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In reply to the discussion: MrScorpio Talks To Everyone [View all]BumRushDaShow
(170,136 posts)33. Dr. Seuss illustrated the phenomena
and some of the aftermath, very well.

Human nature for the benefit of species survival, meant that Homo Sapiens sapiens have evolved hierarchical systems in order to leverage certain traits that might excel under certain dire circumstances. However once those dire circumstances (i.e., early in humanity's evolution) disappeared, humanity just couldn't let it go and hung onto those hierarchies.... and unfortunately will continue to do so for some time.
The one thing that I do disagree with (sadly) is this -
However, once progress is made, such as in marriage equality, there absolutely is no going back.
Far too many times the pendulum swings back, thus evoking the oft-used term "the struggle", because humanity will always, or at least inevitably, fall back on relying on those ancient, primordial tactics, and will find some way to dream up new (or recycled) artificial social constructs to enforce them. But since our lifespans are quite short in terms of some of these swings, some generations may grow up in the more gender/race/abled/income neutral world... But often by mid-late life, they watch the collective memories of the "before" fade, and wind up experiencing them first hand if consistent and sometimes considerable effort is not expended to maintain the neutral as normative.
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