
Originally Posted by
Katrine link=board=27;threadid=6962;start=msg79233#msg7923 3 date=1078098448
Some women flirt and sleep their way to the top, and believe it or not, some men do too. They may not engage in actual sexual intercourse with their male boss, but they brownose, buy presents, take them to stripclubs (hehehe), and go that extra mile to get the promotion....
Its called ambition, and people use their assets to get what they want. Hard work, intelligence, and devotion are integral parts of ambition, but we perceive those terms differently. The ability to "sell" a product, which includes selling yourself to get that job, project, promotion, etc...involves making people feel good, for them to trust you. Many men use their sexuality to achieve this, but it may be more subtle, or more power based, or simply more emotionally appealing and less irking to you.......
Also, bashing prostitutes is not helping either side's argument. Prostitution is the world's oldest profession, as we all know (Mary Magdelene, anyone?) and is present in all cultures, current and antiquitous......the gender equality that you strive for is a pipe dream.
We are sexually dymorphic creatures. In the animal kingdom, species that are more physiologically similar seem to have more egalitarian social systems. Men and women have many similar differences that require stratification, at least to some extent, at least it helps maximize our efficiency because we each have our strong competancies, ie childbearing or lifting heavy things...
Sure, we are not apes, we are civilized and self-actualized. But sometimes you must deconstruct your argument, and consider WHY its not so easy to have gender equality, and why its probably not even ideal....
Did I use too many big words?
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