[MD] NYT: The Feminine Critique

[Akshay Peshwe]

In relation to whether males are more intelligent than females, I wish to
say that such stereotypes are complete bullshit. It goes back to the Yin and
Yang complementarity. Females are good at doing specific things (like
providing compassion to her kid if he's in trouble) while the males are good
at doing the complementary (like providing courage to his kid if the kid's
in trouble). Hence, the female is intelligent in the sense that she has
compassion (because without compassion the kid will only screw his life up
more by getting angry/depressed/ashamed) and the male is intelligent in the
sense that he provides courage (just having pity on oneself cannot solve
problems).

Akshay


On 05/11/2007, Akshay Peshwe <akshay.infosys at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I didn't find time to read the whole article. But I can say, about the
> gender role debate, is that women do have certain roles to play in society
> that men shouldn't and just can't.
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> In articles like these, I find that attempts are made to overcategorise
> gender roles -- there is a wide range of roles, but stereotypes such as "men
> are more intelligent than women" do arise occasionally.
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> To be sure, the gender roles are founded in biological patterns of static
> quality. Reproduction is one obvious example. But, if you observe the
> continuum of mammalia, you notice that almost always the female is engaged
> in bringing up the child, maintaining the home, etc. while the male goes out
> to hunt. They are both necessary and complementary roles (ref. Yin and Yang
> complementarity), without which the world cannot be sustained.
>
> In modern times, there are all these feminist groups who, simply don't
> understand the Law and want to make blind rebellion, and want freedom from
> their traditional roles and want to do what the male is supposed to do. One
> example is working mothers. My personal opinion is that they have to make a
> choice: either they work or either they raise the children -- you can't do
> both together, because obviously the raising children part is compromised.
> Society cannot be held together by that kind of compromise. The most
> immediate and appropriate example is the lack of culture found in most of
> modern American teenagers. American parents, and grandparents, will not
> agree with me when I say that, but I'm sure that with the cultural framework
> that America has, it is doomed to break down sooner than later, unlike
> Eastern traditions. European culture, in comparison, is far more civilised
> and upholding of righteousness.
>
> Akshay
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> On 01/11/2007, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
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