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28 Feb 2014, 6:35 pm

sly279: I'll add something else, which is going to require you to take a systems approach to the problem. Don't think of this in terms of a woman you know--if you have any background in stats, you know that trends approached from the smallest group (a person or two) are not going to match the larger group (a society.) The effect is called Simpson's paradox, and you can find information about it here.

The exception is not ever the rule.

Here are a few things women are societally expected to do for men in the US, as drawn from a combination of national statistics and/or trends in research:

Accept that their looks are central to the way they are judged as people

Have to do the vast majority of the housework in a relationship

Accept that there are a range of intellectual and/or physical occupations that are difficult for them to get into because of a combination of beliefs about gender and women's capabilities

Accept that they are judged to be interpersonal failures if they choose to be single and/or not have children

Accept that whenever they exercise authority in an occupation, they will be judged poorly for it

Accept that if they are raped (frequency of ~27% of the US according to the FBI), the odds are against any conviction, and they will have their personal lives judged as a result of it

Accept that they are less likely to make a good salary when negotiating for a position, and that negotiating for a better salary often causes them problems

Accept that in order to reduce the severity of sexual harassment or objectification (and to deal with being harassed), many of us end up self-objectifying or engage in risky behaviors as a direct result of experiencing sexual harassment

In general, when we have discussions on the behavior of men and women, they happen inside a milleu and NOT as isolated incidences. What this means for the above is that the consequences of male and female behavior differ, based on the circumstances of the behavior and to a great degree whether or not someone is seen as acting 'right' for their gender.


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