being rational is not just a male attribute
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Stephenie S
Well noname,
I actually waded through all those studies you referred to. This is a case of science triumphing over common sense. It seems to indicate that women are more violent than men, and yet we all know this to be untrue. When was the last time a woman kidnaped a school full of children, let the girls go and then tied up and murdered all the boys? When was the last murder and rape of a young man by a woman in your city? Just the oposite happened here recently. Women are afraid to walk alone at night. Why? If your assumption was true, why is it that the VAST majority of murders and rapes occur against women. Are women killing other women? No, men kill women. And beat women severely, and threaten women with violence. Those studies relate violent behavior but do not define what the violence consisted of. Reading between the lines it is obvious that slapping, throwing things, punching, are all defined as violence. These acts, when perpetrated against men leave little impact. When, on the other hand, they are perpetrated against women, a mans vastly superior strength and fighting ability do significant damage to women. Often common sense is lost when statistics are used to prove a point held by a single point of view. The fact remains in all of this that men are stronger, bigger, taller, more skilled at damaging an opponet, and often reluctant to hit a woman. Women know this, and so do you. There is no question that women come out on the short end of the stick when it comes to physical violence between the sexes. Are you afraid of getting attacked by a women when you venture out alone at night? No, you are not. And for good reason. Women just don't do this. But men do. If you are afraid to walk alone, you are afraid of other men, not of a woman.
Sorry, but your argument just doesn't hold water.
Stephenie
Thank you so much, Stephenie, for demonstrating that we, regardless of gender bias and issues, can actually use common sense and understand the distincitons based on reality. It has been an intereisting thread to follow, if only to determine that a closed system stays closed in order to protect itself. what would it mean if noname had to give up believing that gg's have it so darn good and that he should be treated the same as we are? want to be one of the targets? In one of my sermons, I talked about domestic violence from a personal experience I had with one of my parishioners. And, I asked, how can any of you men out there be afraid of a 5'\4 inchwoman? what makes me so scary? when I leave this building as the last one out at night, I immeidately revert to being just a female target for some crazy a** guy with a grudge against some female who done him wrong and I would be a great target to pay for it. that is a reality. tell me nomane or any other male is afrait to walk out any door at night because of what's between his/her legs? Outside of cds, gays or lesbians who are also "hated" by the big macho real men? and also, of course, by many women. but I dont' remember Matthew Shepherd being killed by a couple of women. As I recall, it was two guys who took him from the club and left him to die on a fence. so boo hoo for sales clerks who don't offer men lipsticks.
