Power and Gender Roles.

When it comes to power struggles, I have observed that while the motive behind the actions of men and women are often the same, the actions themselves are somewhat different. I think that this is mainly a result of cultural and societal expectations placed on either sex, and not rooted in any biological difference between the two. For example, while men are taught by various means to be aggressive in their quest for power, women …showed first 75 words of 375 total…

…showed last 75 words of 375 total…if a man presented an argument to me that I felt was completely wrong, and then presented the same argument to me, only this time with an improved appearance, I can't imagine being persuaded to change my mind solely on the basis of his looks. Yet I believe that this happens all the time when women are trying to persuade men. Men will usually listen to a woman, only if they like what they see.