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> It is known No, it really isn't. It's just your biased stereotype.
by jahewson 11y ago
> It is known
No, it really isn't. It's just your biased stereotype.
- bcook 11y agoYeah, men & women are exactly the same & any conclusion otherwise is sexist/biased/anti-feminist/whatever. /s We (men & women) are different... (not "better or worse"). There is nothing offensive or biased about that.
- thesimpsons1022 11y agoI agree. But i don't see how you can go from that to assuming women are necessarily more emotional. You kind of need some data to back that up. Note that men murder and kill and rape at a high rate due to their emotions.
- bcook 11y agoIf I assume men are more emotional, do I deseve the same backlash? Fuck PC culture. (Sorry, I am in a bad mood today. Irony unintended.)
- steve-howard 11y agoWe could perhaps say that men and women both experience strong emotions but that both the emotions and the way they've been socialized to express them are quite different.
- bcook 11y agoFair enough, but your posit breaks no ground... Nothing learned.
- steve-howard 11y agoEspecially if you don't want to.
- thesimpsons1022 11y agoyes you do. and idk what you're trying to say or prove with that idiotic second sentence. perhaps try posting on donaldtrump.com?
- dang 11y agoPersonal attacks are not allowed on HN. We ban accounts that do this, so please don't.
- bcook 11y agoI must take some blame there. Sorry.
- thesimpsons1022 11y agojust for the record -- i'm not in favor of wacko pc crazies either.
- facepalm 11y agoUnless you ask who is a better boss. Then the feminists will happily tell you that women are the better bosses because they have more empathy and so on... (For what it's worth, I don't subscribe to the 'women should take care of children because they are more emotional' theory, but I find it funny how people pick their stereotypes on a whim).
- lliamander 11y agoThat's very interesting, because (anecdotally) the women I know prefer male bosses. The reason being that in their experience male bosses prefer to manage by objectives ("I want you to do X") whereas female bosses try to manage their subordinates emotions ("I want you to feel Y"). The latter seems to lead to greater workplace tension. If this is indeed a broader phenomenon, I makes me wonder if the same forces (genetic or environmental) that lead women to be more empathetic (which we might judge to be a good thing) do not also lead to the aforementioned emotions management. Of course, this is all highly speculative.