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[–]Trajan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, I’m not arguing that war is the inevitable result of aggression. Show me where you think I said that.

Also, I’m not stating aggression as the root of all that is good. I said ‘underlying drives’. This would include competitiveness, concern for kin and the tribe, curiosity, willingness to take risks, and aggression in many forms.

The feminist social constructionist view posits an embarrassingly simplified view of society in which masculinity can be reengineered away to make Male and female interchangeable in abilities and drives. Men take the risks, do the dirty jobs, defend, and develop most of the technologies that make life pleasant. Women will not magically want to do these things unless they have to (e.g. the gender equality paradox). Turn men in to women, in an effort to eliminate the bad actions of a minority, then say goodbye to the safest and most equitable societies the world has ever seen.

Edit: gender equality paradox, not gender paradox