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Jojo Lapin X wrote:

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Gersen wrote:

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proton-feminist  

Someone who thinks feminism has implications at the subatomic level?

"Immanuel Kant once said that the whole of the universe was made up of the opposite forces of repulsion and attraction. To this we can add Machiavelli's statement that "all the actions of men resemble those of nature," in support of which there is to be found abundant empirical evidence and the logic that higher entities must contain the properties of their constituent parts. A metaphysical analysis of sexual differentiation will cause us to see the same basic dichotomy of repulsion and attraction in male independence and female unity. An entity exhibiting repulsive force pushes itself away from everything else, leaving itself isolated - or independent. Something utilizing the attractive force seeks to draw everything else to it - hence the result of unity. Various mixtures of these forces make up all things, more complex things requiring a more integrated mix of the two forces.

Looking at that basic composite structure of matter - the atom, we cannot help but notice its similarity to the family or "nuclear family" as it is called. The nucleus of the atom contains the "female" protons that passively aggregate together along with the "children" (the neutrons,) which add an element of stability to the atom as children add stability to the family. The "male" electrons actively form a "social" hierarchy as they fill orbitals of different size and shape that surround the nucleus. Also, due to their peripheral location and lesser attachment to the nucleus, they are "free" to become involved in a greater variety of interactions related to the formation of more complex structures (e.g. molecules.) Though electrons have the active roles, it is the protons and neutrons that are the focal point of the atom, it is "they" that the electrons are forced to revolve around. A person unfamiliar with the invisible attractive forces of the protons could easily misinterpret the inner workings of the atom. Here is the way a feminist might have explained things; "Those chauvinistic electrons circle around all day while keeping the protons confined to the nucleus along with the neutrons. They fill up all the orbitals while denying the same opportunities to protons. And whenever they feel like it, they abandon their nucleus and go flying off after some other protons." Fortunately for us, feminists did not establish the laws of physics and chemistry, if only we could say the same about today's social legislation."

Thomas Pollock, in The_Men's_Tribune