On 30 March 2015 at 23:46, Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 2:04 AM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 28 March 2015 at 23:12, Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com> 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. > > Good point. Clearly these have some impact, particularly, I would say, forced marriage which is still practiced in some cultures. Another factor is that there are various ways to induce abortions without modern medicine (mainly herbal, I think) so a rape victim, or someone who realises she's made a bad mistake has occasionally had control over whether to keep the child. -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
