"We Just Can't Help It"

[rowyn]

Sexist pseudoscientific crap.

This just pisses me off. Biology is not destiny. Whatever problems you have or create are not an inevitable product of your gender that you “just can’t help”. Fine, I can believe that there are certain traits which are more common to one gender than another in my society. Making that leap to “and they always have been

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[the_gneech]

Link seems to be hosed.

-TG

[rowyn]

Oh yeah, Outlook's not-smart-enough-to-know-they're-not-wanted-smartquotes. x.x Fixed now, thanks for letting me know. :)

[haikujaguar]

I can't believe you typed all that out on a phone. O_O

[sythyry]

Rowyn writes whole novels on a phone. Good ones, too.

[gavinfox]

pssst! wrong login, bard! ;) ;) :P

[terrycloth]

It's interesting to identify tendencies and come up with a narrative for how they might have once been an evolutionary advantage for one group or another. There might even be some value in using that sort of data to tailor offerings that will tend to appeal more to them...

Applying stereotypes to individuals rarely makes sense though.

[jurann]

They are easy cop-outs. =D

[jordangreywolf]

It's all for the hits and the ad revenue, I figure. Click and read what's said under the provocative headline, multiply that umpteen times for all the people who do likewise, the advertisers pay, and they make money.