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Renorei -> RE: Elise Sutton Interviews ME - Female Supremacy (11/23/2006 10:11:50 AM)
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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen
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ORIGINAL: Renorei
As far as female supremacy goes, I don't really know where I stand on it. In my organizational behavior class, we had to read this study about how women in leadership positions in business consistently performed better than men. Are we inherently superior, or were these women merely trying harder, because they've had to overcome glass ceilings in the past? Or maybe both? I don't know. Women are rapidly surpassing or catching up to men in almost all academic areas, and there are now more female college students than male. But how much of this is society and how much is inherent? The world may never know.
I've always considered myself to be a rather openminded person. And part of that openmindedness is accepting that supremacy of one gender over another or one race over another might be possible. I mean, if there are clear and obvious physical differences, why do we consider it such a massive stretch that there might be mental differences as well? Society has placed a taboo on the mere suggestion that some people might be naturally "better" than others, but personally I think it's an area worth exploring. *prepares for imminent flames*
Its impossible to say, that all females are superior to all males; also ridiculous to be honest, if we are to apply such an idea to society at large, rather than as part of a FemDom fantasy.
To test such a hypothesis, one has to consider the lower end of the female spectrum vs the higher end of the male spectrum. A subjective judgement perhaps, but to my mind at least, superiority is determined by a number of measures, such as intelligence, education, societal functioning and psychological functioning.
Taking those measures, then I believe no one would propose that a below average intelligence female who lacks education and neither functions well in society nor enjoys mental health, could be adjudged superior to an above average intelligence male who holds a PhD and functions well enough in society and psychologically to have achieved a reasonable status.
One could argue that it is a society biased towards such a state which might result in such instances, but this is poppycock, since both males and females fall to the depths and both females and males rise to the top in our society.
The fact is, each of us is born with certain traits and each of us develop certain traits according to our environment. We are thus, all different, and therefore not all equal, just as one race, sex or whatever is not all equally superior or inferior to others. However, that is not to say that we are not all entitled to equitable treatment.
Some women are superior to all other women and to some men. Some men are superior to all other men and to some women. That is just how it is.
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I was mainly referring to averages of potential in the two genders. You're right, no one in their right mind would suggest that a dumb, uneducated woman is superior to an intelligent, educated and successful man. But do women, on average, have a greater potential to be successful than men do? Or is it the other way around? Or, perhaps it is neither and there is no difference whatsoever in what each gender is capable of succeeding. I don't know, but it's fun to think about. I'm referring more to inherent supriority or supremacy, rather than actual, realized superiority. The influence of society and the way individuals are nurtured plays to great a role to ever really know for sure, but it's still something that has always interested me.
As a sidenote, I'd like to mention that I don't believe that natural, inherent supremacy exists in any form. But despite that I still find it interesting and would be open to accepting the results of studies that might prove otherwise.
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