> 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

> 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?