I used to fight quite a bit with my sister -- but in anger, not in play. That's probably more a question of impulse control than true rough-and-tumble play, though.
Having read the article, I agree with her that some sex differences are indeed innate and should be taken into account in policy making -- but as you say, what those differences are may not be quite so clear-cut. She talks about women not being as ambitious or competitive, but that's rubbish -- even in raging "patriarchal" societies, look at the way women guard their favourite cake recipe and the way they eye each other's dresses and figures at parties. Women are every bit as ambitious, competitive and even ruthless in getting what they want. And that's the key -- success is not "being a CEO" necessarily, it's getting what you want. Admittedly, her point is that fewer women appear to want those high-pressure, high-risk jobs at the top, and that may be true. There is nothing wrong with that, except that sadly, if fewer women *want* those jobs, then there are fewer of them showing the men that women can do it.
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Date: 2007-01-08 01:50 am (UTC)Having read the article, I agree with her that some sex differences are indeed innate and should be taken into account in policy making -- but as you say, what those differences are may not be quite so clear-cut. She talks about women not being as ambitious or competitive, but that's rubbish -- even in raging "patriarchal" societies, look at the way women guard their favourite cake recipe and the way they eye each other's dresses and figures at parties. Women are every bit as ambitious, competitive and even ruthless in getting what they want. And that's the key -- success is not "being a CEO" necessarily, it's getting what you want. Admittedly, her point is that fewer women appear to want those high-pressure, high-risk jobs at the top, and that may be true. There is nothing wrong with that, except that sadly, if fewer women *want* those jobs, then there are fewer of them showing the men that women can do it.