Serena announced that she is retiring. Part of her official announcement was making sure to take a shot at American society by stating that she is stepping away to spend more time with family and that she wouldn’t have to if she was a man. She’s partially correct.
Women are genetically built to nurture children. Men are genetically built to guide, protect, and provide for them. This is something that has been proven through scientific research. There are times when it is more beneficial to the family for the mom to work and the dad to stay home. Scientifically speaking, it’s not ideal, but it’s not detrimental.
If Serena was a man, she would be genetically built to provide, protect, and guide. But she’s not a man. She’s a woman with built in instincts to nurture and comfort. If she wasn’t feeling that strong genetic pull, she wouldn’t be retiring. I’m sure her husband is more than capable of taking care of children. But it’s too much of a pull for her to resist…. Because she’s a woman.
This speaks to the many people that are attempting to redefine biology to suit their mental needs. Human biology is a set of nonmalleable characteristics. We can’t just change them to suit our needs. If I have 5 toes on one foot, I can’t just pretend I have 8 to suit my mental need for more toes. But that’s not the part that really got my attention.
What really got my attention was that Serena Williams has the ability to continue playing the sport and for one reason or another she is deciding to stop playing and blaming this on American society. The same society that afforded her to have a net worth of $260M. She literally said, “It’s not fair.” Which part isn’t fair? The part where you’re famous and financially secure for the rest of your life? Help me understand.
Healthy societal structures are based on genetic predispositions and the family unit. She has benefitted from this yet attempts to blame her retirement on this. Forgive me if I find it impossible to feel sad for her knowing she released her retirement while sitting in her $6.6M mansion.
Blame science. Blame God (in error). But don’t blame America. America is the REASON you get to make the statement that you are retiring with millions of dollars in the bank.
Stay Classy GP!
Grainger