women of today demand to have the same opportunities as men, but they are still a lightyear from men when it comes to creating something new.
About every invention and innovation in the world are made by men.
under 2% of the nobel-prize winners are women
The big question is: are women capable to compete with men, are they as skilled as men ?
My opinion is no. Women seams to destroy more than they create when they got power.
They have had a long time to prove it, but I don’t see any positive results.
What are your opinions about this ?
What have women destroyed? Generally speaking, men are physically stronger than women. I believe women are being successful in a variety of fields and professions. Creativity is an attribute of both genders. I think it is present in all of us. Some develop and nurture the creative trait and thereby increase creative capacity. I suppose it is kind of like, if you don’t use it you lose it. I am interested in hearing about what women have destroyed so please elaborate.
The New York Times editorial page would seem to agree with the OP. At least, based on their actions, not by their words. Their top female columnist is Maureen Dowd, who writes in an amusing and entertaining style. But, policy-wise, she’s an airhead. Serious discussion is left to men like Thomas Friedman and Paul Krugman.
Havel.2002, you can’t just express such an infammatory opinion around here in GD without backup. You’ve just ensured the displeasure of many regulars.
For example you stated
I disagree. You have nothing to back that statement. I in turn will dispute that claim by offering Queen Victoria as a woman who took an empire and* built* it to double in size. Her reign was actually relatively peaceful compared to previous history. I offer this cite to support my position.
It’s worth talking about extremes here. At the extremes, we find that men are definately physically stronger than women. But is this, or even the average strength, in light of this, really all that interesting considering that the normal ranges have so much overlap? When someone goes around crowing that men are stronger than women, they are almost talking about talking about the extremes: but the fact is usually that for the particular man doing the talking, there are plenty of women stronger than they.
Likewise, women have, at the extremes, far more long-term endurance than men: virtually all the ultra-marathon champions are women (theorized because women’s bodies in the long run burn fat more efficiently, and store it more efficiently as well).
This is Great Debates, please provide a cite or explanation for obviously retarded statements such as this, so that we feminazis may understand what the hell you are talking about. Thank you.
So all the unwed mothers are in their individual predicaments because of feminism?
“Yeah, I’m 15, female, and a feminist. So fuck me, get me pregnant and then leave me to raise this child alone!! Got it??”
I don’t think so.
(Apologies not accepted for your writing or your hangover. Blame your mother, your girlfriend or your wife for it. Anyone but yourself.)
—We can thank feminism for all the broken families we have in the west today.—
Virtually every broken family I know of involves some asshole walking out on his kids. I guess those guys must be major feminists.
And how the heck can one mangle “same-sex marriages” into the category of BROKEN families? When the whole damn point is to legally recognize MORE families? Or adoption? Is adopting an orphan now considered anti-family?
I see the breakdown of families as a huge problem. I do not think this is the work of women. The point could be made that with increased opportunities in the career world, women are less likely to stay in a bad marriage. Creating a solid family and a good marriage is the responsibility of all involved.
I confess that I believe maintaining a house and home is a full time job. I have no children but I work with someone who does. I am completely amazed by the fact that she has the enthusiasm and stamina to come home after a 9 hour day and check homework, prepare dinner, do laundry, and read bedtime stories. I am truly amazed. I think this would be an example of the incredible strength and capacity for service women possess. I believe women have a inclination to perform the types of “secret service” that receive little recognition. My take is that women, especially mothers, are quite capable…excellent in fact.
—I think the liberal opinions and politic women often are spokesmen for destroys our society and make it more vulgar.—
What do you mean by vulgarity? Personally, I think an increase in the amount of enjoyable consensual sex and the amount of honest decent treatment of other human beings go hand in hand, and find it rather hard to treat either as a “vulgarity.”
I believe your assumption about the opinions of women and the issues that concern them is severely flawed. If you are concerned about the direction in which this society is moving, get busy doing something other than jumping to conclusions and assigning blame.
Sure. They make great lawyers, doctors, politicians, teachers, principals, mechanics, custodians, nurses, scientists, CEOs, police men, professors, bus drivers, restaurant owners, real estate agents, orchestra conductors, concert violinists, news reporters, journalists, writers, comedians, radio talk show hosts, TV personalities, actors, stage directors, life guards, plumbers, tailors, cashiers, and message board moderators.
For every lousy woman in any of these vocations, there is a lousy man to match. If you have a problem with this assertion, the onus is on you to provide a cite.
Yes, every major war has been caused by a woman and fought by women.
I don’t know why all the hate is always directed towards Hitler. It was actually Eva Braun who was behind it all, dontchaknow?
Prove what? That they destroy everything?
Seems like history has shown this to be the EXACT opposite.
But what do I know? I’m just a silly wittle girl.
I know I might be wrong about this–since I am a woman and all–but I thought opinions were for IMHO, not GD.
But if you really want my opinion? I think you don’t really have a hangover. I think you’re really as stupid as your writing implies you are.
I agree. Anita Bryant is a perfect example of this.
Not me. I’m going to be the one destroying society with my vulgarity.
I particularly like the statement that women are more liberal about sex than men… that just cracks me up!!
But in all seriousness, most destruction is caused by men. This is a direct result of the world being “run by” men (that is, most positions of power are held by men). How can women cause destruction if they aren’t in power? That isn’t to say that they wouldn’t cause destruction if they ran the world. But at the time, I think men hold all those trophies.
As for the Nobel prize, I sort of agree. Women do not do as well in science as men. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that you can argue that. What you can argue, however, is why? This has always confused me. I’ve known lots of smart women in my time, there doesn’t seem to be any reason for them not to excel in science. Is it hard to get into science as a woman? Or is it just not interesting to them? (the same way knitting doesn’t interest men)
sorry to say this, but most of you are very good at avoiding my main-point.
You simply aren’t very eager to know my opinion
You ask for a lot of specifik examples, but refuses to see the whole picture.
enough about that
I have the impression that women have a tendency to be destructive when they discover that men is almost totally superior when it comes to produce new knowledge and inventions. They often blame the male-society but can’t face the fact that it’s often themselves that are not smart enough
