Ron Collins
Aug 27, 2017 · 2 min read

With both sexes, I’ve found that the ones most intent on power-signalling were the least effective leaders and workers.

I often have to stop and disclaim on the basis of how glad I am (and everyone else ought to be) that I am not in personal charge of the human race. My opinions are one thing, and I have plenty of them, but any drive on my part to see them enforced on others is all but nonexistent.

I’m the guy, by way of context, who got booted off A Voice For Men for commenting that men who wanted to live like men had no business working in offices and doing whatever it is office people do. I think that, I really do. But will I ever lift a finger to segregate the work force by sex according to my heavily-tilted liking? Not hardly.

There are things that grate on my sensibilities like fingernails on a chalkboard, and office culture has always been one of them. I could no more survive sitting behind a desk or in a cubicle than a fish could breathe air. I chose long ago to pursue a work life that has as straightforward a set of objectives as I could find: GET IT DONE. From my vantage point, anyone collecting pay at any activity which is not directly tied to a measurable output of products or services, is a simple thief. And yes, I really do think that.

But again, I’m not in charge of anything but myself. Under that jurisdiction I can at least manage to avoid being around people whom I cannot be convinced are actually earning their daily bread much less the bloated, debt-riddled lifestyles that are the curse of this American civilization, and do my best not to judge them openly when I do encounter them.

They mean well (I guess…)

But I do think what I think, and yes some of it is harsh and a lot of it probably unfair in the scheme of things.

SO WHAT?

I’ve just long outgrown apologizing for simply being who I am.

I don’t see any real harm it’s ever done, but again, thank your lucky stars I’m not in charge of the world: I know full well most folks wouldn’t care for how I went about it.

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    Ron Collins

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    Recognizing that women have no need of any special status granted them by men is as respectful of women’s abilities as it is protective of men’s