Uh huh

[BlackAdder]

"A woman can actually appreciate all that I am and all that I do. Men appreciate food, sex and sports (not necessarily in that order). I'm more than just a fetish."


You had my respect until that part of your post....Now I just think you have some issues that you need to work out. Get off the high horse already.

[Quinn]

Men appreciate food, sex and sports (not necessarily in that order).


I'm just expressing my opinion from what I've personally seen and encountered. If you have taken some offense to it...maybe it's because belong in that grouping.

When I see these and other statments you have made come from any woman, it generally brings to mind their male counterparts, men who make statements like:

1. All women only care about shopping and are shallow;
2. All women are a bunch of gold diggers that just want a man to take
care of them;
3. All women are natural liars and manipulators.

I know men that make these kind of statements and always feel sorry for them. While there certainly are some women that meet the aforementioned criteria, they are far from being the majority. When I hear one of these men respond with anything like, “I'm just expressing my opinion from what I've personally seen and encountered,” I can be sure that their experiences are the result of poor decisions they themselves have repeatedly made. Unfortunately, rather than learning from the negative consequences their poor choices resulted in, these men chose to blame others for their own issues. Does any of this sound familiar? It should because the totality of your statements concerning men reflects the same sort of crude and limited mentality.

Your sexual orientation is what is, and I respect that. However, choosing – and it is a choice – to hate an entire gender (something you have previously declared) based upon your own issues is sad and seriously limits you as a person. Let go of the anger already...

-Quinn

[chefmike]

your preference is your preference...I don't think many (if any) here, have a problem with it...but in almost every post you seem to remind us of your dislike/hatred of the ENTIRE male gender...I don't know how webster's dictionary would define it..but if a GUY made these sweeping generalizations...he would be labeled misoginystic, sexist, etc. and rightfully so...I'm sorry that SOME men have treated you cruelly in the past...and it is easy for any human to slip into stereotyping...but enough already...

[brickcitybrother]

I can be sure that their experiences are the result of poor decisions they themselves have repeatedly made. Unfortunately, rather than learning from the negative consequences their poor choices resulted in, these men chose to blame others for their own issues. Quinn

[brickcitybrother]

My feelings have not come from bad desicions I've made. A few examples:

1. At my last job, a guy told me basically that I was a freak and a joke. "No one else has the heart to say this to you but I will. You are a man and your name is -----. You need God in your life and I'm going to pray for you."

2. Going to a restaurant with my Mother, a group of guys decide to act out. "Yo dude, my boy over here wants to holla at you".

These are just 2 of many random example of ignorance I've had to deal with and it's always from men. But according to you I guess it's my fault for bad decision making. I guess it's also my fault that a guy from my first job basically attempted to "take advantage" of me after trying to get me drunk at a party, knowing I had a girlfriend at the time and didn't like men in that manner.

[brickcitybrother]

Looking at the statements above - I am at a loss why there is even need for discussion. If seems as if an entire group (men) has been placed into a single monolithic block from which there is no escape. In other words, one person is of the opinion that one group behaves in one absolute way - without exception.

In much the same manner as I observe certain people complain that others think "all transsexuals are sex crazy, flambouyant and escort, along with a long list of stereotypes" I guess we are complaining that that sort of nearsighted, insensitive, ill-considered, asinine, moronic and senseless attitude can not be found to be acceptable. I mean who would actually engage in such an ill-conceived activity as hating an entire group whether it is transsexuals, women or men - when the reality is that are (and will always be) exceptions to the norm. I mean who would propogate such an evil and ugly thing as 'hate' knowing full well that they themselves could be the very next victim of it?

Who, with a compasionate and knowing soul, could hold such feelings?

~Brickcitybrother~

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

[brickcitybrother]

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore!