Okay....well, since no one is present here with that belief (unless they speak up)....let's just assume that NO ONE here is asserting that idea that "men and women are identical" (besides....you may be misunderstanding---I don't know). There's a difference between saying "gender is a social construct" and saying that "men and women are identical psychologically/emotionally".Third-wave feminist claim nothing is different but the plumbing, and that "gender is a social construct."
I'm just going to wait for an example that demonstrates the difference between a man's version of sensitive and a woman's (as if there's two distinct varieties). This is what I was hoping you'd respond to:Certainly a man is going to have an emotion identifiable as "frightened" about the chances of his child's life being in danger, just as a man is able to identify the color red, but that doesn't mean his reactions are identical to that of a woman, nor is "red" as a man sees it necessarily the same as "red" as a woman sees it.
mkgal said:Can you give an example where "sensitive" would mean one thing for a man---and another if the person were female?
I just finished watching a Jimmy Kimmel video--and I would classify his demeanor as "sensitive". I can't see that as being so different from how a woman would have behaved:
So.....all men respond the same as each other....and all women can also be categorized and placed in the same "box" as far as their behaviors/responses? Have you actually seen that to be true in your life? You don't know women that would like to hear that they have the strength to overcome something?One difference is in how males and females comfort one another in distress. A man in distress wants to hear from another man reassurance that he has the strength to overcome:
So how to explain the idea that males and females seem to behave differently? That too may be a myth, Joel says. Her team analyzed two large datasets that evaluated highly gender stereotypical behaviors, such as playing video games, scrapbooking, or taking a bath. Individuals were just as variable for these measures: Only 0.1% of subjects displayed only stereotypically-male or only stereotypically-female behaviors.
This is a complicated subject really. As time has gone on women seem to act less like the stereotypes would say they do. Maybe its because of the rise of feminism. It helped them break out of the stereotypes. Helped them learn they are not restricted by some rules of being sensitive, emotional, fragile...etc. Now there are lots of strong women who aren't like that compared to decades ago. Or maybe women were never fully fragile to begin with and it had more to do with a more male driven world telling the world women are like that..
If that is believed to be true - then why does a significant number of feminists want to eliminate all males (as soon as they can figure out how to reproduce without us) ?Third-wave feminist claim nothing is different but the plumbing, and that "gender is a social construct."
If that is believed to be true - then why does a significant number of feminists want to eliminate all males (as soon as they can figure out how to reproduce without us) ?
That makes no sense. IF the only difference (other than plumbing) is culturalization, men could be re-cultured to BE women in every way except biological function. There would be no need to go to extreme technical processes to get rid of us.Because they believe "there is no difference except for the plumbing," which means in their eyes men have no use except for procreation of the species.
That makes no sense. IF the only difference (other than plumbing) is culturalization, men could be re-cultured to BE women in every way except biological function. There would be no need to go to extreme technical processes to get rid of us.
Paul said we are to greet one another with a holy kiss. I've seen Christian men that won't even give a hug where as women I've seen a hug as a way of greeting each other. Women seem more comfortable showing physical affection vs men.
I don't think its wired as much as it is cultural. In the states its something that goes back centuries. Probably won't change in our lifetime but that doesn't mean you don't try to change it with one person at a time.
No....that's NOT what that article stated. To simply sum up the article, what's being scientifically asserted (based on actual brain scans) is that:So your argument is the same as third wave feminists that women and men are identical except for the plumbing. Sorry, but that's a myth.
Article said:The majority of the brains were a mosaic of male and female structures, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Depending on whether the researchers looked at gray matter, white matter, or the diffusion tensor imaging data, between 23% and 53% of brains contained a mix of regions that fell on the male-end and female-end of the spectrum. Very few of the brains—between 0% and 8%—contained all male or all female structures. “There is no one type of male brain or female brain,” Joel says.
Significant number? Have you run across a LOT of women with that view---because I've not run into ONE (on the internet or in person).why does a significant number of feminists want to eliminate all males (as soon as they can figure out how to reproduce without us) ?
This I agree with.There, she finds a Jesus—and even a Paul—who saw women as equally crucial as men to advancing the gospel.
I agree with the notion, but reject that it should be called "feminism."Feminism is the radical notion that women are disciples too.
In some things - yes.do you EVER see one set of instructions for relating to men and another set for women?
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