Reply #52: well, we can either shove women with the same psycho-social profiles as men in power have...

[Runcible Spoon]

into positions of power or we can change the whole culture of business by rewarding social benefit, mature growth vs. rampant speculation, and responsibility. I don't like to argue gender essentialism; it is true that nature probably rewarded risk-taking in human males more than women, but our entire evolution consists of social interactionalism (among each other and with the environment), not merely base instinct. I would argue that this is precisely what makes us human. As such, we need to reject this whole idea that gender somehow predetermines behavior in men and women. Someone downthread mentioned brain scan studies showing certain areas of the brain associated with impulse and risk-taking more active in men than women, but the same research also suggests that neural pathways are constantly forged and reinforced by repetitive cognitive activity. In other words, brains PHYSICALLY change according to our life experiences and what we choose to obsess over or avoid.