Men vs. women
I just read an article about women writing a male POV.
For the most part I disagree with the article. The author went on to state how different men and women are in their thought processes. Women are more sneaky. Not her word. Men mean exactly what they say. Excuse me? How many men has this woman been around? Only her husband? Has she never been in an industry that is male dominated? Well, I have.
Ladies, guess what? Men do cry. The myth is they don't. Some of the toughest men I've ever met have made comments about reading a story or watching a movie and their sinuses acted up. Okay, so they didn't say they cried. They blamed it on their sinuses.
Which brings us back to men saying exactly what they mean. When they talk about their sinus problems after reading a sad story or watching a sad movie, they mean they cried. They don't mean the pollen outside is all of a sudden disturbing them.
And she stated that men aren't complex. We women, in our complexity, want to make men complex. Hello! I'm back to wondering how much interaction this woman has had with real men. Not the men in novels or movies, but you know, men in real life. Not sexually, but as friends. Men are not simpletons. To state they don't have the complexities is pretty damned insulting to all the men I know, have known or will meet in the future.
Oh, men also don't have pet names unless they want sex or are in the middle of sex. Again. Bullshit. A lot of different men have pet names for me. They might want sex, but I know they aren't using a pet name on me in the hopes of getting sex from me. That's just limited, prejudiced thinking on this supposed experts thinking.
What makes me rebuttal this experts opinion? First, I started life with four brothers and one sister. When I joined the working world, I spent many years throughout my professional life in industries that are predominately male.
Men gossip. Gasp. Isn't that a shock. It was to me when I first realized they were as bad, maybe even worse than women. They play mind games. Yeah, they might play a mean game of football, basketball, base ball, pool, etc., but they also play mind games.
Men do cry. Those emotions that only women are supposed to feel, well, men feel them to. They don't like a cheating spouse any more than a woman does. If they've been betrayed, they feel the hurt too. If a loved one dies, they are just as upset and emotional as a woman. I've seen this with my own eyes.
If the author of the article is married to such a Neanderthal, I'm sorry for her. If all the men in her life are that simple, she needs to find a higher class of friends. If my husband was that stupid and ignorant, I can assure you, he'd be out the door. For God's sake, cucumbers are on sale often enough that I'd never tolerate a complete moron for a spouse.
Ladies, men really do more than grunt and fart. Honestly. If this is who women want to portray men in their novels, is it no wonder the divorce rate is so high? Imagine the shock when a woman learns that a man does speak, communicate, talk back, cry, laugh and has a vocabulary that's equal to hers.
For all the men reading this, let me apologize to you for the article that woman wrote about how to realistically portray a man. I have no idea who she is, but her bigoted view of men is just that. Not all women think you're pathetic.
Good morning, John.
For the most part I disagree with the article. The author went on to state how different men and women are in their thought processes. Women are more sneaky. Not her word. Men mean exactly what they say. Excuse me? How many men has this woman been around? Only her husband? Has she never been in an industry that is male dominated? Well, I have.
Ladies, guess what? Men do cry. The myth is they don't. Some of the toughest men I've ever met have made comments about reading a story or watching a movie and their sinuses acted up. Okay, so they didn't say they cried. They blamed it on their sinuses.
Which brings us back to men saying exactly what they mean. When they talk about their sinus problems after reading a sad story or watching a sad movie, they mean they cried. They don't mean the pollen outside is all of a sudden disturbing them.
And she stated that men aren't complex. We women, in our complexity, want to make men complex. Hello! I'm back to wondering how much interaction this woman has had with real men. Not the men in novels or movies, but you know, men in real life. Not sexually, but as friends. Men are not simpletons. To state they don't have the complexities is pretty damned insulting to all the men I know, have known or will meet in the future.
Oh, men also don't have pet names unless they want sex or are in the middle of sex. Again. Bullshit. A lot of different men have pet names for me. They might want sex, but I know they aren't using a pet name on me in the hopes of getting sex from me. That's just limited, prejudiced thinking on this supposed experts thinking.
What makes me rebuttal this experts opinion? First, I started life with four brothers and one sister. When I joined the working world, I spent many years throughout my professional life in industries that are predominately male.
Men gossip. Gasp. Isn't that a shock. It was to me when I first realized they were as bad, maybe even worse than women. They play mind games. Yeah, they might play a mean game of football, basketball, base ball, pool, etc., but they also play mind games.
Men do cry. Those emotions that only women are supposed to feel, well, men feel them to. They don't like a cheating spouse any more than a woman does. If they've been betrayed, they feel the hurt too. If a loved one dies, they are just as upset and emotional as a woman. I've seen this with my own eyes.
If the author of the article is married to such a Neanderthal, I'm sorry for her. If all the men in her life are that simple, she needs to find a higher class of friends. If my husband was that stupid and ignorant, I can assure you, he'd be out the door. For God's sake, cucumbers are on sale often enough that I'd never tolerate a complete moron for a spouse.
Ladies, men really do more than grunt and fart. Honestly. If this is who women want to portray men in their novels, is it no wonder the divorce rate is so high? Imagine the shock when a woman learns that a man does speak, communicate, talk back, cry, laugh and has a vocabulary that's equal to hers.
For all the men reading this, let me apologize to you for the article that woman wrote about how to realistically portray a man. I have no idea who she is, but her bigoted view of men is just that. Not all women think you're pathetic.
Good morning, John.
2 Comments:
As I was reading that article I started to wonder if it was a parody. The author couldn't be serious.
If it's a parody, when it was forwarded to me, it wasn't done so as one. Which is why I was so shocked.
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