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DeVliegendeHollander comments on A heuristic for predicting minor depression in others and myself, and related things - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 May 2015 01:06:53PM *  0 points [-]

The problem is with the women half of the world, it is with the not-broadly western (say, matriarchical or modest) half, I think I covered the western half pretty well, by dividing women into femmes and tomboyish careerists, one or the other tends to fit reasonably well, given the that first is the traditional role and the second is the role created by feminism, so both typical western cases covered. But yeah, I haven no idea how this would work in a modest culture. Never seen one, aside from the Muslim girls in the West who look a lot like they don't want to be modest, it is their parents who want them to be modest. Is that a problem?

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 13 May 2015 01:24:53PM 0 points [-]

I think I covered the western half pretty well

Oh my god, just stop.

Comment author: [deleted] 13 May 2015 02:09:34PM 2 points [-]

Well, if you don't want to explain yourself then there was no point in starting this subdiscussion, it is not like anyone learns something from it. But OK, let's stop.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 13 May 2015 03:48:06PM -2 points [-]

Okay, phrasing? Terrible. You just implied that women fit only one of two personalities.

(Yes, you generalize men as all belonging to -one- personality group. However, you never explicitly -said- men all fit into one personality, whereas you more or less did with women.)