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I suppose the first questions must be; better at what, and in what way?
I'll try an example;
It is generally said that women are better at communicating and expressing their emotions, men would probably say that they don't particularly feel the need to do either.
This could get complicated.....
Edit; is this spiritual?
@indonesia-phil saidAnything pertaining to how our human spirit affects our navigation of the human condition is spiritual, to my way of thinking.
is this spiritual?
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@indonesia-phil saidBetter people.
I suppose the first questions must be; better at what, and in what way?
People can dissect and highlight whatever component parts of that they choose to.
@fmf saidFair enough.
Anything pertaining to how our human spirit affects our navigation of the human condition is spiritual, to my way of thinking.
@fmf saidBut are there grains of truth in it?
"Women are better than men and they never stop trying to bring us up to their standard". ~ Tony Johnson (in After Life)
It's a sweeping generalization, of course. But are there grains of truth in it?
JMHO - Yes, but they are just that - grains. I've seen both women and men do some pretty evil stuff, just like I've seen them do some very good things. I don't think one is "better" than the other.
@mchill saidI've seen both women and men do some pretty evil stuff, just like I've seen them do some very good things. I don't think one is "better" than the other.
I've seen both women and men do some pretty evil stuff, just like I've seen them do some very good things. I don't think one is "better" than the other.
Yeah, I've seen both women and men do some pretty evil stuff. Then again, I've also seen bears poo in the woods too. Thanks for your observation anyway. In your experience, has the "pretty evil stuff" you have seen been more or less split down the middle in terms of male perpetrators and female perpetrators?
@mchill saidFMF: "Women are better than men and they never stop trying to bring us up to their standard". It's a sweeping generalization, of course. But are there grains of truth in it?
But are there grains of truth in it?
@mchill said
But are there grains of truth in it?
We can look at this beyond the realm of "evil" perhaps.
In countless countries/cultures around the world, women take on the bulk of the burden of raising and feeding children, placing family priorities on health and education, taking care of their households' hygiene, interacting with teachers and the school community, taking care of sick children and relatives, they are more often than not more hands on deck when it comes to palliative care for terminally ill relatives, and on top of that, they very often do more than half the work that's actually getting done in the economy. They are far less likely to inflict domestic violence on men than be victims of it themselves. They are far less likely to physically or sexually abuse their own children. They are less likely to walk out on their families leaving their children behind. If you throw in Indonesia Phil's "better at communicating and expressing their emotions" plus a dollop of higher degrees of empathy and compassion and endurance and resilience. etc. etc.
Cannot a case be made that there are some hefty "grains" of truth in what Tony Johnson said in the OP?