Term Papers on Women, Men And Competition

Term Paper Title	Women, Men And Competition
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Women, Men and Competition

     Loudly and often, women insist they don't like competition, and that
competition is an act of aggression. Ironically, however, competition as
aggression is inevitable in a society where men must compete for the attention
of women.  Women encourage this. Every time they passively wait for men to take
the initiative, or reject nurturing men in deference to domineering men, they
sustain the dynamic of dominance. Ignoring this, pop-feminists contend
competition is the capitalization of aggression, and men do it to the detriment
of all.
     Does this mean fighting for domination is the only way to compete? That
competition is solely a product of masculine socialization and something we can
do without?  Masculine socialization has nothing to do with it. In one way or
another, all living things compete, because wanting creates competition. You
want to live, so you offer goods or services to others in exchange for the goods
and services you need to survive. The better the goods and services you offer,
the more you can get in exchange, and the better you will be able to live.
     To live well, you make your "stuff" as good as possible relative to what
your "competition" offers. That is the essence of competition in a free market.
It respects the rights of others, and everybody wins because it works through
validation rather than domination.
     Competition as validation is the process by which the efficacy of ideas,
knowledge, and products is validated by consumers. They choose what they value
most. To the extent our economy encourages winning through validation, it works.
Most women, however, encourage competition through domination by ignoring
cooperative, nurturing men to give their love and sex to domineering, "virile"
men. What's more, women compete, and they compete to win.  This is especially
evident in women's response to the invention of the rubber condom.
     Prior to the 1870's, prostitution in Europe was prevalent. Victorian
ladies' distaste for sex encouraged "an explosive increase in prostitution" that
caused "an epidemic spread of venereal disease, and a morbid taste for
masochism." Then, women began to compete sexually, and prostitution had to go.
They began to compete with prostitutes for their husbands' continuing attentions.

     What changed? Men started using rubber condoms. This gave women the
option of enjoying sex without risking pregnancy, and that meant women now
viewed prostitutes as sexual competitors. Subsequently, they demanded laws
prohibiting prostitution, belying the myth that women don't compete.  Women say
this is men's fault. That men have forced the necessity of sexual competition
upon women and that, left to themselves, women hearken to a more cooperative
agenda. But the facts do not support this contention. Even among themselves,
where male attention is not the objective, women still compete without
compunction.
     Women objectify themselve...

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