[MD] Metaphysics and the mystic.

[MarshaV]

Hi Joe,

The other day I heard a small portion of an interview with Meryl Streep on the radio.  I am not even sure what question it addressed.  Ms. Streep was saying that women, when watching a movie, can imagine themselves as both women and men in a film; she (women) can emphasize and identify with the action and feelings of the male characters as well as the female characters.  But men cannot identify with female characters.  -  I cannot stop thinking about that, and wondering if it's true.


Marsha


On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Joseph  Maurer <jhmau at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Mark;
> 
> I don't know that "better half" is a level in evolution.  It is certainly
> sweet of you to suggest that your wife is your better half, but I don't see
> marriage as DQ/SQ evolution since men exist and women exist without marrying
> and human babies are not a new species!
> 
> I am afraid my poetic license is not useful in MOQ!  I certainly misspoke if
> poetic license "Marriage as analogous to DQ/SQ" is accepted as evolution
> instead of social control in differences.
> 
> Joe 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/11/12 10:41 PM, "118" <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Joe,
>> I must confess, I have no idea what you are talking about, but it
>> sounds interesting.  Type away, I am listening.  I know that my wife
>> is my better half.
>> Mark
>> 
>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Joseph  Maurer <jhmau at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Mark and all,
>>> 
>>> I do not know how you view sexual differences: Man/Woman.  An emphasis on
>>> differences between men and women is physically discernable.  I put more
>>> trust in the emotional response of women than that of men.  Gender is
>>> meaningful as well as physical.  I talk about emotions with some reserve.  I
>>> think being tongue-tied for a man in the presence of a woman has a real
>>> basis.  Since Louise has passed I kind of flounder around at the keyboard
>>> since I can't ask her.
>>> 
>>> I fully approve of an emphasis on common aid in marriage as analogous to
>>> DQ/SQ.  It makes life very much more meaningful.  I note that SQ side of man
>>> follows a DQ(emotional) side of Woman creating the opportunity for
>>> perceiving emphasis.
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2/10/12 4:05 PM, "118" <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I am fine with keeping emotions indefinable.  How do we talk about
>>>> them then?
>>>