Are Women Better Listeners Than Men?

a. I think women are better listeners than men Pro:
· Women give advice from their own experiences
· Listen intently
· Women are compassionate
· Women are supportive
· Want to know all the facts Con:
· They talk way too much about one thing
· Have a tendency to act all-knowing
· Annoying at times
· Show more emotion than what is needed
· Are gossipers
b. Capital punishment is no deterrent to crime Pro:
· Zero percent chance they'll kill again
· Not supporting a criminal in jail for a lifetime
· Wont get on parole and commit their crimes again
· Discouragement of crime
· Closure for the surviving victims/loved ones Con:
· Life without parole means the prisoner is taken off the streets for good
· Execution is expensive
· Innocent people may die
· Killing the killer doesn't make the government any better
· Poor peole don't have the income to get good defense c. "Hard" sciences such as math are more difficult than "soft" sciences such as sociology Pro:
· More prepared for life situations
· Fewer people are good at "hard" sciences in comparison to "soft" sciences
· Larger expansion of knowledge
· Being accurate
· "hard" sciences are usually less intuitively understandable than "soft" sciences Con:
· Missing job opportunities because less knowledge of each type of science
· Many "soft" sciences like sociology are based on observations, which, while making them seem simple, in reality makes the process of research quite difficult
· there is no objective ground for differentiation, only inclinations of different people d. The production and sale of cigarettes must be outlawed for the health of the American public. Pro:
· Decreased number of smokers
· Toxic levels of chemicals found in cigarettes and in medications (Theophylline)
· Stop underage smokers
· Stop some littering
· Saves consumers money Con:
· losing jobs for all the cigarette makers
· find alternate bad habits
· State losing