Comments | arcanethoughts: I'm Hugging You, But I'm Hurting You

arcanethoughts

I'm Hugging You, But I'm Hurting You

Dec 13, 2006 23:05

Here is Doris Goodwin at the Kennedy Center talking up her new book about President Lincoln. In this excerpt from the Q&A she talks about the relationship between Secretary of War Stanton and Secretary of Treasurer Chase and a few other characters of history ( Read more... )

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lexislee20 December 14 2006, 16:05:13 UTC

According to my American Studies intro class the two sexes lived in seperate spheres as suggested above, and only had each other to communicate with, even after marriage in many cases. This obviously led to strong bonds ( ... )

arcanethoughts December 14 2006, 16:35:34 UTC

thanks for the comments, these are interesting thoughts.

It raises a few more questions which I'd like to hear your thoughts on:

1. Can the mentally strong man make a come back? Has he already started to? If the physically strong man's act of replacing the mentally strong man tore down some of these relationships, could we build them back up.

2. Are women happy or have they at least adapted to a point where they prefer the strong physical man, or were they the ones who engineered the shift in the first place? If they were responsible, do you think women might start to push back for more mental strength?

long replies :) lexislee20 December 14 2006, 17:24:16 UTC

1. Can the mentally strong man make a come back? Has he already started to? If the physically strong man's act of replacing the mentally strong man tore down some of these relationships, could we build them back up ( ... )