>>"gender equality" - What the heck is that???
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>It would be the idea that people are to be treated equally regardless of (here goes a long list of mankind's follies) their political convictions, skin color, religious orientation, gender, hair length, dressing code, wealth etc etc.
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>> There's no such thing. As a matter of fact there are NO EQUAL HUMAN BEINGS - at least in terms of capabilities, attitude or anything else. We're all individuals. If you mean equal before the law - sure, Lady Justice had a blindfold over her eyes the last time I looked. But, the notion of equality before the law has its roots in the notion that all men are equal in God's eyes.
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>But, they're not - for he keeps a special area in hell for the non-believers, another one for wrong-believers...
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>> But, falling into the socialist trap of confusing equal outcome with equal opportunity is sloppy thinking at best.
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>I've seen more equality in socialism in terms of education and general access to social services, than here; social mobility was actually greater (speaking of Yugoslav self-management of 50's-80's). The theory of "equal outcome" is a different beast, it's the "righteous distribution of misery", which was the logical consequence of Party running every business.

Dragan;

Why do we refer to the body politic as a “party”? Is someone having a good time? Communist Party, Socialist Party, Democratic Party, Republican Party. Man it sounds like a lot of fun! :)

Tom