Mme. Chaucer Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 IRL I hear mostly good-natured grousing about the "other side". I agree with your whole post and your "tribal theory." Regarding the above - I have seen the "gender war promoters" (not "The Media," but guys like Woggle) take this good natured grousing and use it as proof of women's inherent hatred and disrespect for men. And for their husbands specifically. It's sad when you can't complain to your pals about the toilet seat or whatever without getting slammed for MISANDRY. And, more seriously, when women expressing normal frustration and even feeling "fed up" from time to time in their marriages are used as examples of MISANDRY. Woggle, you often do this. It's made me wonder how your marriage functions if your wife has a gripe with you. Do you accuse her of MISANDRY if she talks to you about such a thing? Does she dare? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mme. Chaucer Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 You could unilaterally offer a ceasefire. Or be a conscientious objector. That would be, if there were such a war happening. Which there is not. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Silly_Girl Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Not read the thread. I see gender wars in the custody courts. Makes me effing sick. I also see it in the workplace occasionally, when men are paid more than women for the same quality and position. Other than that, nothing. Link to post Share on other sites
GorillaTheater Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'd much rather fight Nazis than women, hands down. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Taramere Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 It's sad when you can't complain to your pals about the toilet seat or whatever without getting slammed for MISANDRY. Bitching about the toilet seat being left up? How dare you! I googled search terms relating to toilet seats and men's rights and can now gift to you an excerpt from a MRM blog. I've been thinking about this for a while, and I've had another flash of insight; I've had another 'eureka!' moment. What's that, you ask? What the toilet seat says about women. It says a lot, actually. What does it say about women? The toilet seat is living proof that women will complain about anything and everything. The toilet seat shows us that women cannot and will not accept responsibility for themselves. The toilet seat shows us that women have no perspective about anything. The toilet seat is living proof of the eternal solipsism of the female mind. The toilet seat provides empirical evidence that, no matter what or how much they get, women will never be happy. Finally, the toilet seat shows us that women are spoiled, entitled brats. One, it says women will complain about anything-anything! Women can't be happy; they won't allow themselves to be happy; if they have nothing to complain about, by golly, they'll invent something to complain about. In spite of all that they should be thankful for, women aren't thankful at all; they have no gratitude whatsoever. Why? Because they bitch and moan about the toilet seat, that's why! Two, it says that women cannot and will not accept responsibility for themselves or their actions. Rather than look down, assess the condition of the seat, and make any needed adjustment to the seat prior to sitting down; women would rather blame a man for the fact that she sat down without looking first. Waaaaaahhh, it's all the man's fault-waaaaaahhhh! Stay tuned to find out what happens if you comment on the toothpaste cap being left off, empty milk cartons being returned to the fridge or that peculiar phenomenon whereby people remove excess butter/spread from their toast and scrape it onto the inner corner of the spread tub so that the congealed mess of toast crumbs and spread is available to any party who might want to make use of it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
oaks Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The toilet seat is living proof That the author could think that a toilet seat could be living proof of anything just boggles the mind. But I think I just made the mistake of imagining that the author could think. My bad. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Taramere Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 That the author could think that a toilet seat could be living proof of anything just boggles the mind. Perhaps his toilet has started behaving a bit like the fridge in Requiem for a Dream....the lid slamming up and down as it "talks" to him in the night, providing him with inspiration for tomorrow's blog. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
dreamingoftigers Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 That the author could think that a toilet seat could be living proof of anything just boggles the mind. But I think I just made the mistake of imagining that the author could think. My bad. A whole rant written by someone that could have spent 1/30 of the time figuring out to put it back down. Really? I hope my husband isn't too whipped by my misandrist self because he's left it down as a point of common courtesy since we met. I think it's funny that this author says women would find anything to complain about while writing a page-down rant about women because of it and how it defines our character. Reinforces my belief about those that actively buy into this gender wars stuff and coke vs Pepsi for that matter....... They're nuts. Link to post Share on other sites
Author Woggle Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 If a woman cheers on cheaters just because it is now time for men to experience being hurt that is misandry. Also most men who condone men cheating happen to be misogynists as well. The two tend go together. Link to post Share on other sites
dreamingoftigers Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 None of that means that there's an actual "war!" Jeepers, the USA has tried to say for decades that Vietnam wasn't a war. The KKK and their hate actions isn't considered a "war." Do you consider yourself a veteran of the Gender Wars? Should you be provided military benefits if you slip on some old lady's sidewalk? the PTSD isn't from a war, it's from your previous relationships. Your previous relationships don't make anyone else's relationships a universal concept. If 10% of the population actively engages in hate, that dies not make it true for the other 90%. Just because there are a large percentage of Coke drinkers and Pepsi drinkers doesn't mean that there's an inherent hostility between the two. Link to post Share on other sites
Mme. Chaucer Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 If a woman cheers on cheaters just because it is now time for men to experience being hurt that is misandry. I think of it more as just being lame. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Radagast Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Winners? My ex-wife. She won a small piece of moral high ground inside her own head, and freedom from having to associate with "hateful men" like husbands, lovers, sons, fathers, or male friends, because she's now completely on her own and has no one to blame for her own unhappiness but herself. Link to post Share on other sites
RickyLovesLucy Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Maybe you really believe that you think this...but the truth is, it's pretty obvious that when it comes to what to click on, you choose the stuff that'll piss you off. That's the whole point of confirmation bias. I agree. It's a good example of confirmation bias. Also, there is a selection bias when one looks at relationship forums. Happy couples don't tend to post there, so one tends to see mostly unhappy individuals posting about their relationship troubles. BTW, your sig states that "the plural of anecdote is NOT data". The original quote is "the plural of anecdote IS data". Did you change the quote because you disagree with the original statement? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
serial muse Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 BTW, your sig states that "the plural of anecdote is NOT data". The original quote is "the plural of anecdote IS data". Did you change the quote because you disagree with the original statement? Yep. (ten chars) Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Wogs, you should hang out in the Off-Topic Thread more often. We have gender wars all the time, with our marshmallow guns, and water balloons....It's actually quite fun. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mme. Chaucer Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Are there any whiners in the gender wars? Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Are there any whiners in the gender wars? Looks like your spell-check isn't working properly, Mme. Chaucer..... (cough, cough) Link to post Share on other sites
Mme. Chaucer Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Are there any wieners in the gender wars? 4 Link to post Share on other sites
dreamingoftigers Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Are there any wieners in the gender wars? Apparently there are a whole bunch of wieners without buns. The buns are more into what "condiments" the wieners come with and what kind of kitchen the wieners want the buns to get prepared in. A wiener that would rate an "8" keeps getting paired up with buns that rate a "3" and so forth. The buns always want to get warmed up before getting a wiener inserted, and apparently wieners are hot "now" and shouldn't have to wait for buns to be "ready." Damn buns, never satisfied. Link to post Share on other sites
serial muse Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Are there any wieners in the gender wars? In the Dating forum those "wars" are basically a sausage festival. Link to post Share on other sites
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