>JA> Frankly, you'd have to back it up in that fashion. My experience has not >JA>shown me any like this. I DM 3 women, and 4 men at the moment, and I would >JA>be forced to define two of the women as being more logical than >JA>free-associative, and two of the men as being more free-associative. > >Today's (on the web) Dilbert is particularly apt here, I think: > >PHB: Ming, everyone says our web site is ugly. >Ming: Really? Every person on Earth said that? Even Tibetan monks? >PHB: Maybe it was just one person. >Ming: And you confused him with the entire planet? > >Neither Deb nor I am claiming that even Tibetan monks have the broad >gender-biased tendencies we've noted (they're generalities and trends, >only noticeable in large samples), but I think someone is confusing his >experiences with the entire planet... You have chosen to accept a particular kind of activity as being male or female predominant. Admittedly, as a generalisation. I don't accept your contention. I have no experience that this is the case, and am disinclined to take you on your word on the matter. I will always prefer my own experience as the final judgement on whether or not something is right, and simply because a lot of people are prepared to support a contention doesn't, of itself, convince me to accept yours. There have been times when people thought the world was flat. I haven't said that I think women and men play differently. I have said that I don't believe that men require rules more than women. If anything, my experience has been that men wish to operate in a world that is freer of those constraints than women are. On the other hand, I'm not convinced that there is enough evidence for me to take that position firmly. What I am convinced of is that there is no distinct evidence one way or the other. In the view of the fact that the contention has been made, then the contention ought to be shown. Otherwise, you could make any number of wild assertions. I am merely saying that I don't believe a word of this particular contention, unless it's backed up with some reputable source. ---------------------------------------------------------------- GMAST Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gmast/
