On Wed June 21 2006 00:29, kalyan wrote: > The author says: "Perhaps the reason many societies offer boys > nutritional, educational and vocational advantages over girls is not > because of chauvinism - it's because we're trying to ensure their > survival."
1) But one male is enough to fertilize plenty of women - so why have extra who will fight with each other and reduce each other's chances of survival? 2) At what stage in a male's life can you say "This male has survived" and then stop giving him advantages. Or do we need to worry about male survival from conception to death no matter how long that may be and ensure that he enjoys advantages over all women for all time? 3) More men than women die of heart attacks during sexual intercourse. Should intercourse be banned to improve male survival? Or should we promote Malabar shot? I recall we had a discussion on silk long ago about intellectual onanism. shiv
