From: Elizabeth Childs (echilds@linex.com)
Date: Sat Sep 11 1999 - 15:24:39 MDT
> On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Bryan Moss wrote:
>
> > Michael S. Lorrey wrote Re: women viewing security as more important
> > than freedom.
>
> >
> > So then, Mike, what's the solution?
> >
> I can think of 3, perhaps in order of deliverability:
> (a) Testostrone patches (for women), or the pill perhaps (for men).
So let me get this straight - we're going to increase freedom by requiring
people to alter their hormonal balance? (Which is quite dangerous, by the
way).
Michael, Bryan, Robert - I'm curious where you guys are located
geographically. I live in Berkeley, California, where the women are loud,
the men are in touch with their feminine sides, and practically everyone
seems to be bisexual. While I do think there are some significant
differences in male and female personalities that are probably biologically
influenced, this tendency you guys have to put the whole human race in
either a "girl" box or a "boy" box is alien to me. The people around me
differ much more between individuals than they do between genders, and I
think most of the research supports me on that.
Do you guys live somewhere with much more rigid gender roles? Just think
how different your perspectives on women would be if you lived in a
traditional Middle Eastern country. Perhaps some of your thinking here is
culturally based.
Here's the Reason article I mentioned earlier. It supports my conclusion
that yes, there are some differences between men and women, but that the
differences between individuals are greater:
http://www.reason.com/9903/fe.cy.sex.html
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