(February 23, 2013 at 2:42 pm)John V Wrote: One 'trait of gender' associated with 'man' is being sexually attracted to women. Is this "wholly invented," and so in no way biological?
So gay men.. .aren't men?
Funky, yup: wholly invented.
Quote:If wholly invented, why have there been few if any matriarchies? Women just coincidentally choose not to have power?
Because being able to punch harder and being larger is a fairly effective method of control, particularly in older societies which didn't exactly have a civil rights movement or a police force complete with jails
Cultural, there are physical reasons why it's cultural, but it's cultural. Women have power in other areas, more relevant today than they were then. It's completely realistic that the balance of power will do a complete 180 as the traits of 'can lift more' and 'bigger' will eventually be the traits of the slave class (technological progress makes it pretty irrelevant for anything but cheap drudgery). These traits have a more significant impact before the likes of hydraulics and heavy machinery and mining lasers are invented
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Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day