Originally posted by lazs2
How can we be equal if I can beat up a man who insults me in a vile way but not a woman?
Originally posted by lazs2
All this equality stuff and civilized stuff and "we are not cavemen anymore" stuff is fine... fine until the crap hits the fan.
When there is a disaster.. a riot.. a famine.. whatever... even here with something as mild as a hurricane or a riot over a verdict..
Well.. then thousands of years of instinct take over.. and the civilized veneer leaves.. women revert to their role and men to theirs.
It is the civilized veneer that is false not the instinct.
lazs
Originally posted by lazs2
for you equal people... should I be able to punch out a woman who is mouthy? One that hits or slaps me?
Originally posted by lazs2
Do you think that a man should be able to beat up a woman who insults him just as he would another man? If a woman hits or slaps me should I be able to beat her up?
First of all “equality” does not mean “equal” in this context. Equality means equal
rights and
opportunities. In my part of the world it is not socially acceptable for you to punch out or beat up anyone, male or female, for any reason except self defence. In fact a simple slap across the face is punishable by up to 6 months in jail. This also includes other forms of “bodily insult” (Norwegian legal definition) such as scratching, hair tugging etc. Mind you, if there is real damage done (not just infliction of pain or humiliation) the punishment is 3 to 5 years in jail. Break my nose and I’ll see you in 3 to 5.
If someone hits me I won’t hit back unless the assault continues and I have to defend myself. If such a situation arises I will apply violence as necessary without delay or remorse to a point where I consider myself no longer at risk of harm. However I will apply violence not out of revenge or because I’m angry, but because it is necessary.
Originally posted by lazs2
I have been hit by women but have never hit one back... how bout you guys?
I have never been hit by a woman, nor have I ever hit one. Unlike alpha-male a-holes, I’m a gentleman and have never given a woman reason to hit me. With the exception of training in the army, and an arranged “fight” I had in high school, I have never hit, or been hit by a man either.
Originally posted by lazs2
All this equality stuff and civilized stuff and "we are not cavemen anymore" stuff is fine... fine until the crap hits the fan.
When there is a disaster.. a riot.. a famine.. whatever... even here with something as mild as a hurricane or a riot over a verdict..
Well.. then thousands of years of instinct take over.. and the civilized veneer leaves.. women revert to their role and men to theirs.
It is the civilized veneer that is false not the instinct.
It is exactly when “the crap hits the fan” that it is most important to be civilised. We all do as we’re thought and your background as a biker criminal does not make you a fine example of the American male. I suspect a different set of rules guided your life back then. And just because you people start shooting at each other and behave like barbarians when a natural disaster strikes doesn’t mean everyone does. Other countries do get hit by natural disasters too, and we tend to try to help each other during such events. We are civilised.
Originally posted by Tigeress
Why are males driven to dominate? …To the point of controlling every Country?
Originally posted by Tigeress
We have an intellect capacity that puts us on par with males but not the gender instinct to dominate them, gender to gender, in the main.
Originally posted by Tigeress
Males are wired, by testosterone, to dominate... to the point of controlling every country.
That includes an instinct to dominate us... the females of the species.
Upbringing is not instinct. The German Hitler youth were not driven by any male instinct to dominate the world. Nor were they driven by any male instinct to think they were superior to other races. They were
thought this by their adult instructors.
Throughout history boys have been thought they were superior to girls. Girls have been thought to be submissive to boys. Even in public education “a good wife knows her place.”
Even the well known notion that men think about sex more often than women is just a myth. Recent studies show that the genders are about equal in the time they spend on thinking about sex.
http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/lastminute/pressrelease/view/106451There is one marked difference though: Single men think more often about sex than men in relationships. However, single women think less about sex compared to women in relationships.
While primordial indicts to some extent influence our behaviours, in an enlightened society (like most of those you find in the “western world”) these instincts play a very little role in forming our personalities compared to upbringing.
Originally posted by Tigeress
There have been women in history that ruled a country either by royal blood lines or popular election but it is the exception and not without male power majority in the background.
In Europe’s rather long and bloody history there have been numerous female leaders who were some of the bloodiest warmongers and butchers in history.
http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/European-Queens.htmMost people don’t realise just how many women have ruled nations in known history (literally thousands), and how many female warrior leaders there have been. Most people don’t even know there are words like “Chiefess” or “Matriarch”.
Just because our Christianity dominated societies have suppressed women rights and roles for the last thousand years or so doesn’t mean it has always been so. Instead of burning your bras you should have burned your Bibles.
Originally posted by Tigeress
All of us women live on a thin edge between a civilized veneer and aggressive male instincts.
We are targets... always have been... always will be.
Even to the point of needing to close the blinds after dark to keep men from focusing on the house or me. I live very close with the threat of male instincts day and night... virtually all women do. I keep my doors locked, always and have a several weapons.
I respectfully suggest you move to a more civilised part of the world where you can walk down the street at night without fear of attack, and even sleep in an unlocked home without any weapons. It’s not your men that are wrong; it’s the society you live in. We all do what we are thought.
Originally posted by Tigeress
mmmm.... yes. I think it has to do with brain hemisphere switching for men.
Without the link between the left and right brain halves, men have to switch back and forth between the the two and some can do it quickly... pausing one task momentarily, doing the other momentarily, switching back and forth.
For us, it's streaming two or more threads simultaniously instead of switching focus back and forth between left and right sides. Bringing two or more tasks together as a larger task... hard to put into words.
There are differences between the male and female brain. The one you describe is the better connectivity between the brain-halves of the female brain. This allows for better understanding of the whole spectrum of sensory input: sight, hearing, touch etc. This better understanding is often referred to as the “female intuition”.
Another difference is that females are better at distinguishing colours and sounds, and reading emotions in others. Combined with the “female intuition” this makes women generally better at interior decorating, fashion and therapy/psychological counselling. While a female have little trouble picking out a voice/conversation in a room full of talking people, a male does. Also the fact that a man has problems understanding his wife over the noise of the vacuum-cleaner while she hears him perfectly has led to domestic conflicts too numerous to count.
This is not a one-way street however … the man gets his benefits as well. Males are generally better at spatial awareness (position and motion in 3d space), logic and motor skills (as in doing stuff with your hands). This makes us superior map-readers, mathematicians, drivers, pilots, and anything that requires fast and accurate fingers.
A study and video-diary was done on a young British female who wanted a sex-change operation. She was given hormone treatments to basically change her into a male. During this procedure she was tested in her abilities to: accurately recognise feelings from facial expressions, do arithmetic, and perform motor skills. As her transformation took place she/he got progressively worse at reading emotions in others while improving her/his logic and motor skills. It was a fascinating series to watch, seeing a young voluptuous woman turn into a hairy broad-shouldered man with a deep voice.
Mind you, all these gender differences are minor; less than ten percentage points in most cases. The only real difference that has any
real impact on our abilities to perform certain work is the male’s superior upper body strength which is generally considered to be twice that of the female. However, even this female weakness can be overcome through physical exercise and training. There is nothing a man can do that a woman can’t … and vice versa.
