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Old 04-01-2008, 09:50 PM   #33 (permalink)
Kashmir
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Originally Posted by da Sage View Post
Agreed - men and women are different as groups, but there are always exceptions within the groups.
If you think of the normal curve what you get is two overlapping curves with the extremes of both having no overlap - but with the bulk in the middle overlapping. Think of height. On the whole men are taller than women - but there are many men shorter than many women. Where this becomes a problem is when people either consider it to be two distinct populations ie all men are taller than all women, or take it as prescriptive rather than descriptive ie you're a man therefore you must be taller than women.

For the record, like Brea, I had guns as a child - and made them when they were not available.
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