Survivor!

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Thu Nov 2 05:36:13 PST 2000



>CB: I think they might be defining egoist as someone who absolutely
>only cares about themself and does not care whether his or her
>offspring survive. In other words, "fitness" is not the better life
>of the egoist, but the better chance of the egoist's offspring
>surviving unto many generations...

In terms of gender, charges of "egoism," "selfishness," etc. tend to get hurled at women who abort (especially not because of rape, economic desperation, etc.), women who don't take care of their children (at all or not up to so-called "middle-class" standards), etc.

Yoshie



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