My own guesses at this is that women might have more pitocin, oxytocin/hormones circulating in their systems than males. I was given large doses of pitocin to intensify labor contractions years ago when delivering my children. WOw, it was amazing. I believe the effect was to create an even more intense than usual flood of birth hormones, which increase feelings of protectiveness, emotion, empathy and the need to nurture. For a few months after delivering, I actually cried each evening when watching the news - cause the criminals paraded on TV were all someone's child at one point, and how sad was that! I found myself growling like an animal from deep in my throat for a few times when out walking my child and feeling that a stranger might not be safe. So if women just start out with more of these hormones floating about, they will feel and behave differently. And maybe the effects of giving birth permanently enhance those emotions, I don't know.
And maybe the real starting point for the differences is in the brain, which produces those hormones. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > >>> <anartaxius@> wrote: > >>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > >>>>> There's no basis for you to have such suspicions. As I > >>>>> said, they're born of personal hostility. > >>>> > >>>> Robin's past history is no basis for having a suspicion? > >>> > >>> Let's restore what I was responding to from you so > >>> we know what the context was: > >>> > >>> "Now, some think he is better, and others think his > >>> recriminations concerning his past are a ruse. Based > >>> on his last appearance here, I still have suspicions. > >>> What else could I say if I think this?" > >>> > >>> Now, did you have a comment you wanted to make on my > >>> response that sticks with the actual context? > >> > >> I have no personal animosity toward Robin. Your surmise in this > >> instance is incorrect. > > > > And this assertion of yours in no way removes my suspicions > > about your motives, which I cannot know directly but only > > infer from the way you write. What else could I say if I > > think this? > > > >> I wish him well in his quest to become a better human being > >> than he apparently was. This in no way removes my suspicions > >> about his motives. Your attempt to inject malice into this > >> discussion (post #347412) is an attempt to characterise the > >> discussion on the basis of an emotional characteristic which > >> I assure you I do not posses in this post or the previous > >> ones in this thread. > > > > I don't believe you, sorry. I think you possess *exactly* > > those emotional characteristics. > > > > (snip) > >> 10.He is very intelligent. My question is will > >> he use that intelligence well in relation > >> to others, for he did have adverse reactions > >> from some on FFL who had online discussions > >> with him. > > > > Your "adverse reactions" to his discussions with you > > among them. I would find your claim not to possess a > > malicious intent toward Robin more credible if you > > didn't keep making unpleasant comments about him > > long after your discussions with him were over, even > > when he's no longer around. > > > > I don't think you could make a solid case for his > > "recriminations" (wrong word, BTW) being a "ruse" if > > your life depended on it. I think your "suspicions" > > are inspired by the fact that he was not impressed by > > your "philosophy" or your claims about your > > experience of consciousness. > > > Some news snippets concerning emotion in men and women: > > 'The real difference in emotion between the sexes might lie in emotional > intelligence rather than feelings of anger, sadness or depression. Scientists > consistently find that women possess higher levels of emotional intelligence > than men, characterized by a sense of empathy and understanding of others' > emotions.' > > 'Instead of experiencing the emotions of others, the men in these studies > simply recognized these emotions, and then started searching for solutions. > The rational parts of their brains trumped emotion, with men switching into > problem-solving mode as the women empathized.' > > Ravi, for example, thinks I am pretty much of a robot, if I interpret what he > says correctly. Your writing is filled with emotional words, which to me > simply seem like projection, for I see the situations we 'discuss' usually as > not a matter of emotion or of feelings, except perhaps classical music. It is > just the relationship of certain data, how it fits or does not fit together. > Empathy has no part in it. I am told I am loving but not empathetic nor > sympathetic. This is in fact, a sociopathic trait, at least as viewed by > outside behaviour. This is one idea that led me to hypothesise that Robin > might have these traits as well. > > This might seem like a contradiction to a woman, to experience love but not > empathy or sympathy - it seems to me women's emotional states penetrate much > further into every aspect of their experience than men's. I think this is why > Barry is able to yank your chain, as an illustration. While he proposes > various scenarios that seem to have emotional value in them, for him there is > probably little or no emotional value, and it is not a serious matter with > him. But perhaps you take those prompts more seriously because of the way you > are wired up and see them as more significant; you do not respond as if it > were a joke. > > Your writing appears to me to have an excess of drama in the way you express > yourself when you are using emotional words. This is not always the case, but > with things that seem to be important to you, it does seem to be the case, to > me at any rate. > > Regarding my 'philosophy', I am sure Robin did not appreciate it, nor I his. > As for my consciousness, it has been pretty much the same since as long as I > can remember (4 or 5 years old), so there is nothing remarkable there. There > were some unusual experiences along the way, but I think those are mostly > done with. > > Note that the statements herein are hypotheses, not facts. >
