Sex(ual dimorph)ism

That's a cop out answer, IMHO. I was looking for reactions, not a set of criteria.

But I like to analyze anything I encounter and then try to synthesize the cause. Because I don't want to activate my emotions about those criteria.

In otherwords, it's just who he is and how he decides to conduct his life. I get that, and respect and understand it to a fair degree.

Personally, although part of me begs to be more like morsealworth, I try to strike a balance. I am (generally) less judgemental and more accepting of people's views and opinions (especially the older I get), while being very curious and analytical examining and questioning everything about the world and the people within it - and I also attempt not to reflect my own self upon others unfairly (often unsuccessfully, because... human). Balancing logic and reason with emotion and instinct is a very curious juxtaposing experience.

I like this ship, it's exciting!

Hehehehe. I think that's a wonderful idea; cover all the bases.

I would give this a 'like' but for some reason it doesn't work on my tablet. :/

Unfortunately my view of what you look like, until I actually see a picture, will be forever blurred by the avatar you use (this is not me fishing for a picture, just voicing my thoughts) Which in fact reminds me of Wagatsuma-Sama wa ore no Yome. Always wondered if it was actually from that.

Morsealworth, I'm in two minds about even attempting to engage in this debate. I can completely understand why Qetesh opted out, and FYI, it has absolutely nothing to do with you being right and 'winning' the argument. I find these biotruths-type arguments deeply disturbing and uncomfortable and it feels a bit dirty to get involved. But I think you maybe need help understanding why you're being offensive and why everyone is reacting to you like this.

Firstly, 'biotruths' are how predators justify paedophilia, homophobes justify gay-bashing, and basically how awful people justify any number of morally reprehensible ideas. So we're not getting off on a great foot here.

Yes, men and women are different. The average man and the average woman are different height and weight and have different fat-muscle ratios. They have different chemical balances in their blood and brain. These factors affect behaviour and phyiscal capability, yes. Obviously these are very quickly over-ridden by individual differences, and more importantly social and cultural differences.

Here's one thing you said:



Firstly, what do you mean by 'intelligent'? There are a lot of kinds of intelligence. Good at maths and complex equations? Good at articulating an argument? Good at adapting to social situations? How do you determine which of these types of intelligence has the most value, and how do you measure these types of intelligence in such a way that you can definitively say one is 'better' than the other (to the point of being able to make sweeping statements (like "women are less intelligent than men"). Secondly, who do you mean by "most women"? Most women you've met in your obviously extensive experience of dealing with women ("women are unique creatures" LOL) or is this based on some peer-reviewed, credible study?

Here in the UK, girls repeatedly out-perform boys in GCSE exams. The gap is actually increasing each year. Does this mean girls are more intelligent that boys in the UK? Probably not. Probably it has more to do with the social attitudes towards academia in teenagers. Possibly it is related to teenage boys finding it more difficult than girls to concentrate for the duration of an exam. We aren't exactly evolved to sit exams, as a species. But then, we do lots of things we didn't evolve to do. We use computers, we fly planes, we walk on the moon, we dive to the bottom of the ocean.

Whether you mean to or not, you look like you're dismissing all woman as emotional and stupid. Dismissing all arguments from women because they're coming from women. Describing women as manipulative and as taking advantage of the superior sex, because taking advantage of men is the only way women can get ahead in this world (GENETICS!). Do you really not see how horribly broken and disturbing this attitude is? Do you really believe that this is a healthy and accurate way of regarding half the population of the world? Seriously, are you trolling? If so please stop. If not, I don't know.. please stay away from women, I guess.

He gave his definition of intelligence (accurate or not, I don't particularly care) earlier in the conversation. Also, "please stay away from women" is about as insulting to women as anything else said here and comes off as quite "white knight"y, I have made that adjective up and am not ashamed of it. Moresealworth is not a deadly disease and women are not cattle to be guarded. He has already said that women react differently to his presumptions so there are obviously women out there that either don't particularly care about his opinions or agree with him (unless he's just lying, of course). I do think he's been having a bit of fun with his latest comments and he's been messing around with the main players of the conversation a bit, though.

Anyway, as an apathetic bystander (I don't particularly care for the subject and don't really care about the outcome, so why I even bothered replying here I don't know) I found your comment to be ignorant of things previously said the conversation, biased for a thread that started as a way of explaining past statistics and indirectly offensive.

I couldn't just stand by and watch this train wreck without adding in my experiences and some proper scientific findings.

Not once have you given any scientific proof backing up any of your claims, Morsealworth. All you've done is use big words which don't really make much sense because you've used a lot of them in the wrong context. (Hint: using big words only makes you think that they make you look smarter. They don't, really.)

1. What does a woman's period have to do with how they react to you? Periods do not equal aggressiveness. In fact, there have been studies proving that there are no direct correlations between a woman's period, hormone levels, and mood swings (please read this article for proof of this io9.com/5954142/new-research-suggests-premenstrual-syndrome-is-a-myth). I'm not even going to get into the "Women get aggressive when I turn them down" comment, because that's just pure sexist ego on your part.

2. People in general don't believe you and laugh at you because you unnecessarily use big words, you don't back up anything that you claim with scientific proof, and quite frankly, your overt sexism is sadly very easy to laugh at.

3. Russian laws are not egalitarian by any means. The accepted definition of "egalitarian" is as follows: "believing that everyone should have the same freedom and opportunities".  Russian law is highly patriarchal. The Russian government puts females, gay/lesbian/bisexual people, and transgender people below heterosexual men in terms of freedoms and rights. For example, there aren't any laws protecting people from discrimination based on their sex, sexuality, or gender identity. In fact, one only has to look at recent news in Russia to find that homosexual and transgender people are often physically assaulted just because they deign to be open about who they are, and violence towards women (as of 2007 - sorry, it's the newest data I could find online) is extremely high, with nearly 60% of women having experienced it first hand during their life. (http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/7821.html)

Also, by your own "logic" (and I put that in irony quotes because your idea of logic is anything but), your own opinions are culturally contextual and would invariably differ had you been raised elsewhere. As such, there is no objective basis for your current opinions, even taking science into account, as it's all a matter of interpretation, which is contsrained by your upbringing. In other words, most people around the world in this day and age will accept a person for who they are and won't discriminate against them or otherwise put them down based on their physical sex, their sexuality, or their gender identity. However, you and others who share your world view do so on a daily basis and use "science" and cultural upbringing as reasons for doing so.

LIES!