Word: inferior
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...though Rubins claims to be against “feminism,” that same assumption is at the core of her argument: “Girls are not born feeling inferior to boys.” They couldn’t have said it better in 1974. Twenty-five years ago, that sentence would have been considered a forward-thinking position; today it is still far from reactionary. And without it, without the assumption that women and men would be equal if only the “feminists” would leave us alone, her argument can?...
Finally, and most importantly, feminism accomplishes the exact opposite of what it intends. Instead of raising women’s social status, it burdens them with a weighty sense of victimization that neither empowers them nor motivates men to view them as equals. Girls are not born feeling inferior to boys. Rather, it is their exposure to feminism that causes them to develop a slave-like mentality...
...women were in the kitchen for most of recorded time by highlighting the life of one particular female or another regardless of how little she matters to history. Other programs, such as Take Your Daughter to Work Day, also impress upon young girls the notion that they are inherently inferior citizens who need rewritten history books and politically correct semi-holidays to raise them up to the level of their male peers who, incidentally, seem to do just fine without any such support. In this way, the movement marginalizes women by reminding them constantly of their former subservient status...
Again, the answer goes back to France. Nacho Cheese is the only flavor in France so I got accustomed to it. Also, since we don’t have it, we sort of regarded Cool Ranch as inferior...
...13th centuries is not forgotten in the Middle East (making President Bush's early use of the word crusade to describe America's antiterror effort an unfortunate choice). An even greater sore is the sense that, in the centuries since, so much dignity has been lost, and to an inferior people. In Islamic belief, Muhammad is God's last prophet; he built upon the revelations of Moses and Jesus to propound a superior, perfect faith. But the world that faith created was broken apart: after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the colonial powers of France...