Your Opinion: do you think that Women are Conditioned differently than Men, & why/why not?

Question

**Not a judgment statement**

Speaking in terms of gender, male/female:

Do you find that women are conditioned from a young age by society as a whole that "they are not okay as they are"?

That men may be conditioned from their young age that "it's okay to be however you end up"?

My view brings the example of women feeling that they always have to lose more weight, while men don't feel so pushed to stay fit. Please feel free to expound and add your own examples.

Answer 1

Not at all. It is just that men judge women based on looks and little else so if women want to win the mating game they have no other way to compete.  It is reality makes  them that way when they grow up that makes them feel that way not society.

Answer 2

Not at all. I think it depends on who a person's parents are and who's " doing the conditioning ". If strong parenting isn't present in any given person's life, then the turnout of that person is likely to be poor regardless of whether the person is male or female...

Edit : Societal conditioning is almost always superceded by parental conditioning. In other words, if a person has the benefit of strong parenting while growing up, then the likelihood is that that person will turn out to be a person who just naturally views him / herself in a much more positive light than the person who receives weaker parenting. A strong person who's had the good fortune of quality parenting is much less likely to fall prey to the pressures that society might place upon him / her. Self esteem begins in the home at an early age. If self esteem isn't taught and instilled in a person during his / her formative years, then that person will more than likely always have problems throughout his / her life...

Answer 3

Interesting question. I don't know if it's a case of femalesbeing conditioned to believe they are 'not ok as they are'.... I think it's more a case of society in general focusing on little girls looks, with comments like 'Ow you are so pretty', 'ow, what a sweet thing'....etc.

Society, friends, family, men use words like 'sweet', 'princess', 'pretty', 'beautifull', 'darling' when talking to little girls. Little girls are conditioned to be adored!!

It's really up to the parents - Parent's need to encourage others to re-direct their focus to reinforce that looks are less important than what we 'do' in life and the kind of person we are.