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> Some men honestly don't see it. It's not a question of not seeing it, it's a question of dwelling on it, allowing it to degrade one's effectiveness. You need

• wonderzombie 14y ago
  In other words, "have you tried being a man?" More constructively: your advice is not really actionable if your premise is that one must have the same emotions as you and think the way you do. And people can't just rewire their brains because a man on the Internet says their problems are all in their head.
  • lutusp 14y ago
    > In other words, "have you tried being a man?" I sometimes wonder why people are so desperate to craft a position that the other person has never taken. Want to constructively discuss issues? Limit yourself to thing the other person has actually said. My statement is that men have chosen a more effective way to deal with erosive influences, and it's a behavior that women can and should adopt -- not by imitating men, but by adopting a more effective approach to negative influences. There's no gender dimension to it. If I had said that gerbils have a more effective adaptation, would you have the right to ask, "So you want everyone to become a gerbil?" > And people can't just rewire their brains because a man on the Internet says their problems are all in their head. You need to stop inventing imaginary positions for other people. I never said or implied what you claim. My remarks address, not the original influences, but constructive ways to deal with them. > In other words, "have you tried being a man?" Have you tried being a person?