Gentlemen - What emasculates you?

[garbon]

But women will cut bait if her husband loses his job. So in the end alls well that ends well

I'd love to see some statistics on both of these, to be honest. It may just be interpretations of media hype rather than real facts.

Maybe it's just me - but in this thread you seem to be exhibiting thoughts that women are superior.

[merithyn]

Maybe it's just me - but in this thread you seem to be exhibiting thoughts that women are superior.

Hmm. I don't, in general, think they are. I think that they tend to be petty, spiteful, and passive-aggressive, and I much prefer the company of men.

But that doesn't mean that I think the over-emphasis by men (in general) to feel "manly" is a positive for the gender. That's probably coming through in the thread. I don't really understand it because I don't feel it. Seeing a man in a tutu doesn't make him any less of a man, to me, under the right circumstances. (Like having a teaparty with his daughter.) Watching a man be deferential to his mother because he trusts her judgment doesn't make him a girly-man. So, this idea that men hold others accountable to maintain their mancard seems... silly. And as I'm not a man, I don't really get the nuances of what makes one man more masculine than another to other guys.

That being said, women certainly do the same thing to one another, just in different ways. We tend to use procreation and parenting as our weapon of choice. So, I guess that's our gender role issue, as someone else already pointed out. It's no less silly - and can be very hurtful, too.

So I'm kind of getting why it's an issue for men. I just needed to come at the problem in the right direction - and with the right feedback - to understand. Thanks for helping me get there.

[derspiess]

When did you learn to drive?

If you were quite young, it's an habit more then anything.

Learning to drive late in your life means you are a customed to being driven around by other people & at some point that will mean your girlfriend.

Like every red-blooded American, I got my license at 16.  Mom started teaching me how to drive when I was 14.

[Valmy]

Like every red-blooded American, I got my license at 16.

I know I did...but I didn't really learn how to drive until about 9 accidents later

It is better for the preservation of everybody involved that my wife drive.

[katmai]

When did you learn to drive?

If you were quite young, it's an habit more then anything.

Learning to drive late in your life means you are a customed to being driven around by other people & at some point that will mean your girlfriend.

Like every red-blooded American, I got my license at 16.  Mom started teaching me how to drive when I was 14.

I have been driving for 25 years, only had license for 12......

[derspiess]

When did you learn to drive?

If you were quite young, it's an habit more then anything.

Learning to drive late in your life means you are a customed to being driven around by other people & at some point that will mean your girlfriend.

Like every red-blooded American, I got my license at 16.  Mom started teaching me how to drive when I was 14.

I have been driving for 25 years, only had license for 12......

Mexicans

[HVC]

When did you learn to drive?

If you were quite young, it's an habit more then anything.

Learning to drive late in your life means you are a customed to being driven around by other people & at some point that will mean your girlfriend.

Like every red-blooded American, I got my license at 16.  Mom started teaching me how to drive when I was 14.

I have been driving for 25 years, only had license for 12......

Mexicans

don't let him fool you. He sounds nothing like the speedy gonzales i expected

[katmai]

Mexicans

yo soy americano

[HVC]

Mexicans

yo soy americano

see, that's ho he gets you!

[derspiess]

Mexicans

yo soy americano

Well, then speak American, cabrón.

[katmai]

Mexicans

yo soy americano

see, that's ho he gets you!

Who you calling a ho!

[katmai]

Mexicans

yo soy americano

Well, then speak American, cabrón.

I thought i was

[derspiess]

Mexicans

yo soy americano

Well, then speak American, cabrón.

I thought i was

Not just then.

[Eddie Teach]

Mexicans

yo soy americano

Well, then speak American, cabrón.

I thought i was

Did you take at least 5 seconds to pronounce that phrase?

[katmai]

  of course not.