25th June 2010, 3:44 PM
That comedian wasn't Eddie Izzard (he's the cross-dressing one), it was Ron White, the smug alcoholic redneck. :)
If you want to argue us misinterpretting your post, re-read what you said. It's pretty cut-and-dry:
Your post expounds on that a little more but all of it is still rooted in societal perceptions of women. It's a very nurture vs. nature argument. Most people believed (and still do) that women make horrible mathematicians. This means teachers may sometimes be more willing to cut them slack in classes, along with the girls reminding themselves that perhaps they shouldn't try too hard anyway, I mean after all, women are just naturally bad at math, no point in even pursuing a career in anything math-related.
I work at a small software firm, there are 3 women to 7 men. I imagine the ratio 20-30 years ago would be about 0 women and 10 men. Society has become more progressive in telling women that they can do the job just as well as a man can. My own experience confirms this; there's no difference in the quality of the work between the women and men.
Anecdotal evidence, sure, but I'm sure all your beliefs are either based on the same, or confirmation bias.
Besides, if women are more conservative than men (which is what your post seems to boil down to), why are more women politically liberal? ;) Joking aside, your post is pretty much all speculation. You've explained yourself a bit better and in a more intelligent way, but I still think you formulate these beliefs based on your ideal woman: the care-giver, the security blanket. I understand your post, I simply disagree, and think that discounting women as not even having the same capability and potential as men is a dangerous line of thinking.
Not dangerous for us men, though. S'good to be a man.![[Image: emot-smug.gif]](http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-smug.gif)
If you want to argue us misinterpretting your post, re-read what you said. It's pretty cut-and-dry:
Quote:The best chefs, artists, musicians, painters, directors, writers you name it, are men. This is because men CANNOT GIVE BIRTH and therefore put all their mental strengths towards creativity, even subconsciously. What does this mean? Men will always out-do women - in EVERYTHING and women cannot compete. You can find rare examples here and there but they just dont have the drive.
Your post expounds on that a little more but all of it is still rooted in societal perceptions of women. It's a very nurture vs. nature argument. Most people believed (and still do) that women make horrible mathematicians. This means teachers may sometimes be more willing to cut them slack in classes, along with the girls reminding themselves that perhaps they shouldn't try too hard anyway, I mean after all, women are just naturally bad at math, no point in even pursuing a career in anything math-related.
I work at a small software firm, there are 3 women to 7 men. I imagine the ratio 20-30 years ago would be about 0 women and 10 men. Society has become more progressive in telling women that they can do the job just as well as a man can. My own experience confirms this; there's no difference in the quality of the work between the women and men.
Anecdotal evidence, sure, but I'm sure all your beliefs are either based on the same, or confirmation bias.
Besides, if women are more conservative than men (which is what your post seems to boil down to), why are more women politically liberal? ;) Joking aside, your post is pretty much all speculation. You've explained yourself a bit better and in a more intelligent way, but I still think you formulate these beliefs based on your ideal woman: the care-giver, the security blanket. I understand your post, I simply disagree, and think that discounting women as not even having the same capability and potential as men is a dangerous line of thinking.
Not dangerous for us men, though. S'good to be a man.