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It is a bit problematic that the original comment doesn't seem to consider women as potential provider for a family and the narrative is centered around a male
by Infinitesimus 10y ago
It is a bit problematic that the original comment doesn't seem to consider women as potential provider for a family and the narrative is centered around a male provider.
- mirimir 10y agoTrue. The study found that women are coping better with deindustrialization than men are. It's just that they're raising children alone.
- phkahler 10y agoEvolution has made men the provider. In the old days (not even that long ago) being pregnant makes a woman vulnerable, while raising children takes time and effort. It made sense for a male to provide for his family while the female was less able to do so. The gender roles are a result of evolution, and womens desire for a man with social and/or economic standing are just as ingrained as a mans desire for visual signs of fertility in a woman.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>Evolution has made men the provider. Evolution works on the level of genes. It literally cannot prescribe complex social roles. "In the old days", both men and women worked full-time at various tasks: hunting, gathering, mending, caring, building, planting, harvesting, etc.
- ams6110 10y agoCitiation? I would think that evolution certainly plays a role in selecting for instinctive behaviors (such as preferences in a mate) that benefit survival
- DaUR 10y ago> It literally cannot prescribe complex social roles It absolutely can. Evolutionary psychology is science, and it's based on the scientific method (ironically, unlike the sociology that's obsessed with "gender roles", which isn't based on science at all). Check out Gad Saad's podcast on Joe Rogan.