Re:Suicide increasing among American workers
by belorn on Friday November 16, 2018 @10:09AM
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Most of those biology claims have been found to be mostly or completely false by researchers observing primates and disproving theories of hard wired behavior.
For example, the theory that the most aggressive male primates get most children has been generally disproved since longer term studies show that those males at top generally get dethroned, injured and kill at much faster rate. A secondary issue is that primate females mate not just with the pack leader which means that paternity becomes a statistical probability, which get worse as you go up the hierarchy.
Similar aggression is only a effective strategy if and only if aggression get rewarded. Relative recent trend in primatology is to talk about culture, and it has been observed that it has a massive impact in regard to aggression. All those "hard wired" behavior which people took for certain in primates changed if a troop has a cultural change, which happens occasionally.
A unintended experiment is when a bunch of young specimens of a species is transfer to a new environment (often creating a invasive species but thats beyond the point). Behavior which researcher thought was innate and hard wired is then often found to have disappeared when no initial adult member is there to transfer existing cultural behavior, a fact that holds true multiple generations later.
Instead of looking for biological causes, let ask following questions. What does our culture define as attributes that women should look for in men, and men in women. What behavior defines social status for men and for women, and how do inter-sex competition work men and for women. Feminists who look to blame male behavior (with terms like "toxic masculinity" and "patriarchy") ignores half of the picture that defines gender roles and gender expectations, while also making negative generalization. It is very likely a contributing reason for increased suicide rates and polarization between women and men.
For example, the theory that the most aggressive male primates get most children has been generally disproved since longer term studies show that those males at top generally get dethroned, injured and kill at much faster rate. A secondary issue is that primate females mate not just with the pack leader which means that paternity becomes a statistical probability, which get worse as you go up the hierarchy.
Similar aggression is only a effective strategy if and only if aggression get rewarded. Relative recent trend in primatology is to talk about culture, and it has been observed that it has a massive impact in regard to aggression. All those "hard wired" behavior which people took for certain in primates changed if a troop has a cultural change, which happens occasionally.
A unintended experiment is when a bunch of young specimens of a species is transfer to a new environment (often creating a invasive species but thats beyond the point). Behavior which researcher thought was innate and hard wired is then often found to have disappeared when no initial adult member is there to transfer existing cultural behavior, a fact that holds true multiple generations later.
Instead of looking for biological causes, let ask following questions. What does our culture define as attributes that women should look for in men, and men in women. What behavior defines social status for men and for women, and how do inter-sex competition work men and for women. Feminists who look to blame male behavior (with terms like "toxic masculinity" and "patriarchy") ignores half of the picture that defines gender roles and gender expectations, while also making negative generalization. It is very likely a contributing reason for increased suicide rates and polarization between women and men.