There are times, though, for generalizations. Do women, generally, let their emotions control them more than men do? I think they do. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily. Is generalizing about it a bad thing? Only if you apply it to an individual woman.[/quote]
I was going to agree with your original (stereotypical) assertion, but what about things like war for the sake or asserting power/control/ego, or the crazy infatuation so many men have with sports — something that doesn’t affect their lives one iota, but something that they will sacrifice their families for (football widows, and all that)? That’s not logical, that’s emotional. It just looks different, perhaps, from how women show their emotions.
As for women, my guess would be that women are wired differently because if we were 100% logical, humans would have died out a long, long time ago. It’s hormones and emotions that make a woman want to care for her child…and probably hormones that make a man want to do so, as well, though they often need some prompting from religion and law to make it happen to the same degree. Most women don’t need traditions, religion, and law to make them want to devote themselves entirely to their families.
Wealth and power mean a great deal in tradition, law, and religion. That might explain why men tend to be more driven than women. It probably is more logical, but there are emotions involved, too.
