Are Men Truly Happier Than Women Due to Societal and Biological Differences?

[zoobyshoe]

The pants thing is certainly in the jeans.

I spent pages avoiding that pun.

 

[Gale]

I've been watching and taking notes.

edit- What explanation could there be for a genetic disposition for insecurity of appearance in women?

its not genetic. Society is patriarichal. historically men courted women, and chose whichever one they felt most worthy, regardless of what we thought. if we wanted a good guy, the best we could do is try to be as appealing as possible to those guys. so developed the tendency for women to try and be as goodlooking as possible. then it became a competition and blah blah, now women still have that societal pressure to conform and look "pretty" and obviously, if you feel that much pressure, you eventually become insecure if you don't think you're pretty as society says you ought be and ya..

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I spent pages avoiding that pun.

What can I say? I'm a pun whore.

 

[Jason]

Originally posted by Evo
A man is driving up a steep, narrow road.
A woman is driving down the same road.
As they pass each other, the woman leans out the window and yells "PIG!"
The man immediately leans out the window and replies,"B*tch!"
They continue on their way, and as the man rounds the next corner, he crashes into a pig in the middle of the road.

This would've been more accurate if the woman crashed into the pig. Cause everyone knows that women can't drive.

"todo lo que se mueva es calne y la calne es placer"

 

[icvotria]

Here's a female-biased sexist joke off the internet

Eve was sitting in a corner in the garden. "Lord, I have a problem."
"What's the problem, Eve?"
"I know that You created me and provided this beautiful garden and all of these wonderful animals, but I'm just not happy."
"And why is that Eve?"
"Lord, I am lonely, and I'm sick to death of apples."
"Well, Eve, in that case, I have a solution. I shall create man for you."
"Man? What is that Lord?"
"A flawed creature, with many bad traits. He'll lie, cheat, and be vain; all in all, he'll give you a hard time. But he'll be bigger, faster, and will like to hunt and kill things. I'll create him in such a way that he will satisfy your physical needs. He will be witless, and will revel in childish things like fighting and kicking a ball about. He won't be as smart as you, so he will also need your advice to think properly."
"Sounds great," says Eve, with ironically raised eyebrows, "but what's the catch Lord?"
"Well, you can have him on one condition."
"And what's that Lord?"
"As I said, he'll be proud, arrogant, and self-admiring, so you'll have to let him believe that I made him first. And it will have to be our little secret -- you know -- woman to woman."

Heeheehee

 

[Evo]

Here's a female-biased sexist joke off the internet Heeheehee

Where's the joke?

 

[zoobyshoe]

its not genetic.

There may not be a specific attraction-insecurity gene but insecurity itself has to be genetic. It is a mild form of fear, and without fear we'd do all kinds of dangerous stuff over and over and die before we were 10 years old.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Where's the joke?

Here it is:

Adam says to God: "You made Eve so beautiful! Why did you make her so beautiful?

"So you would love her."

"But she's very stupid. Whay did you make her so stupid?"

"So she would love you."

 

[Huckleberry]

I think insecurity can take many forms. A person may become angry, or embarrassed, or arrogant or a number of other conditions. I think the point at which the ball leaves the hand, so to speak, in the fat pants quetion is where the insecurity manifests itself in vanity.

From the posts here it seems there definitely is much concern over females appearance, likely based in insecurity. Not one woman here yet has claimed that asking such a quetion is proper. I think the reason for this is a moral/ethical issue.

Is fear genetic or learned? Emotional responses can be attributed to activity in the brain and that would be genetic. The conditions that evoke these responses appear to be learned behaviors formed from society. I think insecurity is the social manifestation of the genetic capability to experience fear.

genetics, society, ethics/ fear, insecurity, vanity.