You have tried to counter that, because you have called certain things "logical," when they are not. A thing/action cannot be logical in and of itself, which is what you have argued. Acting morally is not logical unless you add certain premises. The thing is that anything (except a contradiction) can be logical--given certain premises. Saying "caring about long term happiness is logical" is meaningless. Not caring about long-term happiness is equally logical.
My point was that you call many things irrational that aren't because rationality doesn't enter into the picture. The only thing that is irrational is a contradiction.
Also, re: gender, I agree, most gender lines I've seen are horrible. There are no hard differences between the genders (except for what society creates). I used to believe that gender was entirely created by society. But I've seen too many trans people struggle with this very issue: if gender is a product of society, then how can they feel as though they are the wrong gender? Gender is a social construct! It doesn't really exist!
Eventually, you realise that, despite the obviousness of society creating and enforcing gender roles, there's something very small, but very fundamental, that exists. I can't define it. Ask me the difference between a man and a woman and I'll stand there gaping, unable to find anything. I don't know what the difference is. I don't know a single hard difference (there are a couple of soft differences, such as "women are slightly more likely to have more of an aptitude for multitasking, while men are slightly more likely to have more of an aptitude for concentration," but these are slight, and are only apparent as averages when you take large enough samples (as any individual man may be better than any woman at multi-tasking, and vice-versa).
But I know it exists. I've seen too many people struggle with it to believe otherwise (and, no, most of them can't explain it either).
My point was that you call many things irrational that aren't because rationality doesn't enter into the picture. The only thing that is irrational is a contradiction.
Also, re: gender, I agree, most gender lines I've seen are horrible. There are no hard differences between the genders (except for what society creates). I used to believe that gender was entirely created by society. But I've seen too many trans people struggle with this very issue: if gender is a product of society, then how can they feel as though they are the wrong gender? Gender is a social construct! It doesn't really exist!
Eventually, you realise that, despite the obviousness of society creating and enforcing gender roles, there's something very small, but very fundamental, that exists. I can't define it. Ask me the difference between a man and a woman and I'll stand there gaping, unable to find anything. I don't know what the difference is. I don't know a single hard difference (there are a couple of soft differences, such as "women are slightly more likely to have more of an aptitude for multitasking, while men are slightly more likely to have more of an aptitude for concentration," but these are slight, and are only apparent as averages when you take large enough samples (as any individual man may be better than any woman at multi-tasking, and vice-versa).
But I know it exists. I've seen too many people struggle with it to believe otherwise (and, no, most of them can't explain it either).
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