Why Do We Think Women Are Better People?

Nikita Coulombe
7 min readNov 6, 2016
… and no women ever invented life-saving antibiotics, electricity, or the printing press. In fact, men are listed as the primary inventor in more than 9 out of 10 patents and the top patent classes where women are the primary inventor are travel goods and personal belongings, jewelry, and apparel. Who is sexist here: Michael Moore, me, society, or mother nature? If you answered “all of the above,” click here to exit this article.

In The Myth of Male Power, Warren Farrell remarked, “feminism suggested that God might be a ‘She,’ but never suggested that the devil might also be a ‘she.’”

In a revealing Pew survey, both men and women thought women are better people than men — more compassionate, honest, intelligent, outgoing and creative. The sexes were tied when it came to perceptions of their work ethic and…

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