But men cannot claim special abilities over women, e.g., a Harvard President is ousted for suggesting gender differentials in Science, but a department head of Philosophy can successfully claim female superiority in the morals of compassion.
2007-08-06 06:14:01 · 13 answers · asked by Wave 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Codrina that was an excellent citation on gender differences in Iceland. Such observations merit further examination.
With this and your more personal examples you seem to be arguing for female superiority in matters of the heart and the training of children. I don't object to this, but cite it as an example where you seem to be happy to claim women do a better job of it than men. Can't you then accept the possibility that there may be areas where men excel over women?
It only seems fair and intellectually honest.
Gender studies has a long ways to go if it cannot dispassionately examine differentials in abilities in the general case.
The conclusion that we should peremptorily judge each other according to gender should not follow. Even men should be allowed to rise in female dominated fields if they have the talent, and bean counters should not claim the day if there isn't 50% parity in areas of differing gender ability
2007-08-06 12:30:25 · update #1
Some things you should let go in one ear and out the other when such arguments arise.
2007-08-06 07:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by just another man 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Time magazine - A Land Where Girls Rule in Math. - read it and see what your thoughts are on it. If there are "gender" differences in math or science, they are not universal.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1032361,00.html
I'm certainly not telling you what to think, but these are some questions I had once I read yours. I am generalizing here, but with good reason.
Battered women and rape - statistics will show you that the majority of this type of crimes are committed by males (against females, males, and, most disturbing - children). Does this behavior show compassion? Is it possible that telling a little girl that "it's ok to cry" and telling a little boy to "be a man" and not show his feelings (we do know you have them) makes boys more insensitive and less compassionate? Why is it that boys/males go through with suicide (where most women only attempt it)? Is it healthy to set such high/different standards for a boy and such low ones for a girl? Could there be a connection between this double standard and the divorce rate today? Are we even speaking the same emotional language anymore?....
I don't believe women are superior to men just I don't believe that men are superior to women. I do think that suppressing one's feelings and emotions is not helping anyone, in particular, and our society, in general.
2007-08-06 08:47:31 · answer #2 · answered by Brat of Brats 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-15 07:18:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a long time white men had superior social status and flaunted it. Now other groups have to opportunity to do anything and say anything and WASP's must allow the previously oppressed to party or be persecuted for old ways of thinking.
2007-08-06 06:20:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I've never had that happen. You're generalizing based on one rogue professor. Maybe she thought her female students had low self esteem and was simply trying to get them to see the good in themselves compared to people they knew, such as the men they held in higher esteem.
2007-08-06 08:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I don't think you've posted evidence of anything at all. All I read is a gossip and anti-woman ranting.
2007-08-06 09:47:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
She wont be claiming any type of superiority when I slap her across the face.
2007-08-06 06:26:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
same reason why black peoplecan freely say cracker and have bet.
2007-08-06 08:07:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because we are women hear us ROAR!!!
Why do men have to question and reduce our abilities, haven't we learned already?
Why men have to be so PSYCHOANALYTICAL?!
2007-08-06 06:26:34 · answer #9 · answered by Sabine 6 · 2⤊ 6⤋
women are dumb. (matter of opinion) try and warn me for that one..
2007-08-06 06:21:47 · answer #10 · answered by mustang9588 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋