Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:23 pm
Hi Lost One, I was going to post in the other thread later on...now I'm not sure where to post. I have to sleep now, but some brief points:
1. Men's and women's brains are different - sure, they differ in size, slighly in lateralisation and anatomy and perhaps in some other aspects as well. The important issue however is: is the function different? White people and Asian people's brains also differ. Does that make whites and asians differ at a functional level, ie does it have any relevance?
PS, in my field, which is brain neurotransmission, men and women do not differ.
2. The book "Men are from Mars and women are from Venus" is not a book based on scientific findings, it's a book based on the writer's opinions and some very selected data. Please don't confuse this kind of popular books with science.
3. Just this week I read about 3 cases of women raping men. Man 1 had reported the rape to the police, but he regretted doing it since the police had insinuated that the victim may have liked it and even joked about being envious of the victim. Man 2 never reported the rape since his friends reacted with humiliating in the same manner as the police did in the case on Man 1, so Man 2 was afraid to tell anyone after that. Man 3 was raped by a gang of females at his workplace. After the rape they would often comment the event to him in a manner that implicated that he liked it, that he would like it to happen again etc - also in front of other workmates. Man 3 never reported the rape to the police, he committed suicide a short period later.
4. Males may masturbate more than women in some cultures - not in all though. Also, rate of female masturbation change over time, ie women who are over 70 years old today, masturbated less when they were 20 than the 20 year old women do today - an indication that masturbation behaviour is highly affected by sociocultural condition.
5. Just last week there was a new Swedish report showing that females engage in extramarital sex more often than males. What do you make of that?
1. Men's and women's brains are different - sure, they differ in size, slighly in lateralisation and anatomy and perhaps in some other aspects as well. The important issue however is: is the function different? White people and Asian people's brains also differ. Does that make whites and asians differ at a functional level, ie does it have any relevance?
PS, in my field, which is brain neurotransmission, men and women do not differ.
2. The book "Men are from Mars and women are from Venus" is not a book based on scientific findings, it's a book based on the writer's opinions and some very selected data. Please don't confuse this kind of popular books with science.
3. Just this week I read about 3 cases of women raping men. Man 1 had reported the rape to the police, but he regretted doing it since the police had insinuated that the victim may have liked it and even joked about being envious of the victim. Man 2 never reported the rape since his friends reacted with humiliating in the same manner as the police did in the case on Man 1, so Man 2 was afraid to tell anyone after that. Man 3 was raped by a gang of females at his workplace. After the rape they would often comment the event to him in a manner that implicated that he liked it, that he would like it to happen again etc - also in front of other workmates. Man 3 never reported the rape to the police, he committed suicide a short period later.
4. Males may masturbate more than women in some cultures - not in all though. Also, rate of female masturbation change over time, ie women who are over 70 years old today, masturbated less when they were 20 than the 20 year old women do today - an indication that masturbation behaviour is highly affected by sociocultural condition.
5. Just last week there was a new Swedish report showing that females engage in extramarital sex more often than males. What do you make of that?