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Logic and the education of girls : Comments
By Leslie Cannold, published 3/11/2005Leslie Cannold argues young women should be educated about their work and family lifestyle choices.
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If you choose to go through life believing that "The only differences between men and women are the way they use a toilet and that one carries a baby to term. Period", you'll be constantly frustrated and confused, because there's differences that can't be attributed to choice/environment, eg, communication skills, behavioural differences due to hormones. Eg, women with higher than normal levels of testosterone will have more aggressive behaviour than those that don't. Women with higher than normal levels of female hormones (eg, pregnant women, PMS) will generally behave moodily, be tired, etc. To say we're all the same except for babies/genetalia is simplifying a very complex phenomenon.
Physically, a man that is tall & broad with a deep voice will have more success getting what he wants at work than a slightly built man with a soft quiet voice. That's "using his masculinity". What's wrong with that? Conversely, a women can achieve the same result using her femininity (not to be confused with sexuality). I see nothing wrong with that either. Both achieve the same outcome, but with different gender-specific behaviour.
We will never get away from the fact that visual differences between us affect our reactions/behaviour towards each other - at work and anywhere else. To want men and women to all behave the same is unrealistic because it would have to be at work, home, socially. You couldn't just restrict it to work. For us to behave the same, we'd have to ignore the physical differences, so we'd all have to be either blind or try looking/dressing the same. No thanks.
PS: I think it's nice that you open the door for men. I always thought men did it so they could check you out from behind.