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ORIGINAL: kdsub I think igor made some good points...I however think you need to go deeper to another level in the difference between men and women. Evolution has made selectivity innate in the nature of the female. Their job it seems, as far as evolution goes, is to pick the best mate that will ensure the survival of her blood line. Males on the other hand are programmed, by evolution, to try and mate with as many females as possible to pass on their blood line. This means men must be the aggressors and always be direct in what they want... Otherwise they will not act like females even when trying to be submissive. Butch Evolutionary psychology isn't very convincing - we can't really know what humans have been 'programmed' to do by evolution, since we can't test it in a controlled environment, and evolution can't exactly 'program' people to do anything, or pick an optimal path - it just means traits likely to lead to the propagation of the next generation are more likely to be successful. Strict monogamy, with males who were incredibly selective about their mates, or the inverse would be similarly possible, given different species and cultures - if you have journal access, there's a fascinating article about it here (http://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(09)00112-8?_returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0169534709001128%3Fshowall%3Dtrue?_returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0169534709001128%3Fshowall%3Dtrue). There's also the importance of culture in shaping our minds and upbringing - I'm always suspicious when I encounter evopsych 'just so' stories that seem to justify sexist (and Eurocentric) notions of 'men can't help but be inclined to promiscuity, women are naturally defensive of their virginity' ... people (not accusing you in particular kdsub, but this is more of a general social/scientific trend) tend to see what they want. I agree that people tend to see what they want, or see as far as their life allows them to see. But I would not discard Evopsych so quickly, nature or evolution still has it hands on us people. We can not bend all things to our will. Combining society, people, nature etc. etc. is very complex, but alle views we must consider as part of the whole picture. In other words I am not disagreeing, but in my experience on the matter there is a tendency to rule out evolution to fast - seing as this thread our acts, words and actions really is evolution. I do not believe that man (or woman), science, religion etc. can see, feel or comprehend much on a larger scale. Okay that was a bit farfetched, all I wanted to say was I think we all are part of evolution and we can not severe our current lives and society completely from the past.
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