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"Well...how can feminists convince women of anything, when it's all biological? Are you saying that women have a choice, and that they can choose not to do what comes biologically naturally to them? If so, we have some lovely parting gifts for you..."
Women have the choice to TRY to transcend their biological proclivities, but they rarely, if ever, succeed. They end up feeling guilty about neglecting their kids because of work, or, if they choose not to have kids, they feel empty and incomplete. They also often avoid feeling guilty or empty by dumping their domestic responsibilities on others, such as taxpayers who have to fund daycare centers, and childless people who have to work overtime so that "career moms" can go home to be with their families. This may be acceptable to you, and it's certainly acceptable to feminists, but there are many people who think it's unfair, and rightly so.
"At least it's considered an "accident" when men blow off limbs doing things to relieve their need to see combustion or to impress the ladies."
Right. Men going to war to crush fascism, building cities and advancing technology to improve the quality of life is all about impressing YOU and needing to see shiny things explode.
"Women were expected to go through the painful ordeal of childbirth for thousands of years w/ little, ineffective, or no medication, and it was considered normal."
Well, childbirth IS a completely natural process that other animals go through without any drugs. That would seem to qualify it as perfectly normal.
"Also, women can also get legs blown off by landmines (see "civilian casualties") and cut their hands off in metal shop (see "high school females taking shop class") - that's not at all intrinsic to males."
Perhaps, but rarely. No matter though. That fact does nothing to discredit my point that men can endure any pain women can endure.
And you still haven't explained the "testosterone factor" (you just made that up, didn't you?).
"It was signed, "XOXO, Madame Tricky", and was a stunning little song to you, quoted from Crosby, Stills & Nash. If you assumed at the time that a guy wrote that to you, I'd ask you to please adopt a "don't ask, don't tell" policy around here. If you didn't read it at all, you're in no position to say that I've never revealed my gender."
All right, relax. Who cares?
"Ol' Rob didn't ask me what I thought - you did. So I believe it's your responsibility to respond, not Rob's."
Actually, if you recall, I DIDN'T ask you what you thought. In fact, I specifically requested that you keep your opinions to yourself. But in any case, I didn't write "Rob's" article, and I really don't feel like responding to your few quibbles with it. He posted it on the web for everyone to read, and provides his e-mail address for people such as yourself who have a problem with it and want to argue. Are you afraid of what he might say? After all, you haven't been able to decisively defeat me, and I'm just a punk college student who doesn't even possess half of the knowledge he possesses.
"What about the frigging Renaissance Man? I thought he was focused on his career, b/c of his testosterone level! Women don't have that pesky problem."
Crafty. You turn my refutation of your claim into an attack on me, but it ain't gonna work sister. You said that women are inherently better than men at multitasking, and I showed you that that was a foolish, sweeping generalization. As to testosterone causing men to focus on their careers, that may be true, but it's not the point. The point is that men tend to venture out into the world while women remain domestic. I'm certain that both sexes are adept at multitasking within their particular domains.
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"Caligula, you're an idiot. I hope you don't breed."
Lighten up you asshole. It was a joke.
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