Originally Posted by
Lothal
Absolutely true. But that's not the question IMO. The question is "are we all strong-willed enough to be able to live in a world free of all expectations?". I honestly believe most people are not and that most people are actually much more content following a set of rules and fulfilling others' expectations.
NOT ALL PEOPLE OF COURSE, before somebody misquotes me. But I believe that the current discourse is leading in the wrong way - we should absolutely help those who have to face unfair disadvantages and remove those barriers. At the same time, I think many people feel like being super free and openminded and trying new things and blahblahblah is the only "right way" to live and because they do not posses the character traits for such a life, they end up being unhappy because they feel weak and left out.
I think we are just moving the feeling of unfulfillment from one group to another. For example women that want a career and want their husband to take care of the kids are probably super happy now, same for men who hate building a career and want to be happy fathers being there for their kids like their fathers never were. But the women who want to dedicate their life to raising children for example are looked down upon and thus unhappy.
We should find some middle ground. This is anedcotal evidence only of course but I've heard this from countless friends, both male and female.