Memes are sticker, spread faster, and far more powerful than genes. It's the negative memes of the male segment of civilizations that beget violence; it is to a

Memes are sticker, spread faster, and far more powerful than genes. It's the negative memes of the male segment of civilizations that beget violence; it is to a great extent negative memes that have suppressed women over the years. What's good is that the memes composing an individual can actually be altered -- mutamemic activity. What's bad is that mindsets are set pretty early on in life; you can't change much in the vast majority of people until much later. In this way the lines between innate determinism of biology and determinism/influence of culture are blurred. It is probably difficult to understand the historical effect of women being cut out of the academy, and otherwise ignored, unless you read some accounts of it. Simone de'Beauvoir's "memoirs of a beautiful daughter" and "the second sex" may explain much to you.