Maggie's Farm

This is a common belief of most women especially those women who choose activism. That is the belief that they (women) could do it better and all the problems are a result of male aggression/testosterone. I will state that I do in fact believe that most certainly women could do as well or maybe even better but that because of genetic differences they never will. Mostly this is because of the misunderstanding of the value and "place" for aggression or threat of aggression. And partly because most women are better care givers than they are protectors/warriors. I do expect that if a woman is elected president that we will probably have war; I don't mean some troops fighting in some far off "Vietnam" or something similar I mean World War. This is because none of the women running for office (even in the congress and governorships) is capable of intimidating or out aggressing our enemies, we would look vulnerable and we would actually be vulnerable.

Policewomen are a good example of this fatal flaw. The police force must have female officers because some of the people arrested are women and must be frisked, or more, by women. But the police administration have learned that you cannot send a female cop to a fight or potential violence. They are easily overpowered and in the heat of the situation are often wounded or killed by the perps. But current feelings about feminism and equal opportunity requires that we make believe that none of this is true. Yes always send a male policeman with a woman policeman but make believe it is some kind of standard policy and not to protect the female.

Regarding women in politics: Don't misunderstand my point. There are strong and capable women. Because they choose what they want in life they rarely choose politics or even CEO.

Here is a quote I read a while back that sums up this point: "Women are less interested in the single-minded pursuit of abstract intellectual goals than men. They want more balance in their life. They want more time with family, friends, and people. They’re less interested in working hard on abstract ideas."

I believe that. And as a result of this I think that perhaps 95% of women who enter politics have an agenda. I.e. they are fighting for feminism, for homosexuality, for abortion, for "equality" (in quotes because it is really fighting for special treatment), etc. They are NOT simply a cross section of women they are all agendized and typically anti-male, anti-conservative and often anti-America. THAT is the problem NOT that women cannot be leaders or be an effective president but simply that good, intelligent, normal women consciously choose a life that balances their family and social life.

Men do not. This is why men dominate fields that require 80 hour weeks and time away from family and even includes fields where aggression and violence is part of the job. So while many men in politics are also agendized the number is far less, prtobably well under 50%.

In one sense you could say that women are too smart to spend their life in this unsatisfying way while men are genetically predisposed to do exactly that and in many cases prefer it.

Most men know intuitively or have learned in grade school that aggression must be met with aggression or at least a credible threat of aggression. Yes diplomacy is great, many problems can be solved by diplomacy but usually you have to hit the other guy across the forehead with a 2X4 first before they are ready for diplomacy.

Good! Then you would agree that half of all custody battle should go to men and women should pay child support and alimony.

No child support and equal custody is the only sane, fair and honest choice. Everything else is bias, currently a bias that believes women should have custody and men should simply be the slave that pays the bills. Essentially they don't judge people as individuals instead they generalize about women and men.

Margaret Thatcher proves my point. As I said "I will state that I do in fact believe that most certainly women could do as well or maybe even better but that because of genetic differences they never will." Most women will choose or their genetics will choose for them the easier path, the more social, family oriented path in life. Not all, Ms Thatcher was one of many examples that when women choose to they can be strong leaders.

What everyone got wrong about slavery in the U.S.: It was foisted on us by other countries and almost all of it occurred before we were a self governing nation. At it's height there were probably less than 10,000 Americans that owned slaves and there were about 600,000 slaves. That slavery of blacks was originally a black cultural thing. African tribes fought wars for slaves and concubines for centuries before the new world was even discovered. That it was Arabs. more specifically, Muslims that began the slave trade outside of African tribes and bought slaves from the tribes and sold them into Northern Africa and the Middle East. That it was Dutch and English (some French and Portuguese) ships and companies that brought African slaves to the new world. That at the same time African slaves were being brought to the new world the North African Arabs/Muslims were kidnapping white women from Ireland, England and Europe to be slaves in North Africa. That most Southerners who fought in the war and believed in the war did not own slaves, could not afford to own slaves but understood that the war was really about domination of the South and Southern commerce by the North.

"It wasn't "foistered" on you; you were those colonists and you maintained slavery following independence until 1865."

Sadly laws, policies and practices in place are difficult to change. We have laws and practices today that we should end or reverse but they become political footballs and are rarely addressed.

"At it's height there were probably less than 10,000 Americans that owned slaves and there were about 600,000 slaves." "So what?"

So much!! that you clearly don't understand: 1. that 95% of the Southerners who fought in the civil war were not fighting to protect slavery or keep their slaves. They were fighting for states and individual rights. The fight was really about Northern business men who wanted to dominate Southern business. 2. The popular meme is that all Southerners owned slaves and that there were millions of them. It makes the South look so much worse if you push that meme rather than the truth. 3. the U.S. population in 1861 was slightly in excess of 32 million and 32 million of those people did NOT own slaves.

"A red herring. Slavery has been a part of human history for thousands of years.

Argumentative and ultimately supports my point. Hardly a red herring. The popular belief is that Americans went to Africa and took innocent blacks from their families to be brought back as slaves. The truth is it was a black market and the slaves were brought here by foreigners without our approval or choice. And it was indeed the norm for tens of thousands of years until WE ended it.

"the US was a slave state until 1865."

Indeed as was every country in the world.

"So, face the historical facts."

Absolutely, the truth. Very little truth in history books or popular media. Roots was a hit job with little to no truth but it is the popular misconception that still exists.

Slavery in every country:
https://www.quora.com/How-did-slavery-end-in-Canada