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Originally Posted by Kioma
There is no substitute for opening one's eyes and seeing.
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Concerning your examples... everyone can think of examples that don’t fit the general observations. Like I said, YMMV.
Some stereotypes are just rubbish though and more forced upon people. The trope of the highly competitive, aggressive man is one such. It's always only been a minority of men who were and are like that. Throughout much of history people accepted what they had and there was no need for large surplus. The community as a whole worked in sync. The association of men with the competitiveness we know of today is a modern fantasy, and ideological. Throughout much of history the vast majority of men had no need for “ambition” and being highly competitive. Do we ever pause and realize just how much capitalism has clouded our sense of whom we are?