Something like this? Actually, I appreciate the initiative of Dr. Sax. Most psycholgists and psychiatrists are so politically correct they are unable to state the obvious. All-boys schools are an idea whose time has come again.
Posted on 07/09/2005 5:35:25 PM PDT by NYer
This is why you can't read a map, but you always know when we have passed someplace before.
Something like this? Actually, I appreciate the initiative of Dr. Sax. Most psycholgists and psychiatrists are so politically correct they are unable to state the obvious. All-boys schools are an idea whose time has come again.
I'll never forget a comment that an astute teacher made to me one day about "schools breaking little boys' spirits".
What a novel idea. Quit teaching them to be wimps and whiney caring little brats.
A boy is the only thing God can make a man out of.
They know what they are doing. Refer to your tagline.
good post
Great post!
Thank you for your insightful comments to this thread! They tell me that my first sentence as a child was phrased in the form of a question and I still tend to approach problem solving by posing questions. I want to have all the pieces before assembling a response, if that makes any sense.
From the early years, I was proficient in language. After learning French, I moved on to Italian and then 'picked up' different Italian dialects. Language has always fascinated me, especially since words often get in the way of properly describing emotions. Here again, I find myself wanting to learn the ancient language that developed a thought, since contemporary translations often ignore nuances in the original language.
He is probably hoping medical science will allow him to breastfeed one day. Sometimes I think real men are a dying breed.
The Pedagogy of the Difference was created at the end of the 1900 by Sutton-Smith... Nothing new.
Guess my sarcasm was not evident enough.
Excellent observations. Of course there are great female authors, so it's not exactly fair to paint the entire gender with one brush. But I think women's pragmatism stems from the fact that females, as a sex, evolved as specialists, designed for a specific function, which not only makes them vulnerable, but makes them lean toward perspectives that redound to their safety and security. Men, on the other hand, have got to take risks, because if they don't (and this is a gross oversimplification) there might not be food on the table for tomorrow, or the tribe next door might wipe you out.
You made perfect sense and yes, I completely understand your desire to learn more about the origins of language.
Heloise is another brilliant historical female mind (of Abelard and Heloise). Her writing is extraordinary.
Austin's unique perspective in her many works also reflect your sentiments.
Bronte and Shelley break the mold, with fabulous results.
Historical factors may have also played on part in the prominence of masculine great works. Women were typically the connecting point between the family and the rest of society; as a result, their attentions were devoted to not just home and family, but to maintaining the bonds between their families and other families. This served to occupy the vast majority of their time, leaving room for little else. Great historical female writers may have gone unnotice or failed to flourish for sheer lack of time.
Improbable? Not really. My own experience is such that after the birth of my first child, my writing took a back seat to the needs of my son. After my daughter came, I found myself in near retirement status. Only now, several years later, am I finding a few moments here and there to write. Given the tools available to our ancestors, it is actually easier for me to put together 30 pages of material than it was for them...by virtue of the fact that I can type 100 words per minute, versus writing them with quill and ink, or pen and pencil by hand.
Subtlety doesn't work for some of us, we have to be hit in the head.
LOL...
I get ribbed about my dry wit. Sometimes it is just plain parched.
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Doesn't your jaw go slack that it took lots and lots of money and highly education intellectuals to tell us what many of us understand already?
Men and boys are really different, in many ways, from women and girls. Neither is worse or better. Where would either of them be without the other?
But these differences are mental, emotional and physical. Deep inside we all have the same needs, deep inside we are all created by the Supreme as eternal souls. That's where the real equality is. Feminism is a vile attempt to make everyone equal in a rubberstamp method. It kills real individuality, and forces people into molds they're not suited for.
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