Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (32293)	10/12/2001 9:43:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

This may surprise you, but if a qualified woman runs for president I will be likely vote for her. So would I. I'm not sure we'd vote for the same women, though. How about Sandra Day O'Connor? But, also, having lived for many years in close communion with both men and women, I can state categorically that: Women are nicer people. Women care more. Women are gentler and kinder. Women smell better and look better. So I can totally understand why they don't want to start fighting each other. I think generalizing about 3 billion humans is particularly dangerous, but: I'd agree with what you say about women. They are in general nicer, kinder, gentler, and certainly better looking people. As for the other 3 billion: Men rate those virtues less highly than women, I believe. And rate others, such as being powerful, rich, or right, more highly.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (32293)	10/13/2001 9:03:55 AM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Good morning JC, I think there's been a provocative element in your posts about women and the Presidency, yes. It may be helpful to remember your audience here: the women are all in the mid forties or older and most of us have graduate degrees. We've both been there and done that for years now. Conversations like "would you vote for a woman for President" and "what is the extent of the radical feminist influence" were the stuff of our college days and, as you can see, are met with the cyber-equivalent of eye-rolling. About the question of gender differences in argumentation, I think I addressed that a bit in my previous answer to you, filled it out a little more in my response to Laz Long earlier.That said, I think you need to read X the Unknown's posts a bit more closely if you're under the impression she doesn't challenge members of both sexes. :-) don't think guys feel any kind of bond to masculinity in general. I know that I regard a lot of guys as hopeless dorks, and when I get the chance I point that out to them. But I think that women do feel a bond to sisterhood or womanhood in general. The mere fact of "feminists" (there being no formalized "masculinists") suggests that, and may be explainable by the long tradition of men oppressing women (for a bibliography on that, check with "X.") First, I read your comment about X as snide. Second, I see "masculinism" as the equivalent of 'white power" movements. Unnecessary. Women are nicer people. Women care more. Women are gentler and kinder. Women smell better and look better. So I can totally understand why they don't want to start fighting each other. I disagree. I've known women, both in real life and on SI who are extraordinarily vicious. They just hide it better than men. This may surprise you, but if a qualified woman runs for president I will be likely vote for her. Nope, I'm not surprised at all. Clearly you like bright women, evidenced by a partnership with a well-educated and well-spoken wife. Not to mention our own friendship. -g