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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Men are physically superior to women. Isn't this pretty obvious? This must serve a purpose, like maybe a man may have to protect his family from danger and use his strength to overcome the environment or attain food for his family.
Women are more nurturing and emotionally intellegent. This is because women give birth and take care of babies.
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The sexual dimorphism shown between male and female humans is actually extremely small when compared to other members of the Primate family and most evolutionary biology points to it being the result of sexual selection. That is, the trait is related to locating, attracting and fighting for mates as opposed to finding food or protecting offspring.
Also, there are a number of scientists who feel that sexual dimorphism is inversely proportional to the amount of child-rearing done by a species. To translate: you are closer in size to a human female than a gorilla is to a female gorilla because you invest more energy in child-rearing. This gives a pretty serious knock to your "women raise babies" notion.
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So do you think family life is better or more successful now than in prevous decades?
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VASTLY. In every possible way it's better. I can't think of a single way in which 'family life' is less successful than ever before.