> From: Brent Eades[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>
> I do tend to believe that many of the differences are innate, hard-
> coded right into our genetic firmware as it were. Kathy mentions
> this month's Utne Reader, which I happen to have here and which is
> devoted to the subject of gender differences (and similarities.)
>
If at all interested in this subject, you really should go buy the magazine!
> Particularly interesting are studies of girls born with excess levels of
> testosterone:
>
Grrrr. Not flaming at you per se, Brent ... it's the connotations of the
word "excess" that gets me. What they are studying is girls whose
testosterone levels are above average!
Sure wish I knew what mine had been in my elementary years .... <g>
> Another very intriguing article argues that it was the emergence of
> written, alphabetically-based languages that spelled the end of
> formerly matriarchal, goddess-worshiping societies; that the linear,
> left-brain demands of symbolic writing favoured the (apparent) male
> predisposition towards that way of thinking, at the expense of more
> holistic "female" thinking. Fascinating thesis.
>
Yes. Very much so.
> Kathy E. Gill
> Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to
> unlocking our potential.
> ~ Liane Cardes
> Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire!
>
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