Explananda Re: Psycho-sexual explanation

[Luke Weiger]

Miles wrote:
> Let's say I want to explain gender inequality via "psychosexual
> factors"--male anxieties, unconscious resentment because men lack
> wombs, fear of women's menstrual cycles, whatever.  This is
> neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for gender inequality
> in a society.

No--the psychological factors (just like the material ones) are a part of a
set of conditions that are together sufficient to bring about gender
inequality.

-- Luke