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Posted by Peter Rosa on Wed Apr 13 22:43:50 2011, in response to Re: IQ and Sex, posted by JayMan on Wed Apr 13 16:30:35 2011. But the thing to remember is that Europe, the Near East and East Asia have been civilized for a long time (~5000 years continuously in the case of China). Being important, at least enough to raise a brood, didn't depend on being "big tough guy" as much as it did for hunter-gatherer, and to a less extent, pastoral societies. Brains become more important. Hence that's why these groups became less masculine.I don't agree that men of any particular racial/ethnic group are more or less masculine than men from other groups. Now, there are some pretty much undeniable physical differences among groups. For instance, men of West African descent have a relatively high proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers, which in part accounts for their dominance of sports like football and basketball, while East Asian men tend to be smaller than other. It is tempting to take the next step and conclude that men who have more masculine physical traits are more masculine, period. What this approach overlooks is the fact that masculinity is as much mental as physical. My blog |
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