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In reply to the discussion: I know I've only been here since November but I've never seen anyone say "all men are rapists" [View all]Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)one way or another but if women feel that is the case they can take action right now.
If indeed all men are potential rapists (and I'm not saying they are) it is because they evolved that way.
If they can evolve that way, they can de-evolve that way.
What women can do (since men are predisposed to not cooperate) is stop sexually selecting males that have traits that make them more predisposed for aggression, violence and rape. And only select docile males that have traits that make them genetically disposed to be cooperative, egalitarian, gentle, ambiguous toward sex, and non-competitive.
Stop rewarding aggressive, violent, competitive males with Alpha male status by allowing their genes to reproduce.
Instead of women trying to be more like men, who are, after all, over-aggressive, uncooperative, violent, competitive. Maybe women need to select males more like themselves.
Maybe what women need is not to adopt the corrupt, aggressive, masculine ethos in their effort to be equal to men, but instead move masculinity closer to the caring, cooperative, egalitarian, uncorrupted, feminine ethos?
Maybe instead of women serving in combat and war (a destructive activity), women should be fighting to get both genders out of uniform and bring them both into the peaceful and cooperative domain of civilian life. If you keep men at war and only join them there, no matter how equal you may be, the world will become a lot more aggressive, giving credence to and only entrenching the old patriarchal system. And you will still get aggressive males.
But if you say, "War is a destructive activity, appropriate to neither sexes. The military, industrial complex should be dismantled worldwide", and instead start pulling men out of those aggressive roles, you will have less use for aggressive males and, over time, men will evolve out of that role.