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i'm going to fail at putting this into words but i want to have this discussion: i have noticed that most popular philosophy focuses on detachment (stoicism, buddhism/taoism, rationality and abstract reasoning, etc) most of philosophy was generated in a time where women weren't allowed to contribute to the larger collective knowledge or participate in any educational system so my discussion/q is: if most philosophy originates from men, who historically view attachment (and therefor, emotion) as largely negative, what would philosophy be like if people more accepting of and in touch with their emotions contributed to the field of philosophy? is stoicism really a philosophy that can help you feel better, when most current research indicates that connection and community are the biggest predictors of life satisfaction? (my little research did show me that female philosophers focus on relationality, embodiment, care ethics, less abstract/universal philosophies, situated knowledge vs absolute knowledge, etc)

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tldr; there's a difference in philosophies theorized and researched by men vs women it seems like philosophies written by women align more with current research about life satisfaction i would like to discuss this :)

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yea i would not be surprised i found marcus aurelius's meditations from doing policy debate in high school and while i found it to be generally useful i did find the tone in it kind of strange when it comes to women esp the role of the wife/mother

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