I see that the issue of dominance and patriarchy seem to be prominent as I read. One wonders. In my experience Japanese and Mexican households display men macho on the outside but submissive within the home. That assumes traditional roles. The women rule the home. In my several marriages that remained true, even as my last, late wife was an executive at one point out earning me. But she never enjoyed the business of firing workers or even disciplining them. She then took up teaching special education and enjoyed that until she found her managers were uniformly poor. She finally resigned in despair. I doubt she would allow herself to dominate or to be dominated.
Ideally I see a man and woman as partners. Between them they can create using thought patterns that bring out the best for their families and then their tribes and onto society. Clearly reproduction gains for that and society is doomed when not reproducing. As with socialism, it dies when productive members tire of supporting non-productive members. Wonder if we are toying around some of those ends now.
Agree. I did not mention Ed Dutton in this review, but his "The Past is a Future Country" contends that the fall of the Bronze age civilizations, Greece and Rome had a lot to do with women getting involved in other than creating families.
Seems like misandry. Would Connor be equally critical of the male lion or zebra? I doubt it. I have yet to meet a man who argues women are better than men and is not emasculated.
We evolved to be different and complementary. Both are needed for the continuation of the species. To argue who is best is like arguing whether air or water is more essential to survival, or sunshine is better than rain for growing crops.
I see that the issue of dominance and patriarchy seem to be prominent as I read. One wonders. In my experience Japanese and Mexican households display men macho on the outside but submissive within the home. That assumes traditional roles. The women rule the home. In my several marriages that remained true, even as my last, late wife was an executive at one point out earning me. But she never enjoyed the business of firing workers or even disciplining them. She then took up teaching special education and enjoyed that until she found her managers were uniformly poor. She finally resigned in despair. I doubt she would allow herself to dominate or to be dominated.
Ideally I see a man and woman as partners. Between them they can create using thought patterns that bring out the best for their families and then their tribes and onto society. Clearly reproduction gains for that and society is doomed when not reproducing. As with socialism, it dies when productive members tire of supporting non-productive members. Wonder if we are toying around some of those ends now.
Agree. I did not mention Ed Dutton in this review, but his "The Past is a Future Country" contends that the fall of the Bronze age civilizations, Greece and Rome had a lot to do with women getting involved in other than creating families.
Seems like misandry. Would Connor be equally critical of the male lion or zebra? I doubt it. I have yet to meet a man who argues women are better than men and is not emasculated.
We evolved to be different and complementary. Both are needed for the continuation of the species. To argue who is best is like arguing whether air or water is more essential to survival, or sunshine is better than rain for growing crops.