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Thread ID: 89609	2008-05-06 01:13:00	Is the us ready for a female president??	jgw555 (13697)	PC World Chat

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666361	2008-05-07 01:50:00	I didnt say she wasnt intelligent Deane...:groan: Her husband is caught with his trousers down. Gory details occupy the news and and late night comedians for months. Does she ditch him? No. Doe she think emotionally? No. She thinks very logically, in that he is more use to her political ambitions as a husband than he is as an ex-husband. I don't think you can accuse Hillary of being an "emotional" thinker ...	Biggles (121)
666362	2008-05-07 01:52:00	Like all IT people are glasses wearing, socially inept losers who never see sunlight . The split in our thinking between "masculine" and "feminine" is probably as old as language itself . Human beings seem to have a natural tendency to divide things into pairs: good/bad, light/dark, subject/object and so on . It is not surprising, then, that the male/female or masculine/feminine dichotomy is used to classify things other than men and women . Men and women are, of course, biologically different . There are even significant differences in male and female brains; women, for example, have a thicker corpus callosum (the thing that connects the two halves of the brain) . However, it is a giant leap from observing that there are neurological differences between the sexes to assuming that these differences correspond to the classic Reason/Nature or logic/emotion dichotomies . In fact, some of these differences may even indicate the opposite . The left hemisphere of the brain generally deals with linear processing, as found in language and some types of mathematics, and this hemisphere develops faster in girls than in boys . The old "11 plus" test of verbal reasoning used in British schools was actually adjusted to bring boys' scores up to the level of girls'! Since our main guide to how people think is their language, the fact that in most cultures men and women talk in different ways, and about different things, may lead us to false conclusions about the way they think in general . Women's conversation tends to emphasise feelings more, which may also mean that they think about feelings more . It does not, however, mean that woman are more emotional . It is perfectly possible that men are just as emotional, but for social reasons they talk (and think) about their feelings less . Similarly, the fact that in most cultures men argue more about abstract things does not mean that men are naturally more logical, it just means that the things men prefer to talk about require logical argument more than they require expression of feelings . Obviously the more you argue, the better you get at it, hence the prejudice that men are somehow biologically more logical . Problems also arise with the actual words we use: logic, reason, intuition and emotion . Logic is simply a set of principles for getting from something we already knew, to something we didn't . If we know that all cows eat grass, and we know that Daisy is a cow, we can use very simple logic to say that Daisy eats grass, even if we have never seen her eat anything . The more complex logic that we use in constructing philosophical arguments or designing computers is really only doing the same kind of thing . A further criticism of "male logic" extends the argument to take in the whole of science and technology, which are seen as "aggressive", "phallic" and "toys for the boys" . While it is true that science and technology were at least initially male inventions (largely because at that time only men had the time and resources to do this), this does not mean that there is anything inherently masculine about a chemistry experiment or a digital watch . So, you have a problem with male\female stereo types!, is that because you are in a typically male dominated career . PCTek, like most stats, their are exceptions . Your last 2 paragraphs were just nonsense . It is a well know fact women approach decision making from a different angle, predominantly, emotively .	SolMiester (139)
666363	2008-05-07 02:00:00	It is a well know fact women approach decision making from a different angle, predominantly, emotively. No, it is a well-known assertion. Making this assertion is all you've done. You haven't argued it, supported it or done anything else to make it more than mere assertion.	Deane F (8204)
666364	2008-05-07 02:08:00	No, it is a well-known assertion. Making this assertion is all you've done. You haven't argued it, supported it or done anything else to make it more than mere assertion. No, it is not an assertion at all, their are plenty of doco's on this Deane, 1 well known one is 'Child of our Times' which has been running for over 20 years.	SolMiester (139)
666365	2008-05-07 02:23:00	So, you have a problem with male\female stereo types!, is that because you are in a typically male dominated career. PCTek, like most stats, their are exceptions. Your last 2 paragraphs were just nonsense. It is a well know fact women approach decision making from a different angle, predominantly, emotively. I think you are making a good case for the stereotypical male with some of your posts lately.	pctek (84)
666366	2008-05-07 03:33:00	But you don't believe stereo-typical views?	SolMiester (139)
666367	2008-05-07 04:05:00	Making this assertion is all you've done. You haven't argued it, supported it or done anything else to make it more than mere assertion. Too funny, that's exactly how the vast majority of your posts could be described.	Metla (12)
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