How much of this is rooted in feminism? Do many of these “feminine” responses to real world experiences sound like hysteria? Check out this website tracing the history of the term, indicating that it is Greek for “uterus”: http://academic.mu.edu/meissnerd/hysteria.html
What is interesting is that being a woman, I can easily attest to the fact that sometimes, my emotions get away with me. But I recognize it and do not act on those overwrought emotions. . . well most of the time ;)
A great deal of what we are seeing in the deterioration of modern society looks to me like women’s emotional tendencies are being given equal footing with or taking precedence over actual rational thought. There are many good things about feminine emotions when they are employed wisely, but to impose them where they are destructive is another matter entirely.
Add to this the insistence of feminists that the difference between the sexes is merely a “social construct”, they actually believe that men respond to circumstances the same way that they do but just won’t admit it. You see, society has conditioned them to “suppress” their emotions and they need to find and express their “feminine” side.
What we have is the complete “infantilization” of society. Now, “infantilization” is a term used by feminists to describe what women think sexists do to them when they don’t take their hysterics seriously, i.e., treating them like children. But they are the ones infantilizing everyone by insisting that no one has the ability to deal with setbacks, criticism or anything short of unicorns and rainbows.
How can I take someone seriously when they engage in temper tantrums when they don’t get their way? In computer programming, we call this an infinite loop. It runs endlessly and will eventually fry your computer. Let’s not let this happen to our civilization.
As for my personal experiences in the workplace, I’ve worked either temporary or contract for most of my career and have worked for somewhere between 75 and 100 different companies.
I’ve worked for and with some wonderful women and I’ve worked for and with some very destructive women. The difference is competence. Women who are competent in their fields are a delight to work for as are competent men.
Incompetent men and women in the workplace are always a nightmare. But, percentage wise, fewer incompetent men get into positions of authority because there are no government rewards to put men into positions of authority. I think this government intrusion into the workplace is distorting our views and undermining success as all inappropriate government intrusion always does.
I do feel like I’m in an infinite loop because of these ideological feminists.
“Any reat deal of what we are seeing in the deterioration of modern society looks to me like women’s emotional tendencies are being given equal footing with or taking precedence over actual rational thought.”
That’s very insightful. I wish I knew how to counter it.