Myth Of Male Power

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I dont have a lot of time to look at all the information. I will try and watch a couple of the you tubes, but can you blame me for getting a bad impression from that page?

It goes on about war like it is women forcing men to go to war for them while they sit at home and eat bon-bons, but men are actually wired for war, and hunting, and fighting, whereas women are wired to sacrifice their lives for a child, carrying it in their bodies and giving birth. I dont see any sexism in the fact that women dont go to war as much. When men eject babies out of their nether regions like a scene from V, then I will assume my equal role as a warrior, but not before then. I am not physiclly tall or strong enough to be a good warrior, nor is my gun aim good.

Millions of women have died in childbirth since humans have been around but there is not a single monument commemorating the fact that they gave their lives up for a child. Perhaps there should be one, I dont know.

He says men are "the disposable gender", ignoring the millions of chinese baby girls who have been disposed of this century by parents who want a boy. So yes, the bullet point list is pretty questionable in my view.

As for the suicide bit, I actually miread that. But it seems to me now that that page has little to do with what is in the you tubes, and I had pretty much presumed, as the list said it was a synopsis of the book, that it would be in line with the you tubes. At any rate I would rather read the book than watch the you tubes anyway.

That's understandable. And it's understandable that his page paints a pretty bad picture. A shame that it's not a little better made.

I'd love to hear your thoughts if you do read it. Maybe I'll run across a used copy, and read it in full... But I also have a note of reluctance because I'm going to be very susceptible to influence on this subject. I need a contrarian view (hence my grabbing onto this thread like a rottweiler), a counterbalance. I don't trust that I could manage it myself.

Regarding men being wired for war, there may be truth to that... To a point. But our cultures also servers to greatly amplify that theme. It doesn't need to be that way. And, as this guy claims, there have been instances in history where a culture has been okay for food, and had closed, secure borders(like an island), which apparently promoted a far less conflict-oriented man.

Regarding the 'disposable sex' part, even if the Chinese example is notable and tragic, the nature of men's 'disposability' is worldwide and long-running. It's so intrinsic to our histories and cultures that we take it for granted. The only reason that it's at-issue now is because our societies no longer have to worry about basic survival, which is what the gender roles came from. Thus the original configurations - including such details as the automatic preference of multiple dead men over a single dead woman - are no longer entirely logical.

And yes, it's possible that women do deserve a bit more attention regarding the sacrifice of motherhood and childbirth. *shrug* So long as we don't completely miss the quiet, intrinsic obligations of manhood.