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Quote of the Day: Women are not Simple
“Guys are simple… women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically.” —Dave Barry
I’d like to believe that most women, as they become older and wiser, overcome the belief that men and women are just alike. Although the Left continues to insist that we are all the same, everyone has experiences where one sex is baffled by the beliefs, comments, and actions of the other. It’s, “He knows exactly how I feel about the color green,” to, “I thought she’d love a new vacuum cleaner.”
I was just as guilty as any young woman of expecting my husband to care about the same things that I cared about; that a chick flick could be as much fun as a car chase film; that he would want to talk about his feelings when bad things happened; that he would realize how insulted I was every time I complained about something and he felt compelled to “fix it.” The list of differences in our perceptions is too enormous to include here. But eventually I realized two important ideas: (1) that we were temperamentally and in many other ways very different; and (2) that neither of us was superior or inferior in the relationship. (Of course, I secretly believe I have the upper hand.)
Once we realized how loving and helpful it was to not just reject our differences, but to embrace them, we were free to pay more attention to what was important to the other.
The best part, after 48 years of being together, is that we have both become well-trained and conditioned: we both are tuned in enough to each other that we can often anticipate when our different impressions might go off the rails and thus avert a disaster. Not always, but most of the time.
So I roll my eyes as my husband watches one of the John Wick movies and watch with him—unless it’s the fourth time. And he eats my spinach pie, as long as I add extra onions. And I refuse to watch the ultimate fighting matches or put ketchup on my scrambled eggs, and he turns up his nose at hummus and gefilte fish.
These are the actions that show that we honor our differences.
Mostly.
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One of the hallmarks of trans-as-performance and trans as it is often discussed is how superficial the understanding of women. Not even skin deep, their femininity doesn’t even penetrate the last coat of makeup.
Seriously, except for vamping and such these guys wouldn’t know women if they bit them in the ass. Which they’d better start doing soon if they want to retain their various protections.
Dylan Mulvaney is Buffalo Bill from Silence Of The Lambs prancing in a woman skin suit. Just like almost all Trannies he reduces women to a caricature. I can’t believe more women aren’t offended by this.
There are a couple of funny songs (The Woman Song and The Man Song) that sum everything up (bad language warning):
The Woman Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vg4sqPLaj8
The Man Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kMTbJl-aQ
Oh yes! The BattleBots! Ours is also Street Outlaws.
Sorry late to the party.
I have always thought that Men’sand Women’s differences relate a lot to their deep seeded instinctual roles.
Okay, most women love shopping; they should for Mother Nature assigned them the “gatherer” role so shopping is a fulfilling instinctual experience for them. Not so much for men.
On the other hand men have been assigned instinctively the hunter and protector role.
When we men are instinctively out on the veld hunting and we are figuratively facing a charging rhino we then need to have clear, prioritized and fast thinking as if our lives depend on it which in dangerous situations it does. Our instincts are to be constantly assessing danger and that leads us to be much more interested in the happenings of the outside world whereas for many women such things have no relevance.
My late wife while recounting her day always and I mean always had to recount her day chronologically giving every little tidbit equal weight without prioritizing. Men like me are much more likely to focus only on the important things and we tend to forget what we think are the unimportant details.
All that said human beings are a very adaptive species so these stereotypes don’t always hold true. For instance I tend to find women who were raised by and/or have very strong relationships with their fathers tend to think logically in a very male way whereas women who have had little male influence tend to have difficulty dealing with men and their thinking fits the worst female stereotypes.
But this doesn’t explain why the best chefs are men. Sexism, or something else?
Another role for men is that of the provider which leads men to be as with their thinking traits to be more focused than women. We are also more driven to succeed and provide. Those attributes lead men to be better chefs than women who may have just as much culinary talent.
BTW, last night I had the joy to be invited to the home for dinner of one of my clients who is the chef and owner of the best Italian restaurants in LA. The food was fantastic; easily the best dinner of my life.
That said these stereotypical traits are not a straight jacket; men and women have the ability to go way beyond them if they choose to be aware of the possibilities.
Because women aren’t funny.
Duck!!
On the other hand, you have boys/men who were raised entirely by women: single mother, female teachers, etc. They can have problems.
I have been led to believe that men tend to be better chefs (and florists) because they are [gonad]sier. They take risks.
I have been led to believe that men tend to be better chefs (and florists) because they are [gonad]sier. They take risks.
TBA
Righto. In any creative endeavor those who reach for the stars ( and take risks to do so) are almost always better.
By virtue of our instinct/ sexual role driven dating system, men to mate with a partner, need to succeed and to do that almost always must take risks. Women have little need to take risks in the same way.
This different attitude towards risk in many marriages is a problem because the wifeypoo often doesn’t understand why to accomplish this or that risks will need to be taken. It’s just part of being a guy, and it’s hard for a guy to understand that attitude. My wife was way and I know many marriages that have broken up over that very issue.
BDB :Because women aren’t funny.
Not always true, but there are tendencies.
My daughter is very funny and I would like to think she got that trait from her old man dad, but perhaps not.
This comment makes me recall a issue that I was taught in a college marketing class some 50 years ago. Apparently, since the 50’s marketing research has shown that women don’t like to see other women made fun of in commercials , while men have no problem with men being made fun of. This has led what was then called “Madison Avenue” to often belittle or ridicule men in commercials and generally make them out to the butt of a great amount of comedic attack, but has generally laid off women being featured in same way. Unfortunately it’s my opinion that that comedic attack on men has the hurt the institution of the father and has hurt the American Family in general by giving many women a low regard for men.
Taking this to the PIT so as not to derail.
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