----- Original Message -----
From: "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: some U.S. observations and notes
> From: "Samantha Atkins" <samantha@objectent.com>
> > Men are generally more prone to many types of
> > crime. This has been noticed for quite some time. It is not
> > that men are being unfairly persecuted per se.
>
> Men are also prone to many types of leadership. This has been noticed for
> quite some time. It is not that men are being unfairly selected for
leadership
> (especially in science and math) per se, it's just that men are better at
it.
> In contrast, when you see a turtle on a fencepost, you know someone helped
it
> to get there.
Something more to consider: women are more apt to be given breaks than men,
when it comes to crime and prison sentences. Generally speaking, to be
sure, but "explanations" for why women turn to crime are considered more
often than for men (i.e., the assumption being that if women do wrong it
must be because they're victims of something or other, while men - because,
after all, they're men" - are responsible for their crimes, period).
O.
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