Quote Originally Posted by come_love_sleep View Post
Hm. I dunno what I think of that article.
Neither do I. That's why I posted it for discussion.
It's actually a good topic with the opportunity to shed some light on both side's behaviour.

Quote Originally Posted by come_love_sleep View Post
It suggests the same thing we're trying to avoid, doesn't it, saying that a woman is all women? And that a woman has to face these hurdles but men don't?
Well, I agree with the majority that the author (a woman, as I said, but I really don't remember the source) seems to have a personal agenda.
But it's still obvious that there *are* some differences between the genders. In how they percieve and react to certain things.
You can see that separation in education starting in kindergarten - with "boy toys" and "girl toys", with "boy games" and "girl games".
Maybe this really has an impact on how you become in your later life and maybe analyzing it has the potential to help you overcome your own (socially imposed/artificial) "boundaries".

That 'punishment' thing - meh - strikes me as odd, but there might be something to it that the author misses and therefor draws the wrong conclusions.

Quote Originally Posted by come_love_sleep View Post
I was raised as a nurturer, sure, I'm the eldest of six children. But you want to tell me that that means I'm not a physically aggressive person when I need to be? I'll laugh in your face.
When you need to be.
I hit people with sticks, because I can, not because I need to.
Maybe it's because of that "Boy's game" thing. I don't know.