@sozobe,
sozobe wrote:I think one's gender is probably part of it. But there are enough exceptions on both sides (men who don't like to debate, women who do like to debate) that I don't think it's mostly about gender.
Yes, the generalization naturally has exceptions (I probably think there are a lot fewer than I think you do too). But I think that the generalization is a valid one with the relative differences in likelihood to enter debate between genders being sorta about gender.
Quote:One's approach to debate is influenced by a whole lot of things, from what sort of background/ culture you come from (some cultures are notably "louder" and more comfortable with debate than others -- I'd include Jewish and Italian cultures, for example), to age, to educational background, to inherent temperament, to all sorts of other elements.
Oh, I get what you mean about "mostly" now. Yeah, I'm sure one's gender is not the
primary cause of one's affinity for debate. But again this feels like pointing out the obvious to me, I can't think of many things about humans that are entirely ascribable to any single factor.
