tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38452868.post7183955095264747100..comments2023-09-18T03:14:15.971-07:00Comments on Criminal Minds at Work: #WantingToMakeADifferenceCheryl Tardifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160526951596806898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38452868.post-50170321058542477782017-10-31T18:22:32.546-07:002017-10-31T18:22:32.546-07:00I don't see any reason why survivors couldn...I don't see any reason why survivors couldn't be the followers of a dominant female of a tribe who was able to coerce enough men and women to follow her and fend off competitors. There have been, still are, and will continue to be many successful matriarchal societies.<br />Male dominance is not programmed into our genes. It may, though, be programmed into our culture.Eileen Schuh:https://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38452868.post-22070751347370141322017-10-13T15:18:29.590-07:002017-10-13T15:18:29.590-07:00Eileen -
In order to understand behavior between...Eileen - <br /><br />In order to understand behavior between dominant abusive people and those around them, it is my opinion that one must delve into evolutionary biology and the primate ancestry which humans still have hard wired into their genes. As culturally "modern" as we are, there are still patterns of behavior which are linked to that which all primates - and many other mammals share. Among dominant males, not only are other males considered "prey", to be used and abused as chosen, but females - because of the important gender roles they play - also are viewed in a special light, as "prey" Genghis Khan did not become the most successful male in human history, thus passing on his genes to millions of men alive today, by being "politically correct." <br /><br />There is no evidence that a thousand years of "civilization" can change human behavior: what is being decried here, is a cultural and social violation of behavior - not anything that could be eliminated through evolution. <br /><br />If humans were ever existentially threatened - by an event such as radical climate change or nuclear war - the ones who would survive would be the ones who submitted to the dominant male of a tribe who was able to coerce enough men and women to follow him, to fend off other, hostile groups. <br /><br />A simple reading of Europe after the fall of the Romans in the fifth century, presents this in spades: not until after the Napoleonic Wars of the nineteenth century, did anything like a peaceful period lasting for any length of time, appear. <br /><br />Of course, then tensions built up, and we witnessed the destruction of Europe over three decades in the early twentieth century. Since that time, Europe has been steadily dying. <br /><br />Given the demographic processes which are underway in Europe right now, in a century, the populations of Europe will look radically different, genetically. And they will have a far different culture. <br /><br />Thank you for the post. <br /><br />Jim Jim Szpajcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676815533611428891noreply@blogger.com