- Feb 25, 2004
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Can women beat men at their own game?
Its a wordy and long read. Not sure I agree with all of it, but it introduces some interesting observations.
The article actually has some pretty rough things to say about both sexes...basically that males are inherently selfish and will never pick up the slack of child rearing, and that women are inherently nurturing and less agressive so they will never 'win' (whatever that means) in business realm that men dominate.
It also talks about marriage and how there is little benefit for men anymore since the clear cut roles are washed away...which is partially responsible for the increase in divorces and the amount of people who choose to never marry. (Some of this I agree with, however he only touches on the fact that society no longer punishes women for fleeing from unhappy marriages..vaguely refering to it as a lack of dominance.)
More interesting to me was the part about society's attempts to make men and women full equals with the same abilities...and how most people realize there are certain things each sex is better at and they are simply denying them.
Also interesting was the part about women no longer having a clear cut position in society, and how feminist and traditional viewpoints clash with one another regarding which way of life is 'correct'. Men, however, have remained largely unchanged in their position in the world....perhaps because we know no other way, or perhaps because we just feel no pressure too.
I think thats true, and men have largely ignored that apparent stimulus...partially because it goes against our natural instincts and largely because as pointed out, there is no real reward for exhibiting those values. Aggression is still much more rewarded as a male trait then sensitivity is. Particularly when dealing with other males, and to large extent when dealing with women from an attraction standpoint.
Its a wordy and long read. Not sure I agree with all of it, but it introduces some interesting observations.
The article actually has some pretty rough things to say about both sexes...basically that males are inherently selfish and will never pick up the slack of child rearing, and that women are inherently nurturing and less agressive so they will never 'win' (whatever that means) in business realm that men dominate.
It also talks about marriage and how there is little benefit for men anymore since the clear cut roles are washed away...which is partially responsible for the increase in divorces and the amount of people who choose to never marry. (Some of this I agree with, however he only touches on the fact that society no longer punishes women for fleeing from unhappy marriages..vaguely refering to it as a lack of dominance.)
More interesting to me was the part about society's attempts to make men and women full equals with the same abilities...and how most people realize there are certain things each sex is better at and they are simply denying them.
Also interesting was the part about women no longer having a clear cut position in society, and how feminist and traditional viewpoints clash with one another regarding which way of life is 'correct'. Men, however, have remained largely unchanged in their position in the world....perhaps because we know no other way, or perhaps because we just feel no pressure too.
I think thats true, and men have largely ignored that apparent stimulus...partially because it goes against our natural instincts and largely because as pointed out, there is no real reward for exhibiting those values. Aggression is still much more rewarded as a male trait then sensitivity is. Particularly when dealing with other males, and to large extent when dealing with women from an attraction standpoint.
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