"One of the things I've learned from having been married so long..." If I understood correctly she said she's been married for 10 years. If that is correct, it is a little presumptuous to consider that enough of a criterion for making sweeping generalizations. I've been married for 45 years, and I wouldn't dare to presume that is suffici…
"One of the things I've learned from having been married so long..." If I understood correctly she said she's been married for 10 years. If that is correct, it is a little presumptuous to consider that enough of a criterion for making sweeping generalizations. I've been married for 45 years, and I wouldn't dare to presume that is sufficient even for an anecdotal response.
I confess to feeling irritated by this discussion, perhaps because I felt that throughout there was an underlying assumption that men are the problem. That may in fact be the case, but when it comes to something so intrinsically determined by biology, by the overwhelming contribution of the XY chromosomes and all the physiology that entails, that having a female tell a male how he should see his sexuality is frankly a bit much.
Other nits to pick: Using ultra-orthodox Jews as examples of how modernity responds to declining birth rates is an oxymoron. A cult that lives in its own pre-modern world, where girls are forced to bear children from an early age is not a solution. It's a problem. A better example would be modern Israelis, overwhelming secular, who have a birth rate above maintenance levels. The reasons for that are more interesting than repressive religious practices.
Anyone who thinks that men are hierarchical and women are not has never been to high school. The distress of my son at getting in a fight with other boys was not nearly as great as my daughters' at not being invited to a birthday party with the other girls.
There was never a society where sex did not create tensions. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
"One of the things I've learned from having been married so long..." If I understood correctly she said she's been married for 10 years. If that is correct, it is a little presumptuous to consider that enough of a criterion for making sweeping generalizations. I've been married for 45 years, and I wouldn't dare to presume that is sufficient even for an anecdotal response.
I confess to feeling irritated by this discussion, perhaps because I felt that throughout there was an underlying assumption that men are the problem. That may in fact be the case, but when it comes to something so intrinsically determined by biology, by the overwhelming contribution of the XY chromosomes and all the physiology that entails, that having a female tell a male how he should see his sexuality is frankly a bit much.
Other nits to pick: Using ultra-orthodox Jews as examples of how modernity responds to declining birth rates is an oxymoron. A cult that lives in its own pre-modern world, where girls are forced to bear children from an early age is not a solution. It's a problem. A better example would be modern Israelis, overwhelming secular, who have a birth rate above maintenance levels. The reasons for that are more interesting than repressive religious practices.
Anyone who thinks that men are hierarchical and women are not has never been to high school. The distress of my son at getting in a fight with other boys was not nearly as great as my daughters' at not being invited to a birthday party with the other girls.
There was never a society where sex did not create tensions. Please correct me if I'm wrong.