Comments on: You? Do not get to redefine equality. http://viewfromthefloor.com/you-do-not-get-to-redefine-equality/ Lots of dust bunnies and sneezing Tue, 15 May 2012 20:57:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Boxxy http://viewfromthefloor.com/you-do-not-get-to-redefine-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5129 Boxxy Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:43:56 +0000 http://viewfromthefloor.com/?p=4859#comment-5129 WRONG! Now get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich. Right now. WRONG! Now get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich. Right now.

]]> By: Taylor http://viewfromthefloor.com/you-do-not-get-to-redefine-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5103 Taylor Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:34:26 +0000 http://viewfromthefloor.com/?p=4859#comment-5103 Some where along the way, a lot of men lost sight of manhood. Lost sight of the strength men have. They gave up that strength, gave up that manhood and became...well boyfriends. When I was 16, I was a boyfriend. I'm now a grown ass man. I am no body's boyfriend. I'll be her man. But I won't be her boyfriend. A boyfriend is often afraid of losing his girlfriend. Afraid of "making her mad". I remember clearly all the silly arguments of teenage love. All the "I'm mad at you because you don't know why i'm mad at you" fights. The constant confusion of wondering just what the hell does she want from me? What is it going to take to get her to put out? At that age, you are a boy, so it's ok to be a boyfriend. But a grown woman, a real woman doesn't fucking want a pandering boyfriend anymore. She needs a man. Some where along the way...men got the idea that they had to be boyfriends again in order for women to want them, to love them, to put out for them. I'm not sure how it happened...but holy shit we sure got a lot of 30 something boys out there. We have a world full of grown ass men who feel just like they did in high school. Confused, trying to handle women like temperamental teenage girls. Being all delicate and shit. And then wonder why women don't respect them anymore. Along with that you have a "rape-culture". What a bullshit concept. People who pull statistics out of the air. Statistics that would have one thinking that everyone with a penis is a rapist. You have women crying rape and sexual assault every time you turn around. Women want and need a strong man. A man with drive, purpose. A man with passion, who goes for what he wants. But then they'll turn around and try to cut his fucking nuts off for trying to get what he wants. Women need to stop trying to mold and change men, and simply let us be men. I mean seriously...what the hell does a woman know about being a man? No more than a man knows about being a woman. Some where along the way, a lot of men lost sight of manhood. Lost sight of the strength men have. They gave up that strength, gave up that manhood and became…well boyfriends. When I was 16, I was a boyfriend. I’m now a grown ass man. I am no body’s boyfriend. I’ll be her man. But I won’t be her boyfriend.

A boyfriend is often afraid of losing his girlfriend. Afraid of “making her mad”. I remember clearly all the silly arguments of teenage love. All the “I’m mad at you because you don’t know why i’m mad at you” fights. The constant confusion of wondering just what the hell does she want from me? What is it going to take to get her to put out?

At that age, you are a boy, so it’s ok to be a boyfriend. But a grown woman, a real woman doesn’t fucking want a pandering boyfriend anymore. She needs a man.

Some where along the way…men got the idea that they had to be boyfriends again in order for women to want them, to love them, to put out for them. I’m not sure how it happened…but holy shit we sure got a lot of 30 something boys out there.

We have a world full of grown ass men who feel just like they did in high school. Confused, trying to handle women like temperamental teenage girls. Being all delicate and shit. And then wonder why women don’t respect them anymore.

Along with that you have a “rape-culture”. What a bullshit concept. People who pull statistics out of the air. Statistics that would have one thinking that everyone with a penis is a rapist. You have women crying rape and sexual assault every time you turn around.

Women want and need a strong man. A man with drive, purpose. A man with passion, who goes for what he wants. But then they’ll turn around and try to cut his fucking nuts off for trying to get what he wants.

Women need to stop trying to mold and change men, and simply let us be men. I mean seriously…what the hell does a woman know about being a man? No more than a man knows about being a woman.

]]> By: adriana http://viewfromthefloor.com/you-do-not-get-to-redefine-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5070 adriana Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:44:38 +0000 http://viewfromthefloor.com/?p=4859#comment-5070 I really haven't seen many feminists trying to argue that there are not differences between men and women. That would be silly. There are differences but feminism tends to take a look at whether those different are always legit. Of course, some differences are only social constructs of gender but society has also reacted to the natural strengths and weaknesses of either gender. I think it's interesting when people challenge those constructs because some of the differences we have come to accept as natural may not be healthy. That isn't to say that some of the natural differences between men and women are wrong, either. But just because something is natural doesn't make it awesome. Man or woman, we could all use a little improvement. I think that to be an extremist on either side (omg there are differences and you can never challenge them/omg there are no differences at all) is to be pretty closed minded. I really haven’t seen many feminists trying to argue that there are not differences between men and women. That would be silly. There are differences but feminism tends to take a look at whether those different are always legit. Of course, some differences are only social constructs of gender but society has also reacted to the natural strengths and weaknesses of either gender. I think it’s interesting when people challenge those constructs because some of the differences we have come to accept as natural may not be healthy. That isn’t to say that some of the natural differences between men and women are wrong, either. But just because something is natural doesn’t make it awesome. Man or woman, we could all use a little improvement. I think that to be an extremist on either side (omg there are differences and you can never challenge them/omg there are no differences at all) is to be pretty closed minded.

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]]> By: Laurel http://viewfromthefloor.com/you-do-not-get-to-redefine-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5067 Laurel Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:08:43 +0000 http://viewfromthefloor.com/?p=4859#comment-5067 It will come as no surprise that I couldn't agree more. I like men because they are different and really, I don't want them to be more sensitive and less hairy and ... whatever. I like women for being women and men for being men and think everybody should try a little harder to "be the change" rather than "force the change." It will come as no surprise that I couldn’t agree more. I like men because they are different and really, I don’t want them to be more sensitive and less hairy and … whatever. I like women for being women and men for being men and think everybody should try a little harder to “be the change” rather than “force the change.”

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