Talking about sex differences in my Human Sexuality class yesterday produced a storm of outrage and defensiveness from some of the women students.
Seems a lot of people spend a lot of time these days being outraged by something.
A lesson for men:
If I say that men and women have different skill sets and it turns out that women can do whatever men can do, but men can’t do all the things men can do, there is no outrage. (Reference the silly film, Daddy Daycare, or the self-proclaimed feminist who didn't mind yelling out in class, "Men are stupid," but complained repeatedly to my chairman if I mentioned evidence showing men more capable than women in ANYTHING).
If I say that men and women have different skill sets, and it turns out that men can do whatever women can do, but women can’t do all the things that men can do, the women are outraged (and reason leaves by the back door).
If I say (correctly this time, using over 50 years of research evidence, produced by both male and female scientists) that men and women have different skill sets, and it turns out that men can do some things that women can’t, and that women can do some things that men can’t, the women are outraged (and reason leaves by the back door).
A lesson for everyone:
My Squeeze (live-in female significant other) has a much higher salary than I do, despite her being 9 years younger, being in her present occupation about half the time that I have been in mine, and she only has a bachelors degree compared to my doctorate (both in psychology).
Because of this inequity, I think Squeeze has an obligation to give me her paycheck every month, and I should be the one who decides how that money is spent.
Do the women think that is an outrageous thing for me to suggest?
Yet, in as many as 86% of US marriages, this is exactly the situation that applies. The husband, making more money in his job than his wife, comes home with his paycheck and hands it to his wife, who decides how the money is spent.
Are the women outraged at this?
No. No, they’re not.
“You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth.” – A Few Good Men
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