cyrano, i dont know about you, but in my process i refused to cast,or accept blame... too much negative weight associated with it.. i prefer to find causes, and reasons, and i think if a fair assessment were taken, there is cause on both sides...

traditionally, historically, men have held the upper hand, is it simply becaues we can physically beat them ( not all of them, some girls can really kick some butt)?

i think its partly because "the weaker sex" has allowed men to be in control...

so, we've had a lot of failures.. can we cut ourselves some slack? many of us really are doing the best we can..

mistakes are rife in history... as a human body, we're learning, growing... no, we havent been perfect, and far from it, but there are those we can use as examples, what about some basic inventions? the wheel?, indoor plumbing?, the printing press..

and women have contributed as well... i think we all can use some blame shaking and congratulation sharing...

both men and wpomen have contributed to the state of world affairs...

i think it would be good to remember that many of the things men do is to gain approval from women... trying for higher status, greater wealth, finer things that we beilieve will attract more of the opposite sex...

to use the current time period as reference, material goods seem to be a beacon to potential mates.. this is not an altogether healthy standpoint as we can now see...

so, we evolve, we learn, we adapt...