When law corrupts the struggle for equality

Equality has always been the goal of all societies and systems. America suffered a very costly civil war to get rid of racism. From women to black people, most of the world is trying to get Thomas Jefferson’s saying fulfilled: “All men are created equal.” Equality has become an obsession, and that obsession is reflected most obviously in law. All law is made to ensure that there is no difference between white and black, between rich and poor, between men and women. That’s the reason for why we, human, have chosen to prefer democracy to meritocracy. However, law is in-deliberately creating a situation that could never be thought of just some decades ago: some men are now suing because of being sex discriminated. What has happened?

Many things. Among them is the ladies’ night. Why is there ladies’ night but no, say, men’s night? We always talk about equality, but now we are creating inequality: women are now treated better than men. They receive discount from anywhere they set a foot in. From clubs to car stores, whenever the customer is a woman, some kind of a discount that male customer never knows will happen. Is it the evidence of sex discrimination? Yeah, people have their own explanations. That women are weaker and more fragile than men, that they need more protection than men, that they have sacrificed too much in their life. Yeah, all the explanations may be relatively correct. But I am not sure whether ladies who can afford to go to a club are really in need of such protection. New Jersey banned ladies’ night in 2004. At this moment, we are unable to judge whether such ban is right or not. Time will tell. I myself still offer my seat on a bus to a woman, and I still hold the door for them, because I believe that not every distinction – even if based on race or sex - is invidious, at least now.

[It was lucky that the court turned down the law suit against Mother’s Day]

Celebrate the Women’s Day as bigly as you can before it is banned from some extremists.

[But think again, women today are really like that? Many of them are now ruling many nations in this world. Many have achieved greater success than men have. The world is becoming more equal for them than ever. However, as long as those explanations are still accepted, women will still be treated inequality.]

kz