Aha!! Thought I was gonna ask a loaded question, eh?! ;-)
Is the basis for gender conflict between men and women the fact that each will NEVER know (except perhaps for persons of surgical transgender) what it's like to have the other's biochemistry?
2007-11-08 12:28:20 · 6 answers · asked by tornwax 3 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Many people believe that to be absolutely true.
I think that it is definitely extremely possible.
I also believe that if each individual looked into their own heart and were really able to 'see' what went on there, they would find that both genders do more or less exactly the same things, but credit it, in their own gender, as a strength, but in the other, a weakness.
What I'm saying is that we blame each other for our own flaws, as good humans tend to always do.
Men are not emotional? Then why do we feel the desire to attack things (often irrationally) the way we do? Women whine and badger and bully, while men... whine and badger and bully. Women talk too much? When men get together, is it not competition for airspace? Women are clingy, until they step out of her man's sight and he is (frequently) driving around looking for her. Calling her, all the things she does to him when he steps out of her sight. Both genders have double standards on sex. Both genders are famous for their duplicity. Both genders tend to be equally oblivious to their own romantic function.
So, yea, I would buy the hormones thing, I certainly would. But I still think gender is just one of any number of examples of humankind's ability to use factional, 'us vs them' mentalities to give then am excuse to deride 'them' for things 'we' are equally guilty of, just to feel better about ourselves.
Now was that a crazy run on sentence or what?
2007-11-08 13:05:20 · answer #1 · answered by eine kleine nukedmusik 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
As one matures, the differences in 'biochemistry' are no longer a mystery. You grow to understand and have empathy for the other gender.
Some people are able to do this when young, but usually it happens as one grows intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually over time.
There is a satisfying celebration in the complexity and simplicity of the genders.
2007-11-08 21:47:33 · answer #2 · answered by Marguerite 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Even a transgender person never have the biochemistry of the new gender, so, you cannot fit into someone else's skin.
2007-11-08 20:52:49 · answer #3 · answered by llselva4 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, there is a lot that goes into conflict. It can be based on many things and have many components, gender, race, culture, religion, political views, weight, age, or simply general personality differences...sometimes people are too alike.
2007-11-08 22:10:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you read literature? Are you just totally utterly unable to "relate" to anything going on in the story because you don't have the author's or fictional characters' biochemistry? No? OK.
People can relate. It's called having tolerance, compassion, and understanding and knowing how to think about someone other than oneself on occasion.
2007-11-08 22:30:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I do not think you have a need for biochemical first hand knowledge of another gender to be able to relate to him / her. All you need is an open mind and an ability to picture yourself in their shoes from time to time.
2007-11-08 21:03:59 · answer #6 · answered by ms.sophisticate 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋