I agree that a lot of what we expect goes back to what we learned, but there is also an element of personal preference due to the media-centric nature of our society.
Before television and internet, most peoples values were probably very similar to those of their parents. There were always those few who got away, but parental influences were much stronger than the are today.
Nowadays, while your family environment does affect many of the opinions you form, I don't think that it necessarily dictates them as closely as it once did.
I think that there are plenty of people who are raised one way, but live completely differently once they are on there own. This is due to the amount of external influences we are now subject to, which was simply not an issue 100 years ago. I think that there are certain personality types that are more willing than others to deviate from their personal upbringing, while others tend to stay close to home.
Glenn,
I don't see how there are any two ways about it..this is a custom that needs to be stopped.
..But I also think that there is a lot to be learned here about our own culture.
You're right about one thing.. when we look at issues like this, our own gender issues seem to pale in comparison.
I remember thinking about this when reading about the problems that Thomas Beatie (the pregnant man) had to face when he wanted artificial insemination. His issue was that insurance would not cover the procedure because he had listed himself medically as a man.
Thinking about Thomas's Beatie's problem next to this issue makes Thomas Beatie seem like the wrong person to complain. Beatie's issue was with a private insurance company, this is an issue that is happening across an enormous nation with little being done by the government to stop it.
I think that many people tend to become centers of their own universe. Women and minorities in the US complain so often about injustice, but usually do little or nothing to help people who really are suffering. Thomas Beatie, for example, could have easily saved one of these little chinese girls through adoption, rather than demanding such a controversial procedure be covered through insurance.
I don't see how there are any two ways about it..this is a custom that needs to be stopped.
..But I also think that there is a lot to be learned here about our own culture.
You're right about one thing.. when we look at issues like this, our own gender issues seem to pale in comparison.
I remember thinking about this when reading about the problems that Thomas Beatie (the pregnant man) had to face when he wanted artificial insemination. His issue was that insurance would not cover the procedure because he had listed himself medically as a man.
Thinking about Thomas's Beatie's problem next to this issue makes Thomas Beatie seem like the wrong person to complain. Beatie's issue was with a private insurance company, this is an issue that is happening across an enormous nation with little being done by the government to stop it.
I think that many people tend to become centers of their own universe. Women and minorities in the US complain so often about injustice, but usually do little or nothing to help people who really are suffering. Thomas Beatie, for example, could have easily saved one of these little chinese girls through adoption, rather than demanding such a controversial procedure be covered through insurance.
Alex,
I think that are are people who are violent of both genders.
To me, it seems that female aggression seems to be on the rise because it is now more acceptable for women to be physically violent against other women or even men. More people today are willing to believe that girls can be just as violent as boys, and therefore feed into the attention that the posters of violent content often crave.
I don't think that there has necessarily been an increase in female violence, but that it has changed forms. I also think that the same can be said of male violence.
The media and sites like youtube provide people with an outlet for violence that they have never had before. We are therefore more aware of the violence that has always existed. This, in turn, paints violence as acceptable in society, spurring similar copycat videos and acts. While it is interesting to compare the effects of sites like youtube on both genders, I think that this is an issue that affects everyone.
I think that are are people who are violent of both genders.
To me, it seems that female aggression seems to be on the rise because it is now more acceptable for women to be physically violent against other women or even men. More people today are willing to believe that girls can be just as violent as boys, and therefore feed into the attention that the posters of violent content often crave.
I don't think that there has necessarily been an increase in female violence, but that it has changed forms. I also think that the same can be said of male violence.
The media and sites like youtube provide people with an outlet for violence that they have never had before. We are therefore more aware of the violence that has always existed. This, in turn, paints violence as acceptable in society, spurring similar copycat videos and acts. While it is interesting to compare the effects of sites like youtube on both genders, I think that this is an issue that affects everyone.
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