Wow! I don't know how I missed P.A.'s "Red Queen" article. It's brilliant.

Thanks for posting this to lead us to what may be the best post here on CRT.
I once worked for a lesbian couple, both MBA's who had started an executive training program that I was supposed to sell by cold-calling Fortune 500 board members. The program was excellent, but the women engineered the job so that any male would fail. The male salespeople received virtually no training and little support; we were put into cubicles with copies of annual reports and a telephone.
The female salespeople OTOH were allowed to work in groups, sharing an office and received much more training and feedback.
I lasted a week and was fired for being "too male."

I was asked to testify in their defense when another male employee sued for sexual discrimination. Needless to say, I didn't show up in court.
Lesbianism and feminism sadly are not explained by P.A.'s red queen hypothesis, and while I respect both his background and his exposition of the subject, the hypothesis does lack in some areas, which I feel may only be explicable through sociology, anthropology and/or psychology. The modern world obviates some of the "natural" parts of natural selection.
Still, I haven't read a better explanation for some female behaviors. Good for you, Party Animal!
