It is important to understand the implications of the fact that we are a sexually dimorphic species.

Women have never been as powerless as they are often portrayed. Women’s power has mostly been indirect because female aggression tends to be indirect. Many women refuse to admit it occurs at all, even to themselves.

The objectIves of female aggression are not always beneficial. Women are not angels, any more than men are. Lady Macbeth is fiction, but the character rings true. We know how male misbehavior looks. We have not agreed on a catalog of female misbehavior. Corporate conduct standards focus on male typical misconduct and ignore female typical misconduct, almost as if it doesn’t exist. There is, of course, misconduct perpetrated by both sexes. Embezzlement comes to mind.

We need to require positive-sum behavior from everyone. That’s another thing to catalog. What positive sum games are more typical of women than men? How can we reward women for playing them?