What I have found is that many girls with bold, somewhat dominant personalities as children are given a lot of pretty heavy "training" to become more agreeable, quiet, and submissive.
And I have found many men who were more submissive by nature as kids were trained to toughen up and be more dominant.
Most of our daily lives isn't as much about dominance and submission, as it is about cooperation. With each person valued as an individual for what they bring to the situation.
I don't think it is the nature of all women to submit, nor the nature of all men to dominate; but there is a great deal of lifelong social pressure to fit into these neat categories.
I don't think it is necessary for one gender to be "superior". I much prefer when our default way of interaction is collaborative rather than competitive.
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I think it's both, social is a huge factor though.
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I went on a date with a guy and we were discussing things. I'd say something (that is a fact) and he'd go "really, that's a thing?" me "yea *smile*" him "are you sure" .-. and I didn't want to seem too... bossy, bitchy, whatever... so instead of going "are you sure you know what you're talking about because I know what I'm speaking of" i go.."yea, I think so *teehee ha ha*" ugh... :) it was kinda awkward. and I felt stupid for doubting myself so I didn't make him "feel bad"
Well, if you believe in transgenderism, a concept which relies wholly upon the premise of one's gender being decided by their 'gender role', then technically, ALL females would by definition have to be psychologically/biologically wired to be naturally submissive. That's the 'feminine' sexual gender role, after all; thus, according to transgender theory, since being a sexual submissive is an inherently female gender role, all sexually submissive people would be inherently effeminate, and thus either female or trans-female; whereas since being a sexual dom is an inherently male gender role, all sexually dominant people would be inherently masculine, and thus either male or trans-male. So, which is it?
I believe it is socal/leaned behavior. Girls are taught from a young age to be proper whereas "boys will be boys." It leads to a psychology of trying to please others. Mom and dad reward you for every bit of obedience where boys are almost encouraged to be rebellious. I think the same forces behind promiscuous women being labeled sluts versus promiscuous men being labeled stags are behind this. I know we've had conversations about submissiveness before, and I don't judge anyone who would rather be submissive, but I feel like there are societal and environmental reasons behind it.
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Plenty of studies show that testosterone influences socially dominant behaviour, and men of course have 16-20x the amount of testosterone than women do. If women have less testosterone then it makes sense that they'll be less dominant, and therefore more submissive.
Studies also show that women also score higher on agreeableness. Agreeableness is basically being more co-operative, more sympathetic, more likely to assume that others have good intentions, and most importantly likely to try to avoid confrontation. More submissive behaviour. A more dominant person is more likely to score low on agreeableness, especially since in order to impose their dominance they have to be willing to face confrontation.
A few studies on testosterone and dominance:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10097017
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05603-7
www.psychologytoday.com/.../testosterone-and-dominance
http://www.cogprints.org/663/1/bbs_mazur.html
Studies on agreeableness:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3149680/
ac.els-cdn.com/.../...0-S1877042812017168-main.pdfNot exactly. To submit is a choice and about entering a certain role.
However, it is often a consequence of high empathy. People that are high on empathy tend to unknowingly make that choice because they have alarm bells going of in their head more often "What if I'm wrong?", "What if I upset him/her/them".
And women are usually born with a higher capacity for empathy and agreeableness, while men on average aren't.
The solution should be that men (on average) take some time to train their empathy, while women (on average) train to take some of it away.
Make up a little bit for a problem presented by biology while being 100% honest about that there actually is a biological factor to this.I think that it originated as a psychological adaptation to oppression and violent rape/sex that was most likely common when we were still evolving (since we were wild apes back then). But over time it has slowly eroded and we have progressed to a society where women can have dominant roles (e. g a female boss with male employees). But the submissive side is still there so women choose to live out the last vestiges of this archaic relic in the privacy of their bedrooms.
Hopefully though, even this will disappear soon too.So hard to say. I do believe that it is generally biological, but the environment can change that, shaping the person to be more or less submissive. But at the core, I believe most want to please others.
Which I like, but it's also wonderful when a woman speaks up for what they want.I think it's both. I know some girls who refuse to act submissive at all.
I feel it is biology programmed into our genes
Then as part of growing up we have role models that reinforce our nature.
Most girls are submissive to me , but take a girl with an abusive or alcoholic father and most the time the girl becomes dominant to deal with this wrong/incorrect male role model.
She becomes tough and often becomes lesbian to maintain that mindset of never ever submitting to a man coz she doesn't want to ever be treated that way again.A is my opinion :)
Women are much more supportive and caring by nature while men are more competitive and Agressive my nature. This nessacarly means that the average couple will adpot such a dominant and more submissive role while in bed. And that will bleed over into their general life just like how their general life will bleed over into the bed room.
I believe we are biologically made to be the submissive sex and life makes us turn that off. I am by nature submissive but life has made me the dominant one in my circles.
Probably biological. But it's not for me. Guess I don't follow biology rules. It's not my strong suit following rules
Nope. I think it depends on your environment and upbringing. My mother is a very strong minded person. She submits to no man. I’m the same way... she does what she wants and when she want. If you were to expect her to submit she’d probably cuss you out then tell you to get to stepping.
Its a biological thing and NCBI is free and there for common folk to read and understand science, woman are naturally wired to be submissive and Man are naturally wired to dominate.
I’d say social and environmental, but this is an interesting question because some of that social conditioning has fallen away and submissiveness or tolerance is now in our genetic memory.
I think it's a biological thing, however I'm the exception haha
Mostly biological, the social element stems from biology.
How I used to act when I just began dating is so different from now and I received so much criticism for acting a certain way. So in public, I try to adhere to stereotypes but in private I am me again. I. e. argumentative as f*#k
It's natural to be submissive for a female, if she isn't submissive that's when it's environmental/social
I think it really depends on the person.
Some people are just naturally submissive, others naturally dominant (lol), and others are brought up to be either.Yes, it results from a mix of biological and societal influences
Most Girls want to look up at their men to feel safe and secure so i feel its naturaliy wired but nowadays who knows
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