No, I wouldnt say that the drive is deeper in men vs. women. Id say look at the socialization process of what is considered acceptable for either gender. When you cite men as explorers, thats not an accurate statement at all. Women were simply not allowed to step beyond the doors the way men were allowed to. If we think its difficult for women to scuba dive, can you imagine how it must have been like to explore back then ?????????
As for your poll, technically you'd be correct on how it would come out in terms of men saying they'd want to go west vs. women. But that's not a really fair statement to make. Look at the time period you chose. 1800??? It wasn't considered acceptable for women to want beyond marriage, kids, being a housewife and so on. For a woman to confess that she wanted to explore, she'd definitely be considered an odd bird out. Even if she wanted to explore, would she have been able to do so without a significant level of shunning and marginalization from the society? They did not welcome women who traveled alone. They would have called her quite a few names and thought that something was wrong with her. Even if she was brave enough to do it on her own, where would she have been able to earn an income to allow her to move alone? Women did not have their own money at all.
As for men not being supportive on subjects that their SO does
well
, maybe its because the way youre raised to not think beyond yourself? I find that pretty common in men but not in women. Doesnt mean that women are more altruistic. It just shows that men are allowed to get away with men being men, whereas with women, theyre socialized to think beyond themselves. Kind of depressing if you think about it, at least for me. Id want my SO to be supportive and actually care about my activities, and not just vice versa. But, when you say men are not capable, thats not true at all. They are capable. Its just how you were raised to view your relationships and the world at large.
As for your last statement, ha
.that is the biggest garbage load Ive heard of ever. You really dont give women that much credit, do ya? All this energy and exploration, thats where the line gets drawn at????? God. Thats just depressing the way you think. Look at TSandM
..she has that drive, the willingness
..but then again, she has a tremendous amount of self confidence to be able to do it, the money to do it, and the time to do it. Women do want to do it. They just have a lot of emotional barriers to overcome their socialization of how theyre viewed in doing certain activities. I couldnt imagine doing this way back. The few women who did scuba dive, I have to command them. It took a lot of courage for them to do it.
Anyway, bottom line, men are not more driven. Its all cultural. I really hate that line
.men being more adventurous and so on. It just makes me want to scream!
