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I feel that this it ignores the greater purpose that mankind has. Greater then finding a mate. Creating and building. That is universal and is gender neutral.
The drive to have and raising children is a powerful force in the human psyche. Yet surely the desire to shape and guide those children, or to spread out thoughts and feelings and philosophies among family, friends and foes alike, must be at least as strong -- and sometimes more so.
How else might one explain the all too common act of disowning, shaming, beating, or even killing one's children for disobeying religious precepts, cultural taboos against who to love or marry, for failing to fit cultural or gender norms. Or the vast religious wars that have waged across our continents. Or this very debate?
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For what it is worth, from my vantage point the number of women founding venture backed clean/green tech companies is rapidly growing.
I don't ever want to take funding from something like XX Combinator, its just insulting to think I'd be getting money because of something I have no control over like my gender. I want to earn my success because of the things I can control and what I create with my own mind and hands and hard work. Btw ladies, there are men out there who admire a woman who is strong and successful - and they're worth searching for. S…
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Considering Freud's theories have never been proven to have a basis in reality, and considering this woman is an entrepreneur and has no apparent expertise in the field she's commenting on, I'd advise you not to give her conjecture much weight.
How about the unconscious mind? Psychiatric therapy? Freud wasn't just "sexsexsexsexsex".
His work on curing heroin addiction was interesting, even took the remedy himself and found it really perked him up. Cocaine really is a wonder drug.
I listen to a BBC medical podcast (Medical Matters - it's really good) and recently they were at a critical injuries unit in London. The reporter asked the head of the unit why 90% of the patients there were men. The blunt answer given was that men take more extreme risks and are, therefore, more likely to need emergency medical attention. I could hear the PC brigade warming up their pens to correct that observation…
Or we can face the fact we are different and cherish it.
Interesting take on things, especially from a woman. Typically, this stance: "How can we make more women successful? Without fundamental changes in how men and women perceive attractiveness, it will be difficult to change the status quo. ... what about making the next "Carrie Bradshaw" a hardworking tech entrepreneur?" is taken by men. I think that the "reason" that there are fewer female entrepreneurs and hackers th…
Nothing is wrong. There is no wrong. People are different. I like to say I was born an engineer, that's some neurological condition I can't escape. Is there something wrong with me? Of course not!
Interesting take on things, especially from a woman. Typically, this stance: "How can we make more women successful? Without fundamental changes in how men and women perceive attractiveness, it will be difficult to change the status quo. ... what about making the next "Carrie Bradshaw" a hardworking tech entrepreneur?" is taken by men. I think that the "reason" that there are fewer female entrepreneurs and hackers th…
>Why must it be attractive for a female to be powerful in order for her to succeed? There is an undeniable biological tendency to want to attract a partner. Hence, any human's behavior will tend (in varying amounts) toward striving to be attractive to a partner. This foments a tendency for men to seek "Success, wealth and power" while fomenting a tendency for women to seek "beauty and femininity" (to use the article'…