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What is the Source of Male Power?
Saw this comment at a blog and thought it a compelling explanation for the so called patriarchy. Do you agree?
"Anyways, the real question is whether or not the evolutionary history of the human species has hard-wired our maleness/femaleness. See, much of what is called "patriarchy" is nothing more than the evolutionary history of female sexual selection. But we could end this patriarchy tomorrow. Wanna know how?
Wait for it ... wait for it ....
Every single successful, professional woman tomorrow goes out and finds some "grunt", hamburger flipper, dishwasher, gardener, taxi driver, etc. and initiates a romantic/sexual relationship with him. Within short order men would begin to understand that their social status had nothing to do with their success in attracting women, and the male quest for power, riches and glory would cease nearly overnight. This, of course, will never happen because the pre-cursors for these things are hard-wired into both male and female biologies,"
The point is that feminism wants to end this "oppressive patriarchy", when it is women's sexual selectiveness that enables it.
666, Did the women that married those burger flippers marry up or down?
10 Answers
- Eleanor BLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Money is one thing, looks are another. The only cute guys with no money are barmen, and they don't have a reputation for NOT being able to attract the ladies, also note the supposed upper class fascination with good looking working class men - gardeners, waiters, etc.
I don't believe men marrying down was the cause of patriarchy - more like, women being kept down had no choice but to marry - but to solve your problem, why don't men just marry up? A richer woman may fancy the gardener, but she marries in her class. If a richer man does not do the same, it makes me wonder why - perhaps some men see lower class women as being better mother & wife material, who knows?
- Anonymous4 years ago
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Women are attracted to traits that say, "I will give you strong children and protect you when you are pregnant, and most vulnerable to predators. You will give my offspring desirable traits." Men are attracted to traits that say, "I can have lots of children who will be desirable mates, and pass on your genes." That's the lizard brain part of it, at any rate.
What those traits are depends on the men and women involved. For example, to me, affection from my boyfriend matters more than material stuff. I'd rather get a hug than a gift -in most cases- and I like the feeling of financial self-sufficiency. To me, the 'protector' traits are emotional availability and physical affection. To other women, the traits might be physical prowess, religious faith, a high-paying job, et cetera.
One reason women tend to go for bad-boy types who will treat them like garbage and then leave them is that the women are attracted to the hypermasculinity of those men. They see a grunge musician up on stage, they like what they see, and the lizard brain says, "Let's have some babies." Fast-forward to the next morning and maybe it wasn't the best idea, but the primal motivation was still there.
Of course, not all women leap on musicians for one-night stands. That takes a certain personality type and probably a fair amount of alcohol. Still, it illustrates my point.
There's more to life than the lizard brain, but you can't escape evolution.
- 1 decade ago
Tony, I think you're onto something. I really do.
Of course, women won't admit it, but it's been said that "if it weren't for women, men wouldn't work."
You've taken it one step further, asserting that if women didn't withhold sex and /or use it as a trading currency, men would not compete amongst each other (and presently, women as well) for the attentions of women.
Seems as if male aspirations are a side-effect of women's selectivity and the commoditization of their sexuality.
Bravo!
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- 1 decade ago
That may already be happening. More women go to College than men. Men do only what is necessary to get laid, and to get laid by the best looking women. Perhaps we will soon see a world of women achievers married to burger flippers. Most of the highest achieving men are ugly, because they have to do that to get laid, and good-looking men can basically get laid for doing nothing, which is precisely what they attempt to do.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You might be interested in knowing that Charles Darwin had a theory that in some part of human history we were matriarchal. He also theorizes that it is a natural process.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I know a lot of grunt burger flipper types who are married.
- bassdocLv 61 decade ago
It's our tight buns which make us irrestible to women! (It's true - think I'm joking? Can't argue with 10 million years of evolution).
Why do you think you put up with all our crap, underwear lying around, forgetting our anniversary and scratching - it's because of the buns!