We have written a lot about gender issues in the past, and today I’m going to set a pendulum in motion that may seem swingingly odd, but I am curious to get your feedback on the momentum of the matter.
Continue reading → Are Men Better at Returning Business Calls than Women?
Yesterday, in my — Muslim Women Conundrum — article, I lamented the fact that the women dropped a class I was teaching because of their fear of being touched by a man. Commenter “nosleepingdog” said this, in the replies stream:
We should remember though that the ultimate enforcers of these strictures are Islamic men. A woman who is accused of having deliberately put herself in a position where a man might touch her, may be beaten, disowned, raped, or killed. Very logical. Does make one wonder. Even questioning the authority of the rules and the enforcers is a crime.
That point made me think about the real roots of this masked problem of oppression, and I recalled a story my wife shared with me this week that draws a deeper, and more widespread — and certainly more pernicious! — example of how men have, and still do, try to actively control women. Even women they do not know.
Continue reading → Pulling a Ponytail: Blaming the Root, Not the Ends
Men are performers. We lead. We wander. We are always looking to conquer. We also tend to place great value in being funny — especially if we can make our woman laugh. We feel as if the eyes of the world are upon our funny bones when it comes to you. We’re funny that way.
Continue reading → Women of the World: Never Ask Your Man if He is Joking
You see it all the time in the streets now — Gender Resentment is on the rise — and, I argue, even though I don’t support it, Gender Resentment is the directly descended result of the women’s liberation movement where men now abandon their common courtesy and human values when it comes to “equalizing” women by diminishing them in public.
When you think of the history of The Blues in America, you are struck by two, stark, gender realities: Women sing The Blues and Men play The Blues on guitar.
You must be logged in to post a comment.