I wish to respectfully agree.

This is a tough one because the same defense system that allows some men to feel no guilt/shame about being a jerk during a date will also allow them to read this article and go “~What~? I think the author has ~self-esteem issues~”. Ie, he’s ‘telling it like it is’ and being Awesome when he puts down his date. It is merely the woman’s problem for having feelings about it. So long as he keeps telling himself that other people’s ‘sensitivity’ is the problem, then he doesn’t ever have to feel bad about being a dick. The more women call themselves ‘sensitive’ when feeling hurt, the more women spare these men of the negative feelings one should have after one has been a dick.

So folks, instead of attacking this (awesome) author, slow down and listen. Try and consider whether maybe, just maybe, she does have a point. If you take issue with this being about gender to the point where it’s all you can see, then how about replacing ‘men’ with ‘most men’ or ‘some men’.

If that helped, great. Now, on another day, when feeling open, try reading it as it stands. The more we try and pretend like there isn’t massive gender b.s. going on in our society, the more it stays the same.

If I read every article about white people as saying “ALL white people” and then got preoccupied with being lumped, ever so unfairly, into the all-white-people category then I’d become someone who is impossible to get through to and, if one really wants to alienate another person or group, then being impenetrable is a solid way to do that.

Lastly, to those who replied with ‘aren’t you reading too much into this?” Allow me to say: WHAT?? That’s called thinking. Thinking is good. Let’s all strive for more thinking, not less.

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