> The difference between a paternalistic and non-paternalistic state, is basically that a paternalistic state tries to actively prevent you, while a non-paternalistic state merely punishes you
Paternalistic: I truely hate PC shit, but that seems like a terribly misogynistic word, I guess someone needs to discipline our forebears. And my own cultural stereotypes are that mothers have rules, and punishment is something a father does (in complete opposition to that definition?!).
Paternalistic: I truely hate PC shit, but that seems like a terribly misogynistic word, I guess someone needs to discipline our forebears. And my own cultural stereotypes are that mothers have rules, and punishment is something a father does (in complete opposition to that definition?!).
> non-paternalistic
Now I wonder how often we think of a man as maternalistic, however not being maternalistic is mostly pretty bad: https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-opposite-of/maternalis...