Yes. I hypothesise that feminism is the main arena for female intrasexual competition for elite women to control the fertility of other women. Feminism has done more to suppress female reproductive fitness than any 'patriarchy'. Ill be writing about this soon.
It's not a conscious motivation it's an ultimate evolutionary motivation. Which is what I mean when I write " So, are women ignorant? I doubt many would want to admit to that, though most (though not all) are ignorant of the fact that, in terms of proximate and ultimate explanations, the right-hand often does not know what the left-hand is doing."
Most people are ignorant of proximate and ultimate motivations. There's a link to explain them in the post
There must be positive sum games women play, perhaps with relatives? Christianity spread positive sum games for men beyond the kin group. Can we do that for women?
What would be some good examples, hypothetical or realized, of a woman competing in harmony with her nature while doing so for a noble ends and via noble means? Or…is my question oversimplified by my word “noble”?
Right. The same rationalist toolbox works for dismantling a female politician's claims as a male one's--but if you use it they can charge you with sexism.
“Covert female intrasexual competition” is just unpleasant women being nasty to each other and trying to avoid the consequences because their innate biological weakness renders them less physically and cognitively able than men to predict and deal with the outcome. If they were able then they wouldn’t be unpleasant to each other and “sis” would mutatis mutandis be emotionally equivalent to “bro” and convey the same implication of trust.
A good case study would be the struggle between the TERF and post modernist feminists.
Yes. I hypothesise that feminism is the main arena for female intrasexual competition for elite women to control the fertility of other women. Feminism has done more to suppress female reproductive fitness than any 'patriarchy'. Ill be writing about this soon.
It's not a conscious motivation it's an ultimate evolutionary motivation. Which is what I mean when I write " So, are women ignorant? I doubt many would want to admit to that, though most (though not all) are ignorant of the fact that, in terms of proximate and ultimate explanations, the right-hand often does not know what the left-hand is doing."
Most people are ignorant of proximate and ultimate motivations. There's a link to explain them in the post
"Power" is a proximate motivation to do something. You don't seek power to do nothing with it.
e,g,: Evolution created the proximate sense of hunger to fulfill the ultimate evolutionary goal of eating so we don't die.
Similarly, it created our libido to make us want to have sex with the ultimate evolutionary goal of reproducing.
All competition is to rob the enemy of some facet of evolutionary fitness, whether we realise it or not.
There must be positive sum games women play, perhaps with relatives? Christianity spread positive sum games for men beyond the kin group. Can we do that for women?
What would be some good examples, hypothetical or realized, of a woman competing in harmony with her nature while doing so for a noble ends and via noble means? Or…is my question oversimplified by my word “noble”?
More specific: How could Hilary Clinton have acted and spoken better about Tulsi?
She could have provided evidence. 8
Right. The same rationalist toolbox works for dismantling a female politician's claims as a male one's--but if you use it they can charge you with sexism.
Good and perfect point. Thank you Paula.
Burn down the longhouse!
“Covert female intrasexual competition” is just unpleasant women being nasty to each other and trying to avoid the consequences because their innate biological weakness renders them less physically and cognitively able than men to predict and deal with the outcome. If they were able then they wouldn’t be unpleasant to each other and “sis” would mutatis mutandis be emotionally equivalent to “bro” and convey the same implication of trust.
Female intrasexual competition is covert because escalation is potentially very costly. Harem politics includes murdered infants and children.
I think it's more that women play the same dirty games men do, but feminists made it 'sexist' to call that out if it's a woman doing it.