I’m not suggesting that these differences are irrelevant, or that we should pay no attention to them. In fact, I think we should give a lot of consideration to the physiological and psychological differences between men and women. Because we have the capacity for reason and ethical judgments, we need to look at behavioral mechanisms we’re hard wired for in a morally critical way.

And no, men haven’t evolved “to” do anything. Evolution by means of natural selection is an intrinsically blind process void of direction and intent. It may be that in men there is a psychological mechanism that effects their mate selection inclinations in a way considered conspiratorial or oppressive, but this doesn’t mean that such behavior is necessary or good.

These evolved psychological mechanisms, just like a woman’s ability to bear children, are the result of natural selection acting upon our genes. However, because they are naturally occurring does not mean we can infer that they are good or proper. To do so would be to commit the naturalistic fallacy.

Not only are these evolved traits without moral authority, but they do not define our behavior. As self-aware and rational creatures, our actions may be influenced by these psychological mechanisms, but they are not determined by them. We have the ability, and Kantian ethicists would argue, a moral imperative to use reason and ethical systems to determine how we act.

I assume that by “getting emotional about how bad oppressors men are is irrelevant” you mean that opinions and moral judgments about the way most men treat women are irrelevant. Being “emotional” about the oppression of others is not only an expression of empathy (another trait we’re wired for) but it’s morally considerate. I don’t know about you, but I think living in a society with ethical systems built upon the critical examination of behavior is pretty nice.

Thanks for commenting, now go try to excuse your misogynist bullshit somewhere else.

1) women give birth. Dismissing this as being unimportant compared to having a career does not prove that giving birth doesn’t matter.

2) men supposedly have evolved to conspire against women. Women are the helpless victims. If this is true this is an important difference, getting emotional about how bad oppressors men are is irrelevant.