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'I personally believe that the "mysterious creature" concept stems from women being more emotional' Why do you think women (as a gender) are more emotional?

erikpukinskis 9y ago
Yeah, I think that's a trope that needs unpacking to be credible. If anything, I would say women tend to be more inclined to sharing and talking about their emotions. Men tend to try to hide them, or fight them. Which often pushes us down a progression of more extreme emotions, rather than gently easing ourselves back to center. Fighting/denying our emotions also causes us to try to rationalize perceptions driven by our emotions, by ascribing them to the world around us. Because that's a false attribution, it makes it harder for our teams to get an accurate picture of the world outside our emotions.
reitanqild 9y ago
Experience. I don’t think it would be acceptable for me (or other men) to say or do some things women can do. And I'm fine with it.
DonHopkins 9y ago
He can't prove it logically, but he feels very strongly that it must be true.
gkya 9y ago
I really get a cringe when people act as if their ideals are reality when they are just ideals in their heads. Good morning: a great majority of the world lives traditional lifestyles in patriarchal societies, and even in the "best" parts the gender disparity in responsibilities and rights continues, and the stereotypes are true to some extent for most of them too. I dislike feminism per se as I see it to be just another sexism and not a step towards gender equality, as it tends to cause sexual etichette becoming more visual and everything having gender associations, and comes with detrimental practices like positive discrimination and extension of gender equality into non gender-related parts of life. And in tech these are so much amplified.
braveo 9y ago
For the same reason the rest of the majority of the population believes it; It's generally true.

erikpukinskis 9y ago

Yeah, I think that's a trope that needs unpacking to be credible. If anything, I would say women tend to be more inclined to sharing and talking about their emotions. Men tend to try to hide them, or fight them. Which often pushes us down a progression of more extreme emotions, rather than gently easing ourselves back to center. Fighting/denying our emotions also causes us to try to rationalize perceptions driven by our emotions, by ascribing them to the world around us. Because that's a false attribution, it makes it harder for our teams to get an accurate picture of the world outside our emotions.

reitanqild 9y ago

Experience. I don’t think it would be acceptable for me (or other men) to say or do some things women can do. And I'm fine with it.

DonHopkins 9y ago

He can't prove it logically, but he feels very strongly that it must be true.

gkya 9y ago

I really get a cringe when people act as if their ideals are reality when they are just ideals in their heads. Good morning: a great majority of the world lives traditional lifestyles in patriarchal societies, and even in the "best" parts the gender disparity in responsibilities and rights continues, and the stereotypes are true to some extent for most of them too. I dislike feminism per se as I see it to be just another sexism and not a step towards gender equality, as it tends to cause sexual etichette becoming more visual and everything having gender associations, and comes with detrimental practices like positive discrimination and extension of gender equality into non gender-related parts of life. And in tech these are so much amplified.

braveo 9y ago

For the same reason the rest of the majority of the population believes it; It's generally true.