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Originally Posted by Kegmama
Oh man, I know it was not intentional! I was just looking at your list thinking how strange it is that women have not been universally recognized in society as 'geniuses'. I mean, I know a lot of women personally who are geniuses in their own right, high IQ's, total masterminds, etc. But I honestly can't think of any that have changed the world, its driving me crazy. You are right though, its wierd how much has changed for us girls just in very recent times.
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It is indeed a strange situation. It has been much discussed by scientists, philosophers, social historians, etc. It is an odd thing, not entirely relegated to women's roles in society. there are by numbers alone just as many women geniuses as men geniuses. However, what is the one thing that male geniuses have had in advantage over women geniuses as far as ability to dedicate themselves wholheartedly and to the exclusion of everything else in their lives? childbirth. men do not have babies. men do not nurse babies. until very recently in human history, men had very little to do with the day to day care and raising of their children, leaving them free o spend ten years figuring out thermodynamics, or writing the great novel, or describing thenext economic shift in sociopolitical circles, etc. the same goes for the arts and all sciences. the women that have made massive contributions and are certifiable geniuses are mostly women who did not have children or never got married or were lucky enough to have someone to take the children.
It may sound sexist but it is not. this is how the world has been. combine that with the societal difficulties women have had in a patriarchal society where many times they are seen as lesser creatures, as second to men (look at china where they have too many boys now and not enough girls), and then add in the very real difference in the way male and female brains work.
in our early tribal or family group days it was very likely women that created pottery, women that created clothing and textiles, women that created cooking methods, women that discovered new plants to eat, women that discovered and prepared dyes for fabric and such, women that created baskets, all items crucial to the development of humanity. As Isaac Asimov wrote, besides pottery, none of these primal and necessary inventions are meant to last and none have. It is near impossible to gauge the genius required for some primitive human to craft a basket, or to do any of these things.
plus women's distract us men;'s with their sweet round butts and their curvy bodies and their soft tittays.