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user-inactivated  ·  3472 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Awesome dissection: Conversation with a Woman

I have no problem understanding women or men. People need to stop talking to women like they are are different from people.

    As men, it is critically important you understand this fundamental principle: women are incapable of keeping emotion out of the equation
That quote from the article should be changed to:
    As people, it is critically important you understand this fundamental principle: people are incapable of keeping emotion out of the equation when you trigger an emotional response

As Hertha said, he obviously provoked her. I've seen that exact same emotional response from both men and women when talking about politics. It's a heated topic.





junkysam  ·  3471 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree with you whole heartedly. The author constantly tries to undermine her opinion because he believes she is parroting the mass media. Not giving her any credit to her own thoughts is being condescending. If someone were to speak to me that way I would also become emotional. I am a man and I often find myself becoming more emotional than I should in arguments and know women that can maintain their composure better than myself. The author is just a terrible person with a major superiority complex.

masculineempire  ·  3470 days ago  ·  link  ·  

if you're unable to control your emotions more than a woman, you're essentially still a child. time to grow up and be a man.

junkysam  ·  3470 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry I offended you. No reason to become emotional ;)

masculineempire  ·  3456 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The response of a child

Hertha  ·  3470 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you sir, I just felt like he'd never challenge men this way, considering her inferior from the start. If you only question women, it's not hard to get to the authors point of view. In addition I think her arguments are solid enough to build a statement irrespective of the source.