This person basically goes a step farther and argues that he is intrinsically part of the mindset and he can't escape it even if he tries.
Which interestingly, is the part that makes me want to grab these two and bang their heads together. Because implying that men can't escape any of their (ostensibly) biologically-ordained gender behaviours implies that women can't, either, that humans are immutably hardwired with such behaviours, which is as ridiculous as it is depressing. If Joss is intrinsicially part of the mindset because he's male, then isn't she, as a female, intrinsically part of the mindset of marriage/babies/makeup/high heels/need-a-boyfriend?
It makes steam pour out of my ears, because I prefer to think that the human brain is more flexible than that.
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Date: 2008-03-26 07:09 pm (UTC)Which interestingly, is the part that makes me want to grab these two and bang their heads together. Because implying that men can't escape any of their (ostensibly) biologically-ordained gender behaviours implies that women can't, either, that humans are immutably hardwired with such behaviours, which is as ridiculous as it is depressing. If Joss is intrinsicially part of the mindset because he's male, then isn't she, as a female, intrinsically part of the mindset of marriage/babies/makeup/high heels/need-a-boyfriend?
It makes steam pour out of my ears, because I prefer to think that the human brain is more flexible than that.