Posted on 05/15/2025 10:12:30 PM PDT by Ozguy1945
I think that men and women should be treated as equal in everything except the three female spheres of activity of being pregnant, giving birth and breast feeding.
But I think that there are subtle differences in abilities and tendencies between men and women such as a slight tendency for women to be more empathetic than men.
Overall, empathy is also a very common quality in men, but my life experience has been to see a little more empathy in women than in men.
To me there is an emotional beauty in the way that the Fitzroy footballer pictured in the link celebrates a goal by a teammate in a grand final played last year that you wouldn’t see as often in a male player.
Women tend to be better at expressing this sort of joy than men are.
Our culture teaches men to hide emotions not to let them out. Men need to be strong. That's life.
Do women bring more joy to the game of football or is that joy gender neutral?
Is women’s football more fun?
(Excerpt) Read more at footy4freedom.com ...
Generally, I would agree. However, watching the New Zealand women’s rugby team in the Olympics last summer was a real treat.
nice astroturf.
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