Some of the thoughts and ideas in the Demonic Males article seemed off to me. I could see how they were all rooted in fact and different ideas but it was hard for me to wrap my head around how these things could be considered okay. American society has changed over the years growing more excepting of everyone over time, laws have been set up to fight age, ethnic, and gender discrimination for jobs, woman have the right to vote and be seen as equal. But in other countries woman are still considered property, a slave in a way. I knew that this was true but hadn’t seen the extent of it all until reading this excerpt.
I was shocked when I read the story about the !Kung woman and what had happened to her daughter. It’s bad enough that she was married off at such a young age but to die at the hand of her husband over the given matter does not seem right to me at all. Shouldn’t everyone be far passed a woman’s life being worth five goats? Five goats are not going to replace a daughter, a sister or a friend it is a poor attempt at compensation, one that could seem insulting in away.
To me this idea is morally wrong, maybe the question shouldn’t be over if only humans possess morality but if every human does. Its matters like these that make me think that Morality is at least somewhat based on social surroundings, what you are taught are right and wrong. Because to these people that was a fair price to pay but it me it is not.
Ariel M.
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This past weekend I have thought a lot about the Demonic Males reading. I brought up the subject with my family to see what they thought of the bizarre concept. We both came to the conclusion that women would not be as (necessarily) aggressive as men, even in a society where it was accepted and women had the same strength. Sure, many women would commit crimes, for surely more than commit them now. With more strength comes more possibility. But i think there is something more than just the 'strength factor' in males. It is part of their make-up that makes them more dominant and aggressive (although not all, this is a blanket statement).
ReplyDeleteIt would be intriguing if we could infact test the Demonic Males hypothesis.
I also brought up the topic concerning whether we are born moral or not. My dad insisted that we ARE born moral. He was so strong on this it surprised me. To me, it seems that it could be a complete toss up of the two, or perhaps a mix of both. As proven numerously, environment is a very strong influence on who a person becomes. But even people who grow up a certain way in a family can remain completely different. Could this relate to being born with morals? Someone is ‘manufactured’ a certain way, and although they can change subtly, they will still remain basically the same person, with the same morals. I believe this to be true. A tiger cant change his stripes, right?
-Emily Bowles