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Originally Posted by niche  I've never been treated daintily. One of my "whines." Since I was very young, I've had to look after my mom. I remember seeing what my dad did to her, and I had to protect her against him. It was my fault he was in her life anyway. I mean in the way where once you have a child with a man they are always a part of your life kind of way. I've always had to be strong. Trying never to show emotion. To appear that I could handle anything. I'm still that way. I'm not quite sure where these many allowances are though....Seriously, not sarcastically, can you tell me what they are so maybe I can be on the look out for them. It would probably make me feel a lot better to see something like this. Yes, I know that there are allowances for the type of girls on television or magazines. But for your average jane? I don't really see this. |
On tough jobs, women can ask for help. Men can't. I used to have comedians passing out flyers on the street for shows. Female comics would have a much lower threshold. They'd say they were tired and want to come in or they didn't like how they were treated, etc. That pretty much never happened with the male comics. They'd stay out for hours without a break. They might complain after a little, but they wouldn't ask to stop early.
Also, we talk to you differently. When men talk, they just say stuff. We joke around without worrying about feelings because we know other men aren't offended much and if they are, you're easily forgiven. Also, we tell each other when we look or do something stupid. In fact, it's one of our favorite things to do, rip on each other. We can be really mean, but we don't care. Men really curb their "man talk" around women because we're afraid they can't take it. We'll tell each other to shut up or call each other an idiot or an ass. We'd never do that to a woman, unless we knew her really well and she could take it. Women analyze everything you say. Men don't. They're more tough skinned because society has taught them to be.