Thursday, April 24, 2008

An appendum to the previous post

I'd figured I'd add some stuff to explain the last post, and what exactly it entails.

First of all, the post is not an excuse for the way modern men act. If anything, its a scathing review. No, I'm not trying to blame women for mens problems. The men themselves are to blame. I'm not making excuses, I'm not blaming women. I'm explaining a small part of what went wrong American families.

Secondly, there are some women who'd read that post and say something to the effect of "Thats not what what the feminist movement meant when they said "We're tired of being treated like property." "

Of course thats not what women mean when they say "I don't want to be treated like "your woman". The thing is, men aren't too good at nuances. We're kind of bad at hints in case you didn't notice. We don't do well with subtlety either. We are good at following exact instructions. If you tell a man to do something, he will generally do it. Exactly as you say it. If you say 'The trash in the kitchen stinks, take it out." he will indeed take out the trash. The trash in the kitchen, that is. Just don't be surprised if he doesn't take out the bathroom trash, the living trash, the bedroom trash, or any other trash in the house either. Also don't be surprised if he puts the bag in the bin outside, but doesn't move the bin over to the curb for tomorrows trash pickup. In the Airforce, its a common condition among the lower ranks. If you tell an A1C to do something, he will do exactly what you say. No more, no less. If you tell him to clean a room, he'll do it. But he'll leave the broom closet in a mess, and drip Lord knows what on the floor to and from that room.

So women said "I don't want to treated like some mans personal property." and a bunch of men listened. They did exactly that. They quit caring if their girlfriend wasn't happy. They being responsible for what the kids did, or whether or not the kids were being good. As far as they were concerned, the woman could fix her own problems, and the kids belonged to her.

Now, if you still don't like what I've had to say, too bad. If you just read this, and are confused, then read the post below. All of it.

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