Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00377)

Tom Robertson wrote:
> You've got the wrong part of your inconsistency wrong.  Men and women _are_
> different, and there is nothing wrong with making generalizations saying
> how they are different.  

	There is quite a bit wrong with making generalizations, if one attempts
to use those generalizations to force an individual into a pigeonhole
into which they do not belong. And if you state those generalizations
correctly. For example:

>Women _are_ more compassionate and cooperative than men.

	All one needs to disprove that is to find one given man who is more
cooperative and compassionate than one woman. One must label
generalizations as such; if you had stated, "In general, women are more
compassionate and cooperative than men", it would be far more difficult
to disprove.

	Bart Lidofsky