tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8133983160369130126..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Bringing Up Girly GirlsStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-56363005015612923632014-05-20T05:45:04.472-07:002014-05-20T05:45:04.472-07:00I have been thinking about this in a larger contex...I have been thinking about this in a larger context. I would posit that if one takes two Bell Curves, one representing female characteristics and the other representing male characteristics, and places them with the female Bell Curve mean on the right 5% tail and the left 5% tail on the left side of the male's mean one would have a fairly accurate representation of the overall tendencies of both male and female.<br />I would suggest that this explains the strengths of both females and males and also demonstrates the fact that a segment of females are going to demonstrate male characteristics in varying degrees and the opposite of that for males demonstrating female characteristics <br />In order to ensure the survival of the species GOD, or whatever you want to believe is controlling this experiment, my words, maintains this balance. Those who go outside these parameters go extinct. What we are is not determined by social constructs, but by what we bring to the advancement of the species. We should allow males and females to be what they want to be because it will work out with those demonstrating the characteristics of what is representative of each will carry on life. It is good to be female and male. I am not sure how we made life such a complex issue. Why would we have two sexes if there was not a need for two sexes.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39283410781812583932014-05-19T21:38:57.936-07:002014-05-19T21:38:57.936-07:00Check this out:
http://www.amazon.com/Amanda-Brig...Check this out:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Amanda-Bright-Home-Danielle-Crittenden/dp/0446692468/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400560660&sr=1-1&keywords=amanda+bright+%40+homesestamibinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-92225753036226173772014-05-19T13:08:17.836-07:002014-05-19T13:08:17.836-07:00It seems like there's two completely opposite,...It seems like there's two completely opposite, completely valid points of view here, and both are equally wrong in their extremes.<br /><br />The first view stereotypes boys and girls into categories of interest and assumes there's something wrong with a boy or girl who doesn't want to stand in the sterotype.<br /><br />The second view says we are all individuals and boys and girls should be allowed and encouraged with unlimited freedom to explore their likes and dislikes without regards to gender stereotypes.<br /><br />So each view has their own fears and biases, and can build credible looking strawmen of their opposing side and knock them down and feel pretty good.<br /><br />Outside of gender identity (which is fortunately pretty stable), I think the nuanced view is many predilections exist in a bell curve for each gender with wide overlap.<br /><br />I don't know why "some" liberal thinkers get stuck on denying gender biases, but apparently such people exist, and I guess it is scary to feel you're limited by your biology.<br /><br />I work for an engineering company and the only 3-4 women engineers are from Europe. Maybe How do you encourage boys and girls to explore many things without being turned off because it is supposedly for the opposite gender?<br /><br />When I was growing up the 1970's "Free to be you and me" was a movie that encourages individuality, something libertarians ought to respect, but somehow liberals and libertarians don't get along. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuyRi2yWWSQ<br /><br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79685488529445608402014-05-19T10:57:11.284-07:002014-05-19T10:57:11.284-07:00I recall one time in junior high, a teacher asking...I recall one time in junior high, a teacher asking for a different opinion, and a boy gave her one. She did not like that! His name, I remember; hers, not.<br /><br />Later, he can perhaps find them a fencing class, and see if that attracts them. Didn't for my son and daughter, but I've met some very good women fencers.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14596599949661942012014-05-19T10:53:58.309-07:002014-05-19T10:53:58.309-07:00He's still a dumbass. But now he's a dumb...He's still a dumbass. But now he's a dumbass without the crystallizing support of a PoMo university environment, so he's blowing in the wind a bit. But he does the best he can to stay centered by surrounding himself with "progressive-minded friends and relatives". Good on him; they deserve each other.Lastangonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6915161047697705962014-05-19T07:18:25.147-07:002014-05-19T07:18:25.147-07:00There is definitely more to gender roles than soci...There is definitely more to gender roles than social pressures. Boys and girls are different from a very early age - in their preferences, response to stress, even the pitch of their voice when excited. <br /><br />As the mother of a 2-year-old girl, I can tell you she is all girl in the way she acts and responds to things, even though we have never pushed her to be girly (though we never tried to prevent it either). She is a very active girl and loves being outside and running, but she has definite girl mannerisms. She flips her hair back, for example, or twirls when she has a dress on. I don't even do that, but she knows to do it naturally.Lindsay Haroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094965953749825163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-34868361560114317302014-05-19T07:00:44.712-07:002014-05-19T07:00:44.712-07:00I bet if he had beat them up they'd have learn...I bet if he had beat them up they'd have learned to behave like boys. Why didn't he smack them around a bit.<br /><br />If gender is a construct, there is no reason they couldn't have taken this.<br /><br />-- Days of Broken ArrowsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com