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Несмотря на "броское" название, статья о том, что хорошего в том, чтобы быть мужчиной или женщиной очень толковая и интересная.
Автор рассматривает распространенное мнение о том, что "мужчины правят миром"
When I say I am researching how culture exploits men, the first reaction is usually “How can you say culture exploits men, when men are in charge of everything?” This is a fair objection and needs to be taken seriously. It invokes the feminist critique of society. This critique started when some women systematically looked up at the top of society and saw men everywhere: most world rulers, presidents, prime ministers, most members of Congress and parliaments, most CEOs of major corporations, and so forth — these are mostly men.
Who’s in prison, all over the world, as criminals or political prisoners? The population on Death Row has never approached 51% female. Who’s homeless? Again, mostly men. Whom does society use for bad or dangerous jobs? US Department of Labor statistics report that 93% of the people killed on the job are men. Likewise, who gets killed in battle? Even in today’s American army, which has made much of integrating the sexes and putting women into combat, the risks aren’t equal. This year we passed the milestone of 3,000 deaths in Iraq, and of those, 2,938 were men, 62 were women.
On the Titanic, the richest men had a lower survival rate (34%) than the poorest women (46%)
Men go to extremes more than women.
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In an important sense, men really are better AND worse than women.
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In an important sense, men really are better AND worse than women.
