Re: prisoners dilemma

From: Graham, Andrew <agraham_at_mitsuibabcock.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:51:29 +0100


>
> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:49:51 GMT
> From: "Guy Jobbins" <gjobbins_at_hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: prisoners dilemma
>
> Thomas McVey
> <Yup. But it seems to me like a case of the prisoner's
> dilemma. If you put
> resources into educating the girlies, and then marry them off
> into other
> clans, then you don't have a *guarantee* you'll see the
> benefit of their
> education. If you devote the same resources into educating your
> testosterone-poisoned males, then you *know* that most of them will
> be sticking around.>

One thing to note. It will be the women and the women's cults that will do the bulk of the educating of the young girls. So the present adult generation will make sure the next generation will get a proper start in life. Think of the disgrace a family would suffer if after one of there daughters was married if was found that she could not cook or sew !  

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