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I don't think it's that simple. The fact that women give birth, have periods, and have a hormonal cycle that has wide ranging impact upon their psyche and deci
by lockhouse 3y ago
I don't think it's that simple. The fact that women give birth, have periods, and have a hormonal cycle that has wide ranging impact upon their psyche and decision making processes also has probably had a major impact on most cultures trending patriarchal.
- somewhereoutth 3y agoWhat do you mean by 'impact on their psyche and decision making processes'? They are less mentally capable in some sense? I'd like you to spell it out.
- zatrouthe 3y ago[flagged]
- lockhouse 3y agoThere are biological differences between men and women, everyone saying otherwise is deluding themselves.
- shadowgovt 3y agoNo doubt. The interesting question is which are relevant to some kind of patriarchal society. (Followed extremely closely by which were relevant but are no longer relevant?)
- retrac 3y agoIf you plot human height by sex, it's roughly a normal distribution for each sex, and the women are a few inches shorter than the men. Women are, indeed, physically different from men. They are shorter. What's often forgotten is how much the two populations overlap. In other words, a man who is the height of an average woman is unremarkable. A woman who is the height of an average man is also unremarkable. If there's any innate psych or cognitive differences -- an idea I'm not fully opposed to -- it's likely a distribution like that. But probably even more overlap. Not really something that would allow you to predict something about the person. No more than knowing someone is 5'8" would allow you to guess their sex with confidence.
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- Phileosopher 3y agoWhat's your definition of "bigot"?
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- lockhouse 3y agoIt’s no mystery that during certain parts of a woman’s menstrual cycle they become prone to being more emotional.
- edmundsauto 3y agoThis comment doesn't make the point that you think. Yes, people in physical pain tend to be more emotional than they otherwise would, but there is no comparison across sexes that is relevant here. It is possible that women are generally more aware of their emotional state and remain better able to deal with it than men, even with hormonal fluctuation. Men also experience emotional cycles powered by hormones.
- lockhouse 3y agoA woman’s mental state is altered by their hormonal fluctuations during their menstrual cycle. This is documented scientific fact. Sorry that it’s not politically correct or convenient to the current narratives. There are biological differences between men and women associated with their ability to give birth to children.
- edmundsauto 3y agoMen also experience hormones that affect their mental state, including periodicity. Men’s primary hormone is also associated with aggressiveness and risk taking. Given that, I would say (as a man) men are at least as emotionally affected by their hormones as women are! We just don’t have an obvious and painful reminder the same way women do.