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Usually when people do make studies and take a hard look at people a common attribute comes out: both men and women are human. The idea that female-in-power is
by belorn 8y ago
Usually when people do make studies and take a hard look at people a common attribute comes out: both men and women are human. The idea that female-in-power is less likely to abuse assumes that there is some form of biological sex or gender role difference that is so dominant that human behavior diverge. The Amygdala is not bigger or smaller depending on sex, which mostly leaves culture and gender roles to explain why we don't often hear about abuse in female-in-power relationships.
- jly 8y agoThe female-in-power is less likely to abuse precisely because of fundamental biological differences. Men and woman differ significantly in their sexual behavior and sexual strategies because they have evolved through millions of years of sexual selection producing significant sexual dimorphism. We can easily observe the same behavior in other animals species, who lack any culture and gender roles.
- the_grue 8y agoIt's quite illuminating that both you and your parent are making unsubstantiated claims (I'm not criticizing, just observing), but only your comment gets downvoted. I believe the reason is that you are expressing a forbidden idea, a taboo. "Behavioral differences based on sex? What next, are you going to compare races and then grow a narrow mustache?" People are so afraid to find that not all humans are equal in every respect other than body that they are willing to stop, mute, censor any and all discussion on the subject and even block research into human nature rather than face the danger of having to deal with this (granted, difficult) issue.