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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

by minimus in

jw
friends

so 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.

cofty

FTS - The Bear Grylls programme was nothing but light entertainment. Interesting but anecdotal. The evidence that matters is from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology. Babies are not blank slates.

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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

by minimus in

jw
friends

so 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.

cofty

TobyJones I agree with you but I would go further.

Mentally they are really no different

Boy brains and girl brains differentiate in the womb under the influence of testosterone. Even before they are old enough to be socialised baby boys and girls reliably demonstrate differences in interests and aptitudes. In his book We are our Brains the neuroscientist Dick Swaab describes numerous differences in the architecture of male and female brains.

When babies are born who with intersex genitalia it used to be believed that doctors could decide the sex and parents raise them accordingly. In 50% of cases this is a disaster for the child. Best practice now observes the child until it can be determined how the brain was sexed and then perform surgery on the genitals.

What I am NOT saying is that men or women are more intelligent. We are also talking about averages measured over a group which is why individual anecdotes are not useful.

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what are the craziest or most daming watchtowers ever printed?

by Tobyjones262 in

so what is your favorite crazy or most damning watchtower?

i can think of a few but one i went out and bought the bound vol for was the 1984 the generation that will not pass away.

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cofty

The time they boasted about all the children they had murdered.

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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

by minimus in

jw
friends

so 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.

cofty

boys are told to be strong, not to show emotion, don't cry,...

That's not always bad advice. The ability to control feelings and emotions is not incompatible with being caring and compassionate.

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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

by minimus in

jw
friends

so 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.

cofty

Spoletta the problem wasn't just a lack of ability but a total lack of interest in working together to even try to do the things necessary for group survival. The cliques, the gossip, the endless talking about what they all 'felt' about the experience and about others, the complete lack of leadership.

It was stereotypical behaviour. The women focussed on people and feelings; the men focussed on solving practical problems.

Are you really denying that men and women are wired differently above the neck from the womb? Really?

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Anti vaccines

by blisterfeet in

i personally feel that vaccinations are beneficial.

there has been a modern movement that vaccinations are more harmful than beneficial to which i disagree.

what is your stance as an ex jw on vaccinating your children?

cofty

Washington Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Measles Outbreak...

How the case against the MMR vaccine was fixed...

How the vaccine crisis was meant to make money...

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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

by minimus in

jw
friends

so 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.

cofty

There's a good reason insurance is higher for male teenage drivers than female teenage drivers

There is. Young men take more reckless risks. Sadly EU law made discrimination in insurance illegal and now we all pay more.

Reality trumped by ideology.

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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

by minimus in

jw
friends

so 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.

cofty

He divided the group into male and female camps and left them on an island.

After a few days the men had a water-tight shelter, a campfire with reserves of wood, they were hunting and fishing and generally dealing with the hardships. To be fair they didn't all get along but they worked together in common interest.

The women quickly split into cliques and invested their time and energy in rivalry. They built no shelter. They mostly slept and sunbathed. Half the group decided to go off on a recce. They spent 3 or 4 days totally lost and eventually made it back to camp with no intel, food or other resources - but lots of new causes for division.

Then the weather changed. The men were warm and dry and had food. The women were soaked, cold and hungry. They trekked to the men's camp and cried a lot.

The women had been supplied with a fishing net. They had caught nothing. The men offered to take the net, catch fish and share them with the women. The women told the men to f. off. The women went hungry.

To be fair there are women who could perform as well as many men in similar circumstances - there are one or two female candidates in the latest series of 'Who Dares Wins' who are very impressive. In general the results of the Bear Grylls experiment was entirely predictable. The best grouping would undoubtedly be a mix of male and female members but if it is single-sex, only one of those groups will survive.

Our brains evolved over hundreds of thousands of years on the Savannah where the ability to hunt, fight and navigate on the one hand, and nurture infants on the other, was a matter of life-and-death.

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