Apparently
my previous post on Facebook about “The Friend Zone” could be misconstrued as
man-bashing. Allow me to clarify. I was bashing on a particularly bad trait
that many men seem to have. I love guys. Here’s a small sampling of why (and
what they’re better than women at):
1. They have pro-status linear thinking. Women can’t even compare. Focus on one thing - think - act. This makes them fabulous leaders in many places, and good at running things. They make the most rational decision and just do it. What women bring to the table to complement this is their web-like thinking. They think of the offshoots that can occur from what the men compute as most rational, and take people’s feelings into account. Does this work in all situations? Heck no. This is why we need men. Yin and yang example #1.
2. They have libidos the size of Mount Everest. I firmly believe the human race would not exist without men for more than just offering half of the chromosomes of the children. First, all the personality traits they bring to the table. Second, (And I don’t speak from personal experience. Whoops! Another revealing statement. Yes, I am open enough to tell the entire internet that there is sexual tension residing in my body as an adolescent human.) apparently many women don’t want sex. Marriage and steady relationships come and it leaves, or so I’m told via statistics and horror stories. Thank you, men, for keeping us around and putting that delicious testosterone in our bodies.
3. They have 2/3 more muscle mass than women. Naturally. No, I can’t open that jar of raspberry preserves, or lift that couch, but I know most males can! Can women build it? Yes, to an extent. But it just naturally occurs in guys and it is VERY beneficial. And we’re thankful for it, believe me. ;D
4. They have natural instincts to provide and protect beyond that of what women have. Most of our troops are men. Why? Because men are willing to put their lives on the line to save others they don’t even know, to fight for an ideal they believe in. There are MANY women who wouldn’t even think about that unless it had to do with someone immediate to them. Women focus on family and friends, nurturing and teaching them, and what affects them; men focus on making sure their family has the resources and safety to function, and what society needs. Yin and yang example #2.
5. They’re risk takers. That linear thinking results in limited inhibitions when reaching a goal. While this can have SERIOUS consequences and often SERIOUSLY worries the ladies, it’s helpful in these ways:
-It’s what causes the discovery of “new” land. HAPPY LEIF ERICKSSON DAY!
-It’s what causes the discovery of “new” anything. NARWHALS!
-It results in potentially successful business plans that most rationally thinking women wouldn’t stick a foot in. APPLE! WINDOWS! LOTS OF OTHERS!
-This results in innovation. APPLE! WINDOWS! LOTS OF OTHERS!
AAAANNND yin and yang example #3 is that women keep those crazy risk takers grounded. We remind them that they’re insane, so they don’t do anything TOO insane. Like jumping off a cliff with nothing to save ‘em but duct tape. Hooligans.
I could go on, but that’s a lot of typing replacing typing my homework. So, as you can see, men are awesome. They do cool stuff women can’t. But women are also awesome, and do cool stuff men can’t. Reconciliation of the battle of the sexes: commence.
PEACE!
Moriah <3
Moriah <3
Moriah... I love that you have a blog. I enjoyed this post, especially the "happy Leif Ericksson day" bit... just the fact that you referenced him (as opposed to Columbus) shows how awesome you are.
ReplyDeleteOut of curiosity, have you ever read much about the idea that women are the way they are because of the restrictions that have been placed on them over generations? I had a professor once totally go off on the idea that the only reason women are considered physically weaker to men is because they have not been allowed to evolve the same way as men. Society norms required them to wear constricting clothing/shoes and to do non-physical activity (granted, I think this professor was mostly thinking about Victorian era English women, not women in other times/locations that do quite a bit of physical labor to prepare food, etc.). Further, society also likes to tell women what they can't do, what's too hard for them, etc. without letting them try (and people tend to go along with the messages they are told).
In a multicultural counseling class I took a couple years ago we spent a lot of time studying "in group" differences of any particular culture in addition to difference between two different cultures. For instance, there were more differences between 2 different rural communities in Japan than there was between Canadians and Japanese. So while reading this post, I kept thinking, "what about comparing muscle mass between all men" (versus comparing men to women).
Anyway, thanks for your post. I love reading things that make me evaluate my my own opinions and revisit the opinions of others.
YAY! Okay. It's working now.First, I was quoting Spongebob. Does that lessen my coolness?
DeleteI haven't ever heard of that. It sounds fascinating though. I've just been running under the impression that we're naturally that way. I'll look into it.
And that would also be fascinating, for women as well, because if there are other countries wherein women have been doing more physical labor for centuries longer, the natural selection process would obviously be different.
Any time. :) Sorry my reply is so late. I promise I tried like five times when you first wrote this.