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by cedilla 246 days ago
What an absolutely hilarious idea that appeals to emotion are a uniquely feminine way to tackle a problem, while men just go on and make logical arguments, which I assume they then scrutinize rationally to be convinced by the most rigorously argued-for one.
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This reminds me of my father getting so frustrated with something that didnt go his way, yelling about all the “idiots” that are the problem and that he was the only unemotional rational person there. Plus every other variant of this. I eventually told him he was one of the more emotional people I knew; that anger is an emotion. On the positive he started checking his random lashing out at these invisible (to everyone else) enemies.

Other than that, one need to look no further than the guys in the White House/ICE for examples of highly emotionally based men.

That reminds me all the armies of women go passive-aggressive when hings don't go their way.
The amusing part was it seemed my comment provoked a deep insecurity about that-that ended up living in his head from that point forward. It was typical banter but turns out that one struck a chord
The purely analytical professions are dominated by men. The caring, empathy-forward professions are dominated by women. This is purely coincidental.
If, when asked why most mathematicians are men, from the whole universe of possibilities there are only two reasons that come to your mind: women are emotional, or it's random chance - then I have really bad news about your talent for male rationality and critical thinking.
We all know that men are engaged in rational thinking when they pull a gun on somebody who cut them off in traffic /s.