I just finished reading King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership by Arnold M. Ludwig, an evolutionary psychology book. One thing the author learned is that we are genetically designed to want the head of state to be male. As Heretic pointed out, the only reason that women ever were heads of state is that if the king didn’t have a son, the royal family would put his daughter on the throne in order to preserve their position. It’s been pointed out that there were far more female heads of state in the world before feminism than after. People can live with a queen inheriting the throne because people like the stability of a royal family, but when people have the chance to choose by voting, they rarely choose a woman. Even women don’t vote for women.
Ludwig quotes another book:
What if only primate males have political prowess? Could there ever be a woman president; should we even allow it? What if females are evolutionarily so constructed as to be able to do nothing except rear babies? As I traced the history of ideas about baboons… there was no mistaking its compelling message: males were the building blocks and the cement of the group. The male-dominance hierarchy… was what gave the group its social structure.
~Shirley C. Strum, Almost Human: A Journey into the World of Baboons
November 4, 2008 at 10:41 pm
“Leadership” is a word that often gets abused.
Women have the power to give birth. That’s a huge military factor.
Men are more aggressive. This can lead to governments, bombs, symphonies, etc.
The trick is that while men might be fated to lead large groups, humans might be happier living as small groups.
November 4, 2008 at 10:41 pm
“Leadership” is a word that often gets abused.
Women have the power to give birth. That’s a huge military factor.
Men are more aggressive. This can lead to governments, bombs, symphonies, etc.
The trick is that while men might be fated to lead large groups, humans might be happier living as small groups.
November 4, 2008 at 10:41 pm
“Leadership” is a word that often gets abused.
Women have the power to give birth. That’s a huge military factor.
Men are more aggressive. This can lead to governments, bombs, symphonies, etc.
The trick is that while men might be fated to lead large groups, humans might be happier living as small groups.
November 23, 2008 at 7:18 am
Is that book you read written by a man?
Naturally, if you only read (and try to understand) opinions that are bound to reinforce yours, you will never change your mind about anything (lucky!)
December 8, 2008 at 3:56 am
Phil,
Did the voices in your head tell you that I’ve never read any feminist or female-authored books? Or that I’ve never changed my mind about anything? If so, before you put your tinfoil hat back on, explain to them that I’ve read probably hundreds of feminist books. Not that it’s even remotely avoidable. And I’ve changed my mind about feminism. I used to be a feminist. Then I faced reality.
I’d bet money you’ve never read any of the antifeminist books I discuss on this blog. You’re very careful to read only feminist propaganda so you won’t have to face the facts and change your mind. You lucky dog!