+189 Some factors of femininity are man-made and conformist. Whose to say that in a parallel universe what we know of, or label femininity as, like wearing skirts and make- up, is switched and those factors of femininity were actually masculinity and vice versa? Thinking about if the roles were switched or if there weren't any to begin with is kind of mind-blowing, a real foreign concept, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In a parallel universe you didn't write this. So who cares what they have to show.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Of all of the amazing mindblowing parallel universes you could have thought of...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Translation, please? I don't speak smart...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, many cultures throughout history who never made contact with one another each dressed differently, ate different foods, spoke different languages, etc. But women, for the most part, were treated differently from men regardless of culture. This is as it should be, because men and women are indeed different. Unfortunately, in many cases they were also treated as inferior, unintelligent, weak, simple, and so on. My point is that we could see these different cultural contexts as "parallel universes", and they usually came to the same types of conclusions

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Um... duh? In every culture women have the child, and breast feed them, and therefore naturally more naturing. Since women raised children, men did the physical work due to men being naturally stronger than women. Since men did most if the physical and mental work, they made many of the technological and scientific advances and the cultures eventually viewed them as more important. There's an actual reason for this crap. Its not like the cultures of the world suddenly decided "Ok, let's all make women inferior so we can have a universal system."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Everything Lanz said, plus the fact that men had to be the ones to hunt and fight in battle because pregnant people kind of suck at running, fighting and killing and men were the only ones guaranteed to not be knocked up. So that's a big part of why they're considered the stronger and braver ones, along with being genetically designed to be physically stronger.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

its my understanding that Spartan women were treated well unlike other cultures

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Reword, please.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

you sound like my science teacher....when im asleep

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I've read somewhere in a psychology book that: in New Guinea or a place similar to it, there is a tribe in which the women act manly and men act womanly. It's been a while though, but it was quite interesting and I could not wrap my mind around it. Anyone else got something on this?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm sorry but you're trying to sound all profound and whatnot yet you're talking about a parralel universe which don't really exist. It's not really mind-blowing that you thought up a parralel universe. Sorry.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

haha ur wrong. the way women dress shows off features that males instinctively find attractive. showing legs is one, for example. when women mature and become fertile, their legs actually grow a a slightly faster rate the the upper torso. therefore, a women that can breed has longer legs than one that is too young. because the base instinct of a man is to reproduce(thats why guys just want sex) he will look for a woman with long legs, and often times tiny shorts or a miniskirt will show that off. this rule goes for most things we do, including what we wear. so, in a parallel universe (which actually could exist, unlike most these uneducated trolls say otherwise), women would still dress slutty and mean would still wear muscle-tight shirts.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well that depends. In this alternate universe the features that men and women instinctualy find attractive could be different and could affect the way cultures developed in terms of socially accepted male and female behaviour as well as clothing.

by Anonymous 12 years ago