men & women: how are they different in modern world?

December 13, 2010 Leave a comment

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Here are some interesting insights into the characteristics of modern men and woman:

Excerpts: “While not all academics agree that it happens on a consistent basis, their findings suggest that women experience the flip side of the equation — the beauty penalty — more often. In examining the impact of gender and beauty in the labor market, a study published in the Journal of Economic Psychology pointed out that handsome men win out, as opposed to fetching women. Theoretically, male beauty evokes perceptions of leadership, while female beauty stirs untrustworthiness when their work performance is singled out from a group. In a way then, the definition of ”too good looking” in the workplace is merely looking like our socially constructed concept of a female.”

“What I don’t like is anything that says women are better than men. We may have tendencies to see a bigger picture than men, as Sally Helgesen discovered in her research for the “The Female Vision.” Yet men tend to focus better. We may create a stronger communal foundation than men. Yet men have a strong loyalty to “the team” and may be more steadfast than women. We may have a better ear for emotions, making us more empathetic and possibly more persuasive when we tie emotional need to the goal. Yet men are seen as more willing to take the time to build critical business alliances.”

As our tendencies seem to shift with each new generation, with women being more decisive and and men being more empathetic, the “who does what better” arguments will and should fall away.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristen-conger/just-how-good-is-too-good_b_657308.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcia-reynolds/what-is-femininity_b_748070.html

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/study-pretty-women-dont-get-hired-2428355/

my lord. a thousand years. a thousand years. 

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About Mikyung
Mikyung received a doctoral degree in social science and did research on international trade and industrial production of certain commercial goods. Her research focused on international trade and industrial production of certain consumer goods and the impacts of trade agreement on them from economics perspective. What I learned from my research experience is that when countries engaged in fast, robust industrialization, economic development and growth, they often did so by heavily developing consumer markets to sell their products. Often these countries had poor domestic markets because of their low level of economic developments and low living standard and quality. So, they have heavily relied on foreign markets to export, pursuing “extrovert economic development and growth.” For these countries, “often their governments” have presided in the center of their economic development and export endeavors, because developing export markets, foreign markets often require rigorous, collective efforts of human skills, financial, physical capitals and diplomatic capability, which can be afforded by either larger corporations and governments but not by medium and small companies. Therefore, often their governments have been heavily involved in their national development projects, as we have seen in the Asian Economic Miracle Cases of Japan in earlier days, South Korea, Taiwan, China and later by Brazil. And they have succeeded in improving their economic power, living standards and global status…. In contrast, in the United States of America, the relatively affluent domestic consumer market and economy have incubated domestic businesses to settle down in domestic markets (introvert economic development and growth) and employed relatively relaxed business practices while trying to fend off foreign competition by seeking government protection against foreign imports that have been backed by fierce foreign business entities and their governments as their joint endeavors to promote their exports and achieve economic growth………In the middle of recession and job losses, in the middle of heated inter-governmental trade war for trade-economic-fitness and survivals, domestic argument of politicians for who is fit to be US President is whether he will reduce the government size to smaller and let private business entities rule over the freer market (As a result of this, what happen to this country for the last three years, as a matter of facts for the last four or five years?) one of the heated domestic debates of 2012 presidential election is whether to create a smaller, dwarf government (in competition with Stronger, Mighty, Focused Governments of Globally Rising Competitors !). It almost sounds like this country is desperate to dwindle its economy and internal status in the world economy and trade…..

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