3 ms·
Self-confidence (or lack of it) is at least partially (some might say majorly) an artifact of upbringing and socialization. Women are more empowered to choose
by cdata 7y ago
Self-confidence (or lack of it) is at least partially (some might say majorly) an artifact of upbringing and socialization.
Women are more empowered to choose their own partners today than at other times in history, for sure. For much of human history, the privilege to choose one's partner was reserved for men (at times exclusively). You can certainly remark that today things are relatively worse for men (for some narrow definition of worse), but hopefully we can agree that it would be best if everyone enjoyed an equal opportunity to choose their partner regardless of gender.
- solidsnack9000 7y agoFor much of human history, the privilege to choose one's partner was reserved for men (at times exclusively). Realistically, no -- parents and family were far more determinative than individual men. The just-so story where men have been free for tens of thousands of years while women were in bondage doesn't hold up. Most people in the middle ages were serfs. Men mostly didn't choose their professions or have preferential access to education because pretty much everyone carried forward the life of their parents and education was not widely available. The "men were free and women were restricted" narrative, in the specifics, compares the rights and privileges of women 500 years ago with those of the men of the 1980s.