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Originally Posted by wolfgang  Has anyone heard the idea that a Y chromozone is a mutation of the X one? And that the Y has less genetic information than an X does? That originally organisims had identical pairs of chromos (XX) and somewhere along the line the Y showed up? So, males are really mutants. |
By that criteria everything alive today is a mutant; evolved through some mutation in its genes. The scale of the mutation may differ, but they're still mutations.
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Originally Posted by valis But to make a generalized statement that women are more nurturing than men is akin, IMO, to a generalized statement that men are better drivers than women. There's exceptions to each side. |
For sure. We have to remember when using generalisations that we're talking about averages and that individuals vary within a certain range.
I think what Roy says makes sense, in general men's relationships are shallower and larger than women's, and work in different ways. Which has always set me on the outside. I've always preferred closer, fewer relationships. I have no interest in the competitive aspects of large groups and would be (and have been) perfectly happy working in very small groups.
Other men clearly strive to be the king of the biggest castle, and undoubtedly some have used that position to further their own ends at the expense of others, which is why it has been so easy for feminists to criticise male dominance. But it always struck me as unlikely that the reason for male dominance was because all men wanted it that way. It seems to make far more sense that most women don't relate to each other, or to men, in the same way that men do, and that way has been more successful in terms of enabling productive large networks.
Are there examples of large networks of women thriving? If so, what makes them work?
And is this the best way? Surely combining competitive and cooperative approaches would be far more effective than either alone? And since
differentiation and integration are both required to achieve maximum growth, surely a group would benefit more from the differentiating approach men focus on, combined with the integrative approach favoured by women. Are there examples of this? Or of it failing?
And why does communism fail? What would make it work?
And is the push within the spiritual community for the collective evolution of consciousness likely also to fail if it focuses too heavily on equality and cooperation without encouraging at least some aspects of individualism?