we have been in the past and who we wish to become in the future is evident in our lives as well as in our data. The same traditional gender roles that facilitate men's and women's attraction to each other may also, in the context of egalitarian social ideals, impede their ability to communicate and lead to dissatisfaction in their relationships. As much as we might like to eliminate such conflicting elements in our theories about human social behavior, our understanding might be better served by openly acknowledging and confronting them."

I would posit that an egalitarian view is incorrect. Certainly, there is a level of equality among all human beings, but there is no denying that men and women are not only physically different, but psychologically different. Disrespecting and eliminating such differences will only further erode our humanity, and give further rise to the cited "internal conflict."

Based on the abstract alone and the summary, I would posit that the egalitarian view is no more incorrect than the stereotypical view many in the past and today now adhere to. Gender roles and the concept of gender itself is a social construct, sociology has confirmed this. Women don't sport dresses and wear high heels because they're women, many of us wear high heels and dresses because that was something humanity, as a whole, decided it was a "feminine" thing to do. It's completely at the whim of humans for that to change. The "internal" conflict stems from what that very study implied: that it's difficult to square breaking away from a concept that we'd adhered to for so long, which is why it may considered more "satisfactory" to go along with traditional gender roles since there is a massive stigma towards breaking them/switching them out. It is, for this very reason, people maintain the idea that "women are best left to stay at home and raise the children because they're better at it". This is also patently false and diminishes the value of paternal parental units as well as provides a rather harmful and, dare I say, sexist view in regards to child rearing.

So yes, while I do agree with you that there are psychological reasons as to why this internal conflict exists, them stemming from sociology, it does not, however have a biological basis to it--not in the way you'd think. If you want me to provide the scholarly articles affirming this, I can.

Edit: And to address your point on the differences you've mentioned, I maintain that acknowledging the differences to the degree we have so far has already done a fine job at eroding our humanity as a whole. People aren't secure with themselves because of such a high demand that "traditional" gender roles are something that is demanded that we adhere to. Also, and I don't know where you live, but in the US, policy in regards to topics such as child custody is lopsided because of the ideas that you and others posit. I've said it before, this is not the rabbithole you want to jump down or the hill you want to die on. Nor is it something best suited for a forum dedicated to a videogame. We're getting off-topic.