Everyone has a bias in favor of women, including and maybe even especially men, so I think you'd have a hard time arguing the point that women shouldn't be judges on that point alone.
Yes, that is true, and it's a big problem (women receiving much lighter sentences for the same crime), however the bias is 4.5 times higher for women than men.
Even today women are very hostile (i.e. passive aggressive) towards one another except in situations where men are perceived as a threat and then they band together (which makes sense biologically given their physical disadvantage).
Yes, exactly right. For example, when a woman falsely accuses a man of rape, women will always rush to take her side, regardless of the evidence. "Innocent before proven guilty" gets thrown right out the window.
I'd like to see a source for that, because I'm not convinced. We can do studies today on female behavior, but no such studies exist from hundreds or thousands of years ago, and I don't see any evidence in the history books of this type of behavior being the norm.
I don't have any direct evidence (as you can imagine, it's hard to find), however it was very common in cultures all around the world to take measures to prevent female bias (e.g. in Islam a woman's testimony only counts as half the same as a man's), and obviously women weren't allowed to be in any positions of power (and for good reason, they found out the hard way what happens when women are given power).
From what I can tell, from reading Greek and Roman sources, it seems that women's behavior 2,000 years ago was identical to women's behavior today. That makes sense, since men's behavior is also identical, because most human behavior is genetic, and 2,000 years isn't enough time to have significant evolution.
From what I can tell, from reading Greek and Roman sources, it seems that women's behavior 2,000 years ago was identical to women's behavior today. That makes sense, since men's behavior is also identical, because most human behavior is genetic, and 2,000 years isn't enough time to have significant evolution.
I'm not claiming different behavior; quite the opposite. I'm claiming that women's nature is being exploited to make them feel afraid and oppressed 100% of the time, which is why there is such exaggerated in-group preference. Again, back to the survival mechanism.
For another example, spend some time in a traditional Evangelical Christian or Amish/Mennonite community and you won't see this type of reflexive "women vs men" mentality from most women. They certainly don't "believe all women" or assume men are at fault in every disagreement. Granted, these are communities where gender roles are very traditional and women are expected to be subservient to their husbands. It's up to you whether you see this as the "default" state of female nature or whether you believe the more modern paranoid female nature is the "default".
I'm claiming that women's nature is being exploited to make them feel afraid and oppressed 100% of the time, which is why there is such exaggerated in-group preference. Again, back to the survival mechanism.
In that case I agree.
Granted, these are communities where gender roles are very traditional and women are expected to be subservient to their husbands. It's up to you whether you see this as the "default" state of female nature or whether you believe the more modern paranoid female nature is the "default".
That's the crux of the issue, isn't it? I'm firmly in the "women require the patriarchy in order to behave properly" camp.
Not necessarily because they're women... but because all people need the patriarchy in order to behave properly.
Structure, authority, hierarchy, self-control, discipline, these are necessary qualities in society. When you lose that, you get narcissistic hedonistic women, and weak soyboy hedonistic men.
But I believe that women have less innate self-control than men, so they're hit even harder by the lack of patriarchy.
Yes, that is true, and it's a big problem (women receiving much lighter sentences for the same crime), however the bias is 4.5 times higher for women than men.
Yes, exactly right. For example, when a woman falsely accuses a man of rape, women will always rush to take her side, regardless of the evidence. "Innocent before proven guilty" gets thrown right out the window.
I don't have any direct evidence (as you can imagine, it's hard to find), however it was very common in cultures all around the world to take measures to prevent female bias (e.g. in Islam a woman's testimony only counts as half the same as a man's), and obviously women weren't allowed to be in any positions of power (and for good reason, they found out the hard way what happens when women are given power).
From what I can tell, from reading Greek and Roman sources, it seems that women's behavior 2,000 years ago was identical to women's behavior today. That makes sense, since men's behavior is also identical, because most human behavior is genetic, and 2,000 years isn't enough time to have significant evolution.
I'm not claiming different behavior; quite the opposite. I'm claiming that women's nature is being exploited to make them feel afraid and oppressed 100% of the time, which is why there is such exaggerated in-group preference. Again, back to the survival mechanism.
For another example, spend some time in a traditional Evangelical Christian or Amish/Mennonite community and you won't see this type of reflexive "women vs men" mentality from most women. They certainly don't "believe all women" or assume men are at fault in every disagreement. Granted, these are communities where gender roles are very traditional and women are expected to be subservient to their husbands. It's up to you whether you see this as the "default" state of female nature or whether you believe the more modern paranoid female nature is the "default".
In that case I agree.
That's the crux of the issue, isn't it? I'm firmly in the "women require the patriarchy in order to behave properly" camp.
Not necessarily because they're women... but because all people need the patriarchy in order to behave properly.
Structure, authority, hierarchy, self-control, discipline, these are necessary qualities in society. When you lose that, you get narcissistic hedonistic women, and weak soyboy hedonistic men.
But I believe that women have less innate self-control than men, so they're hit even harder by the lack of patriarchy.