https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-women-including-feminists-still-133102052.htmlWhy women – including feminists – are still attracted to 'benevolently sexist' men
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If a man offers to help a woman with her heavy suitcase or to parallel park her car, what should she make of the offer?
Is it an innocuous act of courtesy? Or is it a sexist insult to her strength and competence?
Would the man in question make the same offer to another man in otherwise the same situation?
Social psychologists who describe this behavior as “benevolent sexism” firmly favor the latter view.
They are correct.
But researchers have also revealed a paradox: Women prefer men who behave in ways that could be described as benevolently sexist over those who don’t.
How could this be?
Because the (probably more feminine) women in past generations who preferred sexist men reproduced more than the (probably less feminine) women who don't, thus women alive today are mostly the descendants of the former and thus more likely to themselves share the former's attitude. The solution is for the state to prohibit reproduction of women who prefer sexist men.
Some say that women simply fail to see the ways benevolent sexism undermines them because they’re misled by the flattering tone of this brand of kindness. Psychologists have even suggested that benevolent sexism is more harmful than overtly hostile sexism because it is insidious, acting like “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
Exactly. And I must interject at this point to emphasize that men opening doors for women is a uniquely Western practice, as I previously mentioned here:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/aryan-fingers/msg659/#msg659In other words, Western sexism is more harmful than sexism found in any other historical civilization.
Since then, social psychologists have been busy documenting the pernicious effects that benevolent sexism has on women.
According to studies, women who acquiesce to this behavior tend to become increasingly dependent on men for help. They’re more willing to allow men to tell them what they can and can’t do, are more ambivalent about thinking for themselves, are less ambitious and don’t perform as well at work and on cognitive tests.
This is what Western civilization looks like.
Evolution, therefore, shaped female psychology to attend to – and prefer – mates whose characteristics and behaviors reveal the willingness to invest. A prospective mate’s muscular physique (and, today, his big wallet) certainly indicate that he possesses this ability. But opening a car door or offering his coat are signs that he may have the desired disposition.
By no coincidence, Western civilization also produces men with the most muscular physiques and the biggest wallets. This is why Western civilization must first die before we can even begin the project of breeding superior (ie. lower sexual dimorphism) humans.
We found that strong feminists rated men as more patronizing and undermining than traditional women did. But like the other women, they still found these men more attractive; the drawbacks were outweighed by the men’s willingness to invest. It seems that even staunch feminists may prefer a chivalrous mate who picks up the check on a first date or walks closer to the curb on a sidewalk.
These so-called "feminists" should also be prohibited from reproducing.
But several interesting questions remain. Does benevolent sexism always undermine women? It might depend on context. A male being overly helpful to a female co-worker in a patronizing way might hurt her ability to project professional competence. On the other hand, it’s tough to see the harm in helping a woman move heavy furniture in the home.
If it is good to help a woman move heavy furniture in the home, it is also good to help a man move heavy furniture in the home. So if a man would do it for a woman but not for another man, the man is not doing it with good intentions in mind. Furthermore, why not talk about a woman helping another woman move heavy furniture in the home? Is that not also good? And why not a woman helping a man move heavy furniture in the home? That's good too, surely?
Purely for entertainment:
https://us.yahoo.com/lifestyle/women-sharing-creepiest-nice-guy-031609263.html"I watched two guys get into a fist fight at an office Christmas party over who was going to 'help' an intoxicated 27-year-old married woman get home.
Repeat after me: Westerners are barbarians.