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- From: pepke@dirac.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
- Newsgroups: soc.men
- Subject: Re: A modest proposal
- Message-ID: <11797@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 22:25:52 GMT
- References: <4566@unisql.UUCP> <1993Jan20.204854.6319@netcom.com> <4592@unisql.UUCP>
- Sender: news@sun13.scri.fsu.edu
- Reply-To: pepke@dirac.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
- Organization: Florida State University, but I don't speak for them
- Lines: 34
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- In article <4592@unisql.UUCP> wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie) writes:
- > There's no proof that *female* hormones have anything to do with behavior.
- > It's obvious that *male* hormones turn an otherwise civilized human being
- > into a violent, lust-crazed, uncontrollable beer-swilling spouse-beating
- > child abuser.
-
- Close, but not quite.
-
- When a change in hormone levels can be shown to increase aggression in men,
- it is proof of men's inherent aggressiveness and violence.
-
- When a change in hormone levels can be shown to increase aggression in women,
- it removes from a woman responsibility for the aggression and is a legal
- defense against murder charges.
-
- InnateOrExternal(characteristic)
- {
- if (WomenHaveMoreOf(characteristic))
- {
- if (IsGood(characteristic))
- return INNATE;
- else
- return EXTERNAL;
- }
- else /*Men have more of*/
- {
- if (IsGood(characteristic))
- return EXTERNAL;
- else
- return INNATE;
- }
- }
-
- -EMP
-