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Brainwash
1983 · Film · 97 min
Directed by Bobby Roth
A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.
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Brainwash, a Norwegian documentary does a good job : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiJVJ5QRRUE
Among other things, he visits a doctor who has to decide which gender to choose for babies who obviously need some work ( sorry for the wording ).
An excellent and relevant video to this discussion is an episode of Brainwash called "The Gender Equality Paradox." It covers the paradox of why, in more gender-equal societies, we see more separation between what men and women choose to do, and in less gender-equal societies, we see less separation between the interests. The host talks to scientists on both sides and goes back and forth relaying information and starting debate. It is fantastic.
https://vimeo.com/19707588
There are actually studies on this. It turns out that the more egalitarian and more wealthy a society, the more unequal the outcomes[1].
Talked about in "Brainwash", a Norwegian documentary[2].
[1] http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&uid=2007-19165-013
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiJVJ5QRRUE
Except even feminist societies are finding that the women and men prefer the gender roles.
Maybe "we" should feel guilty about socially engineering something that is proven to make people unhappy. Ironically, the happiness index in women is down in Western societies whereas the same measure for men, is up! And we can hardly argue that women are treated as less equal than they were in the 70s.
People have a knee jerk reaction and say "oh yeah, that's because women have to do even more work now" where that isn't actually the case. Married women with traditional gender roles are actually happier than their married and equal counterparts.
Now, I know I'm not providing any statistics or references but I would urge you to be on the lookout. They show up quite regularly and are easy to find once you are open to the concept. One good place to start is "Brainwash", a "documentary" by a comedian that actually resulted in a loss of funds to a gender studies institute.
All this being said, I do not think a single one of us would say that a woman should not be encouraged to be a programmer. But to deny the joy that a woman can get from being a "traditional" mother as well as a programmer is unfair to an entire gender and unfairly creates a generation of latchkey children. I do not know a single mother or father who says "Yeah, I wish I spent less time with my kids."