>From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: Dangerous men...
>Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 12:05:05 -0500
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>joanna bujes wrote:
> >
> > I had a revelation about why women are attracted to "dangerous" men. The
> > standard theories are
> >
> > [clip]
> >
> > My theory/revelation:
> >
> > Women [clip]
> >
> > ....but what do you all think about the theory
> > itself. . . .[clip]
>
>I would be suspicious of the category, "women... attracted to
>'dangerous' men." How many women are? And on what basis would you decide
>that there is any particular common element (aside from the empirical
>fact itself) defining the category. The question "why" cannot be
>answered in respect to a mere random collection of contingencies.
>
>Do "dangerous men" form a relatively stable part of the population under
>different historical conditions? Or does the number vary according to
>the complex of social relations existing at any given time and place? Do
>all women "attracted to dangerous men" _continue_ to be attracted to
>dangerous men only? Are some "dangerous men" dangerous only in certain
>contexts or in response to some women, not all women? Is it possible to
>answer any of these questions?
>
>It's been a long time since I read the book, but the two chapters on
>women in the Chinese revolution in Jack Belden's _China Shakes the
>World_ might be relevant here.
>
>Carrol
>
> >
> > Joanna
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