tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post6227671341608235279..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Women: an “up” and some “downs”Barry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-59576524849066362882007-12-15T12:38:00.000-05:002007-12-15T12:38:00.000-05:00It is almost certainly going to turn out that the ...It is almost certainly going to turn out that the male, perhaps simply... <BR/>In the lacking of the paired and sometimes compensatory X -<BR/>In having rather the 'stunted' Y; is vastly less empathic, thus tending to sociopathy.<BR/><BR/>It may - if your tend to the hunter-gatherer<BR/>persuasion of sociobiology - be that this represents a reasonable tradeoff.<BR/>In biologically eschewing the empathic virtues the male <BR/>WILL be more aggressive & violent.<BR/>Thus a better defender of the cave folk and skilled killer of other animals.<BR/><BR/>All that said and without apology: <BR/>Men do almost all of the bad stuff that is done. <BR/><BR/>Sux for us to be that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-80757151021102588492007-12-13T19:46:00.000-05:002007-12-13T19:46:00.000-05:00I don't know if my thoughts are coherent enough to...I don't know if my thoughts are coherent enough to comment on this. I wonder if men were kinder to each other, if fewer men would feel the need to assert their power over women. That is, I'm sure, a gross oversimplification because men, as you point out, do have more violent tendencies than women (generally). What can you do in the face of those genetics? Would being successful and feeling powerful in the arena of men be enough to prevent a man from coming home and beating his wife, or going out on the streets and raping a stranger? Would it help at all?<BR/><BR/>And I don't know if a non-violent man can answer that any more than I can (from his gut, I mean), because I suspect a non-violent man has non-violent genes because he has a complement of other genes that made his ancestors successful at reproduction.<BR/><BR/>What does it feel like to be so violent, and can people be convinced that they should try to overcome it?Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681883169121834569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-3401497197402635862007-12-12T23:38:00.000-05:002007-12-12T23:38:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting, Barry, however depressing all ...Thanks for posting, Barry, however depressing all this is. I'll add the one I just read about a girl from Canada whose father strangled her because she would not wear a hijab. This violence is not limited to or only coupled with sexual assault, but seems to be that sexual assault is the chosen (almost instinctual?) way of threatening women unrelated to the attacker. This, I think, applies to both random and planned violence.<BR/><BR/>For those of you who want to do something about it, you can donate to a local shelter for battered women and children, or to a rape crisis center, or volunteer there. And raise your sons to be better than their fathers. And elect more women to office :)<BR/><BR/>"boys get locked up in some prison<BR/>girls get locked up in some house<BR/>and it don't matter if it's a warden<BR/>or a lover<BR/>or a spouse<BR/>you just can't talk to 'em<BR/>you just can't reason<BR/>you just can't leave<BR/>and you just can't please 'em"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-5121070843554953252007-12-12T13:03:00.000-05:002007-12-12T13:03:00.000-05:00Interesting blog! Just this past week our teenage ...Interesting blog! <BR/><BR/>Just this past week our teenage daughter's former boyfriend broke into our home in the middle of the night. Of course, he was arrested (the police tracked him to our house/caught him before anything horrible happened), but our family is still in shock. My husband commented that he did not understand why certain men felt the need to control women. I like your comments about superiority and violence - well said! I will forward your blog to my hubby.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com