tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post4198794922608032662..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: How to Offend a WomanRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-39382769110534878352009-09-22T20:19:27.273-04:002009-09-22T20:19:27.273-04:00RSM, there was this charming cartoon in "Play...RSM, there was this charming cartoon in "Playboy" back in the 60's. A choleric, red-faced man is pounding his fist on the arm of his chair and screaming at his wife over her newspaper:<br /><br />'Dammit, Harriet, I will not be bound by the opinions of someone who is subject to RAGING HORMONAL INFLUENCES!"<br /><br />Ah, for the days when "Playboy" did serious writing...richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-49532999763829397112009-09-22T16:41:40.294-04:002009-09-22T16:41:40.294-04:00To be honest, it makes me feel awkward and apart w...To be honest, it makes me feel awkward and apart when I'm at my office (I'm a female attorney) and male attorneys at my firm refuse to walk through a door that I am holding. I want to join in the camaraderie, just be one of the guys, but there's this chivalry crap that gets in the way. (Mind you, I do not hesitate to walk through doors when they are held for me, whether by men or women. I consider that a courtesy that should be accepted with thanks rather than rejecting it and embarrassing the offeror.)<br /><br />Here's my theory on why women aren't as happy: The combination of overly-romanticized love ("there's one perfect man in the world for me, somewhere..."), increased acceptance of (and demand for) premarital sex and the attendant unwed motherhood, and increased opportunities in the workforce mean women are having to do everything themselves. I'm trying to do my part for the future by educating my sons that both women and men are supposed to take equal responsibility for managing the home and children. Or at the very least, Mom isn't the default caretaker in our house. We'll see how well they learn that lesson.jamielandeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703517861984728961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-41618318893292040842009-09-22T16:24:40.360-04:002009-09-22T16:24:40.360-04:00Click your heels together, Stace: there's no p...Click your heels together, Stace: there's no place like home...<br /><br />http://littlemissattila.com/?p=10387Little Miss Attilahttp://littlemissattila.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-76293859223071788622009-09-22T16:20:56.941-04:002009-09-22T16:20:56.941-04:00I see you're not afraid of a frying pan. I do...I see you're not afraid of a frying pan. I don't think a cup of coffee is worth that pain (beer, on the other hand, is).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-78961880359659446892009-09-22T15:43:51.494-04:002009-09-22T15:43:51.494-04:00Eric, I'm arguing for adaptation. But by and l...Eric, I'm arguing for adaptation. But by and large men aren't adapting. Thus, the "treat 20th century slutty feminists like 18th century chaste ladies" comment. Adapt. Treat 20th century feminist like, well, 20th century feminists.<br /><br />When someone says they are a conservative, they means they want to conserve something. So sure, some things I don't want to change, for example the Constitution and traditional notions of virtue. So if a woman acts like a lady, by all means treat her like one. Otherwise, not.<br /><br />When you write, "but I think you're complaining about the last 100 years or so," I have no idea what you mean.<br /><br />"The wise adapt." Ah, but not all adaptations are wise. It's all too easy to conflate the ease of oblivion with the attainment of wisdom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-17359068697983670782009-09-22T14:05:51.244-04:002009-09-22T14:05:51.244-04:00Now that's freaking interesting observation th...Now that's freaking interesting observation there, jav. <br /><br />But I think you're complaining about the last 100 years or so. Good luck with that. <br /><br />The only constant in the universe is change. The wise adapt.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521739006999750126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-22588509832660485772009-09-22T14:05:20.136-04:002009-09-22T14:05:20.136-04:00Men just need to figure it out already and quit be...Men just need to figure it out already and quit being l a z y.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995981511802074871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-16145339101917999952009-09-22T13:42:37.763-04:002009-09-22T13:42:37.763-04:00I don't think it's so much as that women c...I don't think it's so much as that women can't live up to the standard of modern-day feminists as that it's they're absolutely excoriated by feminists when they don't.<br /><br />Look at Sarah Palin. Michelle Malkin. Michelle Duggar. The attacks leveled at these women for not toeing the liberal feminist line are beyond uncivilized and downright evil. So I think women are unhappier not because they're supposed to be X, Y, Z but because if they CHOOSE not to be they're going to be publicly flogged.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400824933822851881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-85519752536191795382009-09-22T13:37:01.296-04:002009-09-22T13:37:01.296-04:00The thing is, and this is incendiary in our times,...The thing is, and this is incendiary in our times, to the degree that a person is more emotional she is also less rational. This is a necessary consequence of being directed more by emotion than by reason. A less rational person is less reliable for certain things.<br /><br />Also there has been a strange turn-about in notions of female virtue. It was once thought that virtue is virtue. It's the same for everyone. Not today. Now, women compliment themselves with words like 'sassy.' When did inappropriate boldness and impertinence become a good thing for anyone?<br /><br />I blame feminism.<br /><br />But you can't blame feminism for how men react. When men get sassy right back to women, out come these weird faux chivalry types, chests out and fists up, looking for the lady to toss her veil.<br /><br />A lot of men still want to treat 20th century slutty feminists like 18th century chaste ladies. That's a kind of social cuckoldry. It's all the fault of weak men. And feminism didn't do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-20218405898419533402009-09-22T12:23:05.923-04:002009-09-22T12:23:05.923-04:00Whose side will you take, Stace? Beck or Levin?
h...Whose side will you take, Stace? Beck or Levin?<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/22/mark-levin-v-glenn-beck/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-74208714297321542642009-09-22T12:21:56.691-04:002009-09-22T12:21:56.691-04:00Somehow, I think you'll be hearing from Little...Somehow, I think you'll be hearing from Little Miss Attila about this.Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779153708960447630noreply@blogger.com