There aren’t many of us, Dick, but there ARE women who stand apart from the female crowd and wonder WHAT is wrong with most of our “sisters” and cannot figure out why they are so lazy,manipulative, destructive, unreliable, underhanded, selfish and immature. Obviously, there ARE men with those unattractive qualities, but the percentage of women today like that seems to be climbing. I blame the Feminist Movement…and I was there when it blossomed, so I should know.
Additionally, there are women who have been (and still are) out in the working world who get on famously with men, work hard, use their intellects and talents, rely on logic and totally get teamwork and “the rules”.
I spent over thirty years in the work force (left home at 16) and have worked in the theater, in the legal profession and in the corporate business world. The BEST bosses I had were always men; they challenged me, they taught me, they let me take risks and responsibilities and they let me grow. Yes, there were a few “wackos” and misfits (and I DO have stories!), but overall, I truly enjoyed my jobs and career path areas where I had male bosses. Perhaps I picked good men, perhaps the good men picked me? Don’t
know, but it’s still the truth that the best bosses I had were male.
Interestingly, my grandmother and her sister were both in business EARLY in the 1900’s (when it was REALLY unusual for women to work at all) and they continually worked side by side with men all their lives and had nothing but the best to say about men. My grandmother was a cattle rancher and my aunt owned two banks and lumber company. Neither of them was a wallflower, both were well educated and very intelligent and talented and both of them had men as husbands, friends, counselors, mentors, etc. I was fortunate to have these two incredible women as “models”, and learned early on that men and how they think and how they approach life knew what they were doing.
One of the biggest shocking truths I had to learn when first working was that the women in most of the jobs I had (except one) were NOT interested in “helping a sister”. THAT bunch of garbage was spewed into the culture by the N.O.W. during the early ’70’s and it was the biggest lie swallowed by women of my generation. Even I nearly bought the story. Not for long, though.
In REAL life, 95% of the time my female coworkers, bosses and even underlings were constantly calculating how they could undermine or stab in the back all the OTHER females there. I did have one great female mentor (for which I will always be grateful) but most of the time I spent hordes of energy trying to not get zapped by these awful women.
What a waste of time, energy, talent and potential achievement. It’s why I eventually became self-employed, and to this day, most of my clients and support people are male. It just works out better that way.
Lest you think me a misanthrope and miserable in my life with no one, I’ve been happily married for over 29 years to a man who is my best friend. My “other” best friend IS a man also, and is someone with whom I’ve been in business for over seven years. ALso, I got on well with my father, grandfather and great uncle, too. Each one of those family men respected me, challenged me and expected me to work at the best of my intellect and ability…and therefore, they each believed I could do and be whatever I wanted to do and be, whether it was in a job, in sports, in my hobbies or just in life in general. No games, no manipulations, no stabbing, no destructiveness.
All the truly good friends, as well as the largest number of friends I had in college and in grad school, were male. It just seems to me that it’s easier overall to get on with a man, talk to a man, figure things in life out with a man as your teammate than a woman. Men generally are more often dependable, men DO stuff.
One caveat: it does bother me that sometimes folks get into the “they all are…” syndrome. I am NOT going to go on to your site and write diatribes saying “ALL women are…” any more than I’d say, “ALL men are…”. People are individuals and so their reactions are different. Not all ASians are the same, not all Blacks are the same, not all Hispanics are the same, etc, etc.
So, although my best relationships in life have been with men, there have been some very fine girlfriends in my life as well. But, it’s not the kind of situation one hears about with most women wherein we all get together to giggle and gaggle and go to the mall and spend ourselves into oblivion. My few girlfriends are much like myself…independent, educated, interested in many things, focused on enjoying life, are kind to their family and mates and children and animals and EACH ONE OF THESE WOMEN RESPECTS AND LIKES MEN. Some are career women, some are housewives and moms. I don’t care one way or the other what they “do” in life as it is the intrinsic ability to respect, admire and cooperate with men as a partner and for each sex to use its own strength and ability to make it through life that counts to me.
There were a few minor areas on your site of which I was not supportive (one commentary about hitting a woman in the face upset me…I wouldn’t condone hitting ANYONE in the face “just because”), but overall, I guess perhaps by reading your site I found that my inability to “bond” with most women is BECAUSE I am in agreement with the ideas and statements overall that your site covers. I don’t know—does this mean I think like a man? It’s been said to me that I do, and honestly, I ALWAYS took that as a compliment.
For what it’s worth: my husband and my guy pal BOTH complain of many of the problems stated in most of the threads I read and I’ve been rather appalled watching what they deal with at work, and in the case of my guy friend, in his dating relationships. Wow is about all I can say other than it’s discouraging to see it all.
Well, Dick, I do suppose I just did prove one thing about women: we do use alot of words! Sorry about that, but I wanted to state my opinion and case for why I agree with much that is on your site.
Anyway, Dick, thank you for listening. I’ll be looking the site over in the
future again.
B