ikajaste comments on 2013 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Locaha 27 January 2014 09:16:55AM *  -2 points [-]

Hmm. Why does a comment like that lead to a preference to males?

A comment like that comes from a person who isn't even trying to imagine himself in a place of someone who is actually going to conceive and carry to term all those as many as they can children. A woman who reads this will correctly conclude that this isn't a place where she is considered a person.

It goes beyond that. The idea that children should be made as means for a cause is equally disgusting.

Comment author: ikajaste 27 January 2014 09:53:05AM 2 points [-]

It goes beyond that. The idea that children should be made as means for a cause is equally disgusting.

Yes, but I woudn't expect that sentiment to really be all that gender-biased, though.

Comment author: Locaha 27 January 2014 10:12:05AM -1 points [-]

Yes, but I woudn't expect that sentiment to really be all that gender-biased, though.

Historically at least, I would expect that sentiment to be gender-biased. It's easier to think of children as objects when you aren't the one who spends your whole day with them.

Comment author: ikajaste 27 January 2014 01:24:05PM *  1 point [-]

Historically at least, I would expect that sentiment to be gender-biased.

Oh, historically sure! But I think these days in western culture, especially(1) among the group being discussed (people interested in this site), I wouldn't expect to see a large gender bias to that sentiment.

(1) [possible projection fallacy going on here, hard to know]