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Saturday, November 19, 2005

Equality isn't all it's cracked up to be - Relationship dynamics takes all kinds...

Equality isn't all it's cracked up to be:
"There is nothing particularly good about equality per se, because what one person might like, another might hate – it might be better for person A to get X and person B to get Y – both might be happier with that then if A and B both have Z. What people mean when they advocate equality – or rather, what they should mean – is that there should be consent.

To judge whether or not there is consent, you can't just look at the form of a relationship or an interaction and get a reliable answer. For some people positively want a relationship which to the outside world looks unequal and quite possible non-consensual."

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