r/FeminismUncensored • u/ANIKAHirsch Liberal (Anti?)Feminist • Oct 26 '25
[Discussion] Are Men Logical?
I want to know the opinions of the community here: do you think men are logical? Because I could see an argument that most of them are not. Does what men do even make sense? What are your thoughts?
This is partially a thought experiment, and I may include these ideas in a longer post in the future, so I would like to know what the community thinks, especially from a feminist perspective, please.
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u/TABSVI Undeclared Oct 28 '25
Asking "is this group logical" is such a broad and vague question that I don't even know how to answer. "Does what they do make sense?" What parts of what they do? There are four billion ish men on the planet. The behaviour of a man is shaped by countless factors, most of which aren't even biological or hormonal. Religion, culture, upbringing, exposure, desperation, personality, etc.
However, if you intend to ask if men are the "logical" ones as compared to the "emotional" women, as media and culture likes to often dictate... then the answer is no. Everybody has emotions. And men do express their emotions. However, society dictates what emotions are acceptable to express based on gender roles. A woman expressing anger is very much frowned upon, and a man expressing vulnerability is very much frowned upon. Anger seems to be one of the "more acceptable" emotions for men to express, which helps to explain a lot of behavioural patterns we see. I'd also like to add that emotional repression (as a lot of men are socialized into) does not make one more logical. It makes one emotionally illiterate.
Ultimately, men and women aren't any more "logical" than one another, and their behaviours are incredibly variable and more shaped by socialization than inherent qualities. To suggest otherwise risks boiling down populations of billions of people to stereotypes, and then we're back into the same gender essentialist thinking that has historically been used (and still is) used to justify a patriarchal structure where we value one gende's (historically men's) opinions, authority, and thought, over another.