R. A. Briggs
speaker
293 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2018
last heard Jun 2018
R. A. Briggs’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsNo recordings in the last 12 months.Older appearances are listed below; set an alert to hear about the next one.
Appearances
We also have the planet of Amazonia, which is somewhat different.
So it, too, is a liberal democracy with formal equality of genders and sexes, I guess, both under the law.
But it's got somewhat different gender roles.
So on Amazonia are girls, which you can't see in this radio podcast, but that's spelled with three R's, like riot girl.
And boys, which you also can't see on this podcast, but it's spelled B-O-I-S.
And girls are expected to be the primary breadwinners for their family.
They're expected to be able to punch whoever needs punching.
They're expected to be stoical and not show much emotion.
You get into the girl category by having stereotypically female characteristics.
So the stereotypes for the girl category are very much like the stereotypes for the bloke category on Patriarcha, except that you get into the girl category by having a different set of reproductive features, the stereotypically female ones.
And the boy category is sort of expected to be subordinated to the girl category.
Boys are supposed to sort of take care of others' feelings.
They're supposed to be sweet and sensitive.
They're supposed to be primary caregivers for the children.
And so the expectations on the boys are much like expectations on Sheila's back on Patriarcha.
But boys get into that category by having stereotypically male physiology.
And of course, the sociobiologists of Amazonia have lots of rationales for why these gender roles are natural and spring from the essences of people.
After all, girls are traditionally associated with the sex that has to protect children.
It is natural that they would be fierce and tough.
Boys who have to compete hard to win the attention of a mate
Showing 221–240 of 293 · page 12 of 15
← Previous
Next →