I read
this article, and I don't know what to think. Specifically:
No one would care about what we had to say if we were just that shy, overly generous woman. Male domination and aggression has occurred since human evolution. If we want to be recognized as equals, we need to be aggressive too.
What about
her?
I don't find women with aggressive personalities attractive, I like independent women more than those live for their partners beckoned call but there's a fundamental difference between aggressive and confident/independent.
Previously guys have been the protectors and girls raised the children and there are evolutionary differences between the two genders that support that, it's not like men have always decided to be dominant, it was their role, guys fought guys to display their genetic superiority in strength and speed, winning territory and social status, proving to women that they are more the more suitable mate. Since the social environment has changed over the years, having a physical protector has become less important and thus men have become less dominant and women more so.
Regardless men haven't been subduing women by aggression, if that were the case the majority of the male population would be beating the crap out of women all the time since we're physically capable of it, usually social rules tell us we should not and guys tend to band together against guys that do.
The quote chosen and previous posts made seem to indicate a clear bias and a skewed perception towards these kind of matters, I usually think of it as the "chat-show" bias, an obscure branch of "feminism" that's propagated via daytime television....it's just so one sided and barely accounts for past realistic factors. I am all for equal rights but I'm not so keen on people using this kind of thing as a platform to say how shit men are and how they should be poorly treated in return because it's what they deserve which in my opinion completely defeats the purpose of feminism.
I think you'll find a lot of overly aggressive women are that way due to fear or anxiety and so they need that control over their lives and other people and so imposes it over them, just like (stereotypically) Rational types use their intellectual prowess to compensate for their social inadequacies or Idealist types give support and gifts to be accepted socially, it's not gender specific.
The ego is such a fragile thing, we all build up very thick and varied walls to protect it to the bitter end *shrugs* that's why it's sometimes better to get an understanding of something by looking at what you lack, what your failings are than looking at what you could be good at or what you want in a situation, Assigning blame is an incredibly pointless exercise.
Please forgive the scattered nature of this post, sleep is in short supply unfortunately and it's taking it's toll.