has gender difference any role to play in ethics?
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I do think that there are differences between gender.  There are differences among cultures too.  I especially like the first link below.  It's by Carol Gilligan (the guru of gender differences).  It gives some really good insight.\n\nMen tend to value:\nJustice/gratification\nFactual vs logical and right/wrong\nLogic\nLogic and rule-based\nLess caring\nMatter of fact (practical)\nPresent focus\nStrict rules\nBlack and white\nIndependence\nRigid\nTaking a commanding role\n\nWomen tend to value:\nReason\nEmotional\nImpact on relationships\nCompassion\nCaring and concern\nMore caring\nRationalizing away facts (abstract)\nFuture focus\nMaking exceptions\nShades of gray\nDependence\nPeople-oriented\nShying away from decision-making
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Physiologically, there are no differences between male and female brains.\n\nWhat is different is how they are used, and which side is dominant.  \n\nBut then again, some people regardless of gender, are right-brained.  Others are left-brained.
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Yes, as both the genders have to work together all through their lives, let it be in office or at home.
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Define different. You could as easily say a different standard is expected of men. The answer is yes, though. Women are expected to behave differently than men. The consequences if they do not behave as expected are often severe...
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I don't think you can say this as a general rule. There are male directors who portray women in a very sympathetic way, such as Mike Leigh. \nI suppose every director would like to think that his/her direction is in some way different to everyone else (otherwise why bother) but I don't think you can say female directors by virtue of being female have some sort of exclusive right to represent women in a particular way.
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Morality is usually concerned with personal issue whereas ethics is concerned when issue takes into account another person.
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The phrase act of man connotes sexism. It is not gender sensitive.\n\nThe human act is gender sensitive phrase. It is acceptable to gender sensitive persons
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I'm fairly sure it's about the same across the board- gender issues are very complex, but in a simple way, as well.\n\nI just can't say more without some details.
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Wow, this could almost be asked under Philosophy, too.  There is so much I could say in answer to this provocative line of thought, but maybe I will just keep it simple for once in my life:\nIf we think of men and women simply as the two inseparable halves of one whole, without both of which being in healthy existence, there would be no human species, then the question of equality becomes moot.\nYes, each half has by nature been given strengths and genetic "jobs" to fulfill, both necessary to the ultimate survival of the species.\nOn top of that we have been given awesome intellect and deep emotional and spiritual reservoirs to allow us an existence raised above the mere day to day survival necessities of food, shelter and procreation.\nSo, my answer to your question is that we are equal by our natures.  Different, but no less equal. We are partners, not combatants.
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No, they do not. It is partly physiological differences, but there are many obstacles and hidden barriers at the workplace and society still nonetheless.\n\nThe media has actually played a negative role recently and even towards men.
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On each level theres an argument that inequality is higher depending on gender. Depending on what you are trying to analyze there will be some differences but as a general rule women will be confronted with higher amounts of inequality in each dimension than their male counterparts. In the job market women will be paid less, and have a tougher time advancing in their field across the board when looking at the dimensions of inequality. The same could be assumed along lines of prestige as most societies still have some form of male domination or patirachy even if its receding. \n\nFor most levels of analysis women will find more inequality by comparison to males across the board when looking at different dimensions of inequality
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don't know what is a prestion\nrespect by ethics in workplace says u treat people fairly as individuals and treat them with respect whichever position they hold
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It is most shameful and unacceptable to find difference between male and female in India,despite being a democratic and being on the footage of being an advance country in all direction.We follow the steps of many western and other countries and copy them in matching male with female but to no avail.We are in 21st century and education,good social values and other moral values are spreading like a fire in every nook and corner of the country.The rural areas are fast approaching their urban counterparts in learning and learning good for the family and society and working shoulder to shoulder of male partner.You can dind women in every profession-including defence,civil services,banks.spaced technology,teachers,trainers,good administrators,fine managers,good mothers and house wives and even looking after their old age parents or younger sisters and brothers better than their male counterparts in the society.Tell me where they are not.They are competing with the male in each and every field including flying fighting planes and commercial planes.\n\nHow can we forget great women like Sarojini Naidu,Indira Gandhi a few to mention.these are not stray cases.We have women controlling big industries worth billions and billions of rupees.They are the best entertainers to their male counterparts.They are devoted,faithful,loving,caring,wise and above all soft at heart.\n\nI do not see why a difference is still being mainained by even educated males.It is not unfortunate but it is most shocking and a serious problem of the Indian society even after 60 years of independence.Many women also participated in the freedom fighting against the Britishers before 1947.\n\nThe difference if any is only due to the evil brain of the male who on one side feels the better being and more educated and more responsible.But I feel this is not the real man who represents the male but only falsehood,which is not only creating confusion but also problems for self and others.\n\nIt is really high time that the real male wakes up from his deep slumber of domination and recognises the true counterpart the female without whom he is incomplete in all the spheres.It is the time that empowered the women with full heart and support and made them feel a strong person as male in any nook and corner of the Indian sub-continent and in any field and help them to come up with sincerity and honesty.\n\nThe 30% reservation to be introduced in the Parliament is all an eyewash and without any meaning as the politicians sitting there have not political will to do any justice to the woman in India.I can only advise these people to make officially 50% reservation for women in each and every field.\n\nIt is high time,let us all get together and make the Indian soil worth living ever happily with a smiling and a happy woman and stop all stupid desires of having only a male child.Every female is not only good but better than the male.Let this message also go the rural India to wake up unless it is too late.Let us change our thinking be good and reasonable atleast to start with.
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it's an argument that's as old as it is contentious: that male and female brains work differently.\n\nMichael Gurian, psychologist and author of "What Could He Be Thinking?" believes there are about a hundred structural differences that have been identified between the male and female brain.\n\n"Men, because we tend to compartmentalize our communication into a smaller part of the brain, we tend to be better at getting right to the issue," he said.\n\n"The more female brain (will) gather a lot of material, gather a lot of information, feel a lot, hear a lot, sense a lot," he said.\n\nScientists say males have more activity in mechanical centers of the brain, whereas females show more activity in verbal and emotional centers.\n\nThe differences can be noticed from early childhood, Gurian said, such as when an adult gives a child a doll.\n\n"That doll becomes life-like to that girl, but you give it to a two-year-old boy and you are more likely, not all the time, but you are more likely than not to see that boy try to take the head off the doll," he said.\n\n"He thinks spatial-mechanical. He's using the doll as an object".\n\nTo find out why these differences exist, scientists have taken voyages deep inside the gray matter using MRI scans.\n\nThe scans show that in most women, the corpus callosum area, which handles communication between the brain's two "hemispheres", is larger.\n\nIn layman's terms, it means that the two sides of the female brain "talk" better to each other -- which could explain why studies show women tend to multi-task better.\n\nOn the other hand, the scans show men tend to move information more easily within each hemisphere.\n\nIt all boils down to genes, according to Dr. Marianne Legato Partnership for Gender Specific Medicine Columbia University.\n\nWomen are born with two X chromosomes, and men with an X and a Y.\n\n"And on that Y chromosome are at least 21 unique genes unique to males which control many of the body's operations down to the level of the cells," Dr Legato said.\n\nShe also said those genetic differences explain other differences, like why men can drink more alcohol than women without becoming intoxicated.\n\n"Women do not have the enzyme in their stomach that degrades alcohol which men have," she said.\n\nUnfortunately it doesn't explain why some men leave the toilet seat up, or some women can't take out the garbage.
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thank goodness this attitude is changing slowly but surely. remember in Ancient Times the Ladies were thought to be second class citizens and were the ones who brought sin into the world since Eve was the one who first ate the Forbidden Fruit and talked Adam into eating it. ( if one looks at the same scenario a little differently Eve -- representing the ladies was the one who brought wisdom and knowledge into the world ). before I moved I went to a Church where we had three Lady Ministers who did as good a job and sometimes actually better than men. should be the ability that counts not the gender.
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Ethics are action that are fair. Now have to deceived what is fair in any action you do. You can always guide people if they are not fair in their action.
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Women and men are different - whether these differences are biological or cultural is still up for debate. I personally think it's a mixture of the two- we teach boys and girls to be different, but there's an inherent difference too.\n\nSo what does that mean? Well, just that when dealing with someone of the opposite sex you have to keep this in mind. I'm a bloke, so if a girlfriend is complaining about her boss, I have to be careful not to try to offer her solutions but rather just listen- she wants sympathy, not new job interview techniques. Equally, if she and I have had a row, she has to understand that me watching TV for half an hour isn't avoiding the subject to get at her, but rather me calming down. It's a give-and-take situation.\n\nIt's an interesting question! I find it very reassuring to see that *both* sexes have trouble understanding the other... :-)