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Comment author: Azathoth123 04 November 2014 02:31:15AM *  8 points [-]

Theology is very easily observable.

Really, can you show me where?

  1. Men are physically stronger than women.

  2. Without modern science, paternity cannot be observed, only enforced (see (1)).

You left out a few important ones:

3. A man can potentially impregnate many women.

4. Having a man to help raise a woman's children greatly increases their prospects (this is the reason your (2) matters).

5. Unlike his sperm, a man's attention is a rather limited resource.

So, women would prefer to have children by an alpha male. They would also prefer to find a beta male to help raise them (they would like even more to have the alpha male raise them but see (5)). Men don't what to raise children that aren't theirs.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 06 November 2014 05:08:28PM 0 points [-]

Having a man to help raise a woman's children greatly increases their prospects

This is no longer true in countries where women can earn their own living.

So, women would prefer [...]

Don't generalize. Women are individuals, not a monolithic bloc.

Men don't what to raise children that aren't theirs.

Again, don't generalize. I'd much rather adopt an orphan than increase the amount of living people, all the while knowing my genes would much rather be copied. I don't fear my moral inclinations will be outbred; I can just teach them to my adopted children. Every man (and woman, and genderless person, and all variations thereupon) has hir own motivations and interests. Ignoring individual differences is one of the problems with this particular brand of sexism.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 05 November 2014 12:40:07PM 1 point [-]

Theology is very easily observable.

Really, can you show me where?

Any library or bookshop.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 November 2014 12:19:42PM 1 point [-]

they would like even more to have the alpha male raise them but see (5)

Markdown automatically renumbered your 5 to 3; if you want it not to, add backslashes i.e. 3\., 4\. and 5\..

Comment author: Azathoth123 05 November 2014 01:25:42AM 1 point [-]

Thanks, fixed.