All I am saying is that I think females, now that they are emancipated, will prove to be a great help to our civilization because of their nature.
I get it. And you are welcome to that opinion. I don't have a problem with that.
But my objection is to your buttressing it with "science." "Science", last time I read it seriously on this question, is very conflicted. And the sober view is that at the very root of all this, the nature/nurture debate, it's a faith statement, not a "science" question.
The literature I read was on "gender" which, to be more specific, are the behaviors that we associate with male/female display differences. It's very difficult to trace the origins of any specific "gender" behavior to nature.
Wouldn't surprise you to know that, as an academic sociologist, I'm most persuaded by the nurture arguments, those based in the social and cultural structural position of women.
Oh, one more point. I would love to assert that "women are now emancipated." Unfortunately, I think there are many barriers still to overcome. Both in countries that have made seriously large steps and, more importantly, countries that, on this question, are, rather successfully, fighting a rearguard action. |
