Comment on A Rational Education

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:04:49 GMT

I suggest that the critical indicator of whether you are ready to extract the most insight from the "Feminism and Science" subject is when you are able to explain the evolutionary psychological reasons why there is no male counterpart for the 'feminist' movement.

To me, it seems obvious that there hasn't previously been a male counterpart to the feminism movement because men haven't been institutionally lower-status the way that women have been. And now that the situation is in some respects reversing, we are seeing the beginnings of an equivalent movement for men, although it isn't anywhere near as organized yet. Also, because some strands of feminism do work to improve mens' rights as well as womens' rights, there's been less of a need for a separate movement for men.

Bringing evpsych to this seems superfluous to me. What am I missing?

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