Posted by: tiffany83 on: August 7, 2008
On a comment on my previous post, I made the bold comment of saying that men and women are not the same. I know, it seems obvious right? We aren’t equal. I know, I know, women fought bra-less to get us to be considered as equal, for equal pay, jobs, etc. Bottom line is we aren’t, we don’t look the same, we bleed once a month (when we’re regular), and we’re emotional. Now it’s not that I don’t think we women are capable of handling it all, but rather that the whole physiological cycling our bodies puts us through makes things a little more difficult. Now, if we could get a bi-weekly pension so we didn’t have to work so we could stay home and do household dutie, like gardening (b/c clearly I need A LOT of work on growing plants), then I would definitely start a strike “We are not equal!”
I’m not trying to say men aren’t emotional, they just don’t seem to be as emotional, ya know, as us women.
So do women have the ability to ascend more than men because we can be more in touch with our feelings?
I have no idea, that was just a random vata thought bubble that popped up in my head.
However, I will make the statement, men are from mars and women are from venus. I had a discussion with my neighbor last week over something I was irritated over. Her response to me was, “men are simple.” What? This answer threw me for a tailspin. I don’t think men are simple, they thoroughly complicate things with their lack of communication. Then I watched this stupid movie called P.S. I love you. Okay, it wasn’t stupid, my mom looooved it. I’m not much of a romance buff though, I’d rather watch a series of Tony Jaa films than another romantic heartbreaker. Anyway, in the first scene of the film there’s a argument between Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler, where then and there I realized, we females complicate everything because we get our feelings too involved.
Ahhh where’s the balance?!!
1 | Valerie
Black people and white people don’t look the same. Are they not equal? Latino people are believed to be more emotional than white people. Are they not equal either?
Are people really so easily placed into neat little boxes? And what are the consequences of doing that?
2 | tiffany83
Hi Valerie, totally true. I guess I was just scratching the surface using the gender differences. There are obvious & big consequences for placing people into neat little boxes (as history has so aptly demonstrated)…
Maybe for the sake of safety, we should just say we are al the same…but if we’re going to choose to not be ignorant, we’d also recognize that beneath any community, beyond the male and female, there is still the differences of each individual, male to male, asian to asian, etc.
3 | Taraisagoddess
You need to read David Deida.
Men and women are totally different. I wouldn’t use the word “equal” because it places value on one being better than the other. Also, women being more emotional, in touch with their feelings, or whatever is not a bad thing. In fact it can be a wonderful thing to be so easily in the place where you are able to connect with that part of yourself. On the other hand, we can be a bit dramatic to the opposite sex. However, my husbands robot sense of emotions is a good match for my latino style soap opera drama sometimes.
5 | oneshotonex
Tiffany, I agree with you. Men and women obviously are not the same. The semantics issue — whether ‘equal’ is the better word choice, or ’same’ — is secondary. I know what you mean.
I take issue with this “biweekly pension” idea though. If women get it then men should get it too. There would be nothing to stop you from going to the beach instead of working on your azaleas or whatever. If you get to hang out at the beach during your moon then I want similar priveleges.
6 | tiffany83
Alright, you got me. I have a purple thumb…you also want the privilege of going through a cycle once a month too? I mean, that’s kind of part of the package deal.
7 | oneshotonex
Women don’t experience their cycles exclusivley, you know. We men feel the effects too. Men and women should be able to observe women’s moons jointly. It’s all about equality!
8 | tiffany83
Oh and can anyone help me, why does it list “possibly related posts” at the bottom of my post…it’s super annoying - or am I the only one who sees it?
9 | tiffany83
You’re right, in all fairness, you men do feel the effects of us when we’re hyper hormonal…so should we take holidays on different days then?
10 | oneshotonex
You make a good point. Guys Holiday should follow right after Ladies Holiday.
11 | tiffany83
But you know, right after ladies holiday is when we’re in our best moods…so you should probably take it before our holiday.
12 | trent
guys and girls should take their holidays
on the same day… Everyday!!
All “differences” are only an illusion!
where are you ascending?
what are you ascending?
what does it mean to be intouch with our emotions?
“possibly related posts” *are* annoying. and i see them too.
how do you mainly sleep(rest)?
on your back?
side? stomach?
13 | tiffany83
Ha Trent, you are king of random comments!
Um, sleep. I typically start on my back leaning at a weird angle with my head on my pillow and then I somehow wake up on my stomach. This morning I woke up with my right leg tucked under my arm, that was really strange.
