On 30 March 2015 at 23:46, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > 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 [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.
