Crofty?????? The Patriarchy is a myth? What are you smoking? - dog
It's Cofty.
What is this thing you call the 'patriarchy'? Despite the shrill slogans of third-wave feminism it does not exist in the western world.
Posts by cofty
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194Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
Your opinion of Pinker's personality could not be less relevant or interesting.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
em - Twin studies show beyond all doubt that so much of our interests and abilities are down to our genes.
Have a read at 'The Blank Slate' by Steven Pinker; Nature Via Nurture by Matt Ridley; 'We are our Brains' by Dick Swaab. They are all on my library shelf. None of them are the opinions of one scientist; they all describe a wide range of studies and deal with objections to the hard science by ideology-led academics working in humanities.
Another book on the topic that I haven't read yet is 'Blueprint, How DNA Makes us Who We are' by Robert Plomin
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Why HADRIAN built a wall to M.R.G.A. (Make Rome Great Again)
by TerryWalstrom inwhy hadrian built a wallto m.r.g.a (make rome great again).
it was and ever will be known as hadrian's wall.. hadrian’s wall stretched across northern england, cutting britain in two.built in the 120’s a.d.. the dimensions of hadrian’s wall are staggering.hadrian’s wall was more than just a “wall”.
it was a complex of forts, lookout towers, and castles.. when new, the height of hadrian’s wall reached 20 ft. (6.096 meters).. the wall was 10 ft. thick (3.048 meters)._____background.
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cofty
I would love to but they don't do that anymore. Actually Mick died a few years ago. I have been talking to an archaeologist about it.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
fulltimestudent - You are correct. An understanding of sexual differentiation in embryonic development is crucial. The formation of the male brain and the male body do not trigger at the same moment, leading to all sorts of anomalies. The complex cascade of genetic switches do not always perform perfectly.
It would be very strange indeed if hundreds of thousands of years of evolution had not shaped male and female brains for the roles they needed to fulfil on the African savanna. Those distinctions are still shaping the minds of boys and girls in the modern world. If we want to make positive changes to society we first need to get a grip of reality.
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Why HADRIAN built a wall to M.R.G.A. (Make Rome Great Again)
by TerryWalstrom inwhy hadrian built a wallto m.r.g.a (make rome great again).
it was and ever will be known as hadrian's wall.. hadrian’s wall stretched across northern england, cutting britain in two.built in the 120’s a.d.. the dimensions of hadrian’s wall are staggering.hadrian’s wall was more than just a “wall”.
it was a complex of forts, lookout towers, and castles.. when new, the height of hadrian’s wall reached 20 ft. (6.096 meters).. the wall was 10 ft. thick (3.048 meters)._____background.
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cofty
It's amazing how ancient structures still shape the physical landscape, even with years of ploughing - Simon
It is. This ancient enclosure predates the medieval ploughing patterns. Possibly Roman or Iron Age. My house is the bright one bottom-right. One day we will get the evidence for what it is. The Roman road runs left-right in the foreground. It originated at the Roman town of Corbridge which is on the Stanegate - later the line of Hadrian's wall - and ended at a harbour on the Tweed at Berwick.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
em - Your ability to totally misrepresent the position of those who disagree with you is astonishing.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
em - Have you heard of the 'bell curve'?
dog - The patriarchy is a myth.
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Why HADRIAN built a wall to M.R.G.A. (Make Rome Great Again)
by TerryWalstrom inwhy hadrian built a wallto m.r.g.a (make rome great again).
it was and ever will be known as hadrian's wall.. hadrian’s wall stretched across northern england, cutting britain in two.built in the 120’s a.d.. the dimensions of hadrian’s wall are staggering.hadrian’s wall was more than just a “wall”.
it was a complex of forts, lookout towers, and castles.. when new, the height of hadrian’s wall reached 20 ft. (6.096 meters).. the wall was 10 ft. thick (3.048 meters)._____background.
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cofty
It is a popular myth that the Romans could not tame the tribes that much later became the Scots. It probably isn't true. It just wasn't worth the effort. The land north of the Stanegate that later became the line of Hadrian's wall had little to offer.
I live north of the Wall and the line of a Roman Road called The Devil's Causeway passes about 100 yards from where I am sitting now. It can clearly be seen as a linear feature in the field. I have found a few Roman artifacts while metal detecting here.
The first legions arrived here under General Agricola around AD 79 but by AD 87 they were withdrawn to support the campaign against Dacia. The frontier was moved south to the line of the Stanegate that ran between the Solway and the Tyne.
Hadrian’s successor Antoninus Pius appointed a new Governor of Britain, Quintus Lollius Urbicus, and tasked him with waging a second campaign in the north in AD 139. To consolidate his gains, he had the Antonine wall built between the Forth and the Clyde estuaries. This new frontier took around twelve years to build but it was abandoned within eight years of its completion. Some parts of southern Caledonia and northern England were held until about AD 165 when the Legions withdrew once more to the security of Hadrian’s wall. In AD 208 Emperor Septimius Severus led 20,000 troops back into Caledonia to fight a punitive campaign up the east coast as far as the Tay. Following his withdrawal, the lands north of Hadrian’s Wall remained beyond the authority of the Roman Empire.
The Roman occupation of Britain lasted for almost four centuries, but their presence in North Northumberland where I live added up to a total of just a few decades.
You can see the line of the road in this picture I took during a snowstorm last year. It is the earthwork in the foreground. The other one is an ancient enclosure.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
em1913 - You are distorting LUHE's point.
Boys and girls are not the same above the neck. Even when they are too young to be socialised they demonstrate different interests and aptitudes. This becomes increasingly obvious with maturity.
'Gender feminism' tries to pretend that this is not so. Therefore any differences must be a result of male privilege. This is at variance from 'equity feminism' that acknowledges the differences and rightly demands equality of opportunity.
Your thinking is very black-and-white.