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Essay Archive - Women, Men and Competition
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
competit....
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