On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:04 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 28 March 2015 at 23:12, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The characteristics of a gender have been evolved by millions of years of >> selection, and women preferences play a role in this selection process. >> >> Not just A role but the main role, I would say. As any peahen or > bowerbird can tell you, male animals (of most species) have to jump through > hoops to attract females, because females have more to lose if they choose > the wrong mate. This is one thing that makes me unpopular with feminists, > when I mention that women have "selectively bred" men to be the way they > are (the reverse is true, too, of course, but I would think to a lesser > extent since women have more often got to choose). >
I agree with you. I avoided making such a strong argument because the percentage of women forced into unions, raped, kidnapped from other tribes, etc and the impact of these events in evolutionary history is highly debatable. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
