Compassionate Woman

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Are Women More Compassionate than Men?
- QUOTE: ... The Dalai Lama recently argued that women have more biological potential for compassion than men. Does science support that claim? ...
  ... One reason we might think that women are more compassionate than [Compassionate Man|men]] is that we think of compassion in only one way: nurturance, kindness, softness, gentleness, and emotional warmth. We think of compassion in mostly feminized terms.
  However, expressions of deep compassion are not always nurturing or maternal. Think of the many heroic acts that happen daily in which people throw themselves into dangerous situations to help others. These are fierce, courageous, and even aggressive forms of compassion.
  Rather than suggesting that women are more compassionate than men, I would argue that they can differ in their expression of compassion. While women’s expression has culturally evolved to be expressed through nurturing and bonding behaviors, men’s compassion has traditionally evolved to involve a protective behaviors that helped ensure survival. Compassion may have taken on a different “look and feel” depending on our evolutionary needs for survival. While women tend to express “nurturing” compassion, men tend to express “fierce” compassion. ...