but he died when I was nearly nine- so I never felt one sex had a
monopoly on traits and behavior. The pagan goddesses exhibited a good
deal of mischief and power and Greece celebrated the male and female
though their society was very restrictive with wives. Christians
substituted the Virgin, Mary, as a symbol/inspiration for females and
expectation of males- how did that work out? :-)
On Sep 21, 4:53 am, Lee Douglas <leerevdoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Indeed Rigsy.
>
> While I guess there is some truth in that old one about woman being
> more nutureing, but obviously excepts occour everywhere. Being
> somewhat of a feminist(I had a great talk about this the other month
> with my oldest son, I'll relay the tale at some point) I too am quite
> excited by our modern times.
>
> On Sep 21, 3:04 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Excellent example, Lee! Many women were as nasty as men when they
> > achieved power- some relying on male ministers for advice, however.
>
> > I don't think gender has anything to do with humanism but males have
> > had more freedom to express themselves. Plus women were denied a full
> > education until recently with few exceptions- am thinking of math and
> > science, in particular. Also, there's that whole beauty-sex thing that
> > cripples one. Anyway, that's changing- we'll see where it ends up.
>
> > On Sep 20, 3:29 am, Lee Douglas <leerevdoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Heheh tell that to Maggie Thatcher!
>
> > > On Sep 20, 4:44 am, James Lynch <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > A pittance in comparison to potential womanhood no doubt, imagine a
> > > > world with mostly educated and knowledgeable women. It might look more
> > > > like the world we should be working toward, more of the 'caring'
> > > > perspective perhaps.
>
> > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:43 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Culture represses and culture is still paternalistic because men
> > > > > control religion, politics, war and the economy.
>
> > > > > On Sep 19, 1:19 pm, James Lynch <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> That is interesting Gabby, could you explain some more how that would
> > > > >> make statistics look better? I've always thought child bearing can be
> > > > >> a detriment to women's learning and development, indeed it could be
> > > > >> used to keep them repressed. In my opinion there should be
> > > > >> incentives/rewards for people preventing accidental birth as much as
> > > > >> possible, but through some revesible means that would take an
> > > > >> intentional effort. I am curious of your insights about Germany and
> > > > >> womanhood! More please. :)
>
> > > > >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:00 PM, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > I assume that this is another variation of the American dream. Here in
> > > > >> > Germany it is being discussed why especially educated women don't want to
> > > > >> > become the carrier of conception as much and often as they should to make
> > > > >> > the statistics look better.
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> > > > >> > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:09 PM, James Lynch <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > >> >> Do you mean that social responsibility toward people begins at
> > > > >> >> conception? We can delineate much further, into building the world
> > > > >> >> offspring will inhabit and creating the precursors for their potential
> > > > >> >> greatness as individuals and for humanity at large. :0
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> > > > >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:54 AM, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> >> > I cannot find Jame's comment about social responsibility but kept
> > > > >> >> > thinking about his phrase. Just want to state that I believe the first
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