Alright dudes, real talk

You want to know the truth? Yeah, women do care about how much money you make, and how attractive you are, and how big your dick is. It's pure logic. We don't get paid as much as you, and even if we're an exception when we meet, our careers aren't going to progress as fast, we won't get the marriage bump in our salary, and the bare facts of biology mean our careers are going to get derailed at least somewhat by a pregnancy. Social roles being what they are, we're probably going to end up doing most of the housework, and all the household management, and being unpaid therapist to your emotionally crippled, uncommunicative self, while still dealing with all the extra headaches of shitty experiences of being a woman in this world. And statistical probability is that if she ended up in the role of the breadwinner, your lazy ass isn't going to go all wifely and do all the cooking and cleaning and childcare and planning and housekeeping that women keep up. Also, most of you are pretty terrible in bed and have no idea how to get a woman off, and think sex starts and ends with your boner. So yeah, if we know we're probably going to be dealing with all that crap no matter what dude we end up with, we're going to try the best we can to find a guy who will at least ease some of the financial burden, actually turn us on with their looks, and has enough in the pants for us to work with. If you don't have any of that going for you, you might want to get on board with that whole feminism thing and start creating a more equal society. Until then... well, these are the gender roles we got.

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Charge of the Light Brigade

Oct 17, 2018 at 12:20am

Let me fire the first cannon by saying you actually have no idea what it's like to be male. Period. And that by how shallow your thinking is, I'd wager you have no male siblings, which, coincidentally, is why you can't actually humanize males beyond their assets to you. Good luck!

This is Sad

Oct 17, 2018 at 1:42am

When I started reading this post, I thought OK, the confessions flame wars continue. I thought I'd fire back at the OP, but I actually just feel sorry for her:
"your emotionally crippled, uncommunicative self"
"your lazy ass isn't going to go all wifely"
"most of you are pretty terrible in bed"
Being that bitter and jaded has got to be exhausting. The OP tried pretty hard to dress this post up to sound smart and worldly, but it just seems like she chose to associate with terrible men and decided to project their deficiencies on, well, the entire male population of Vancouver... What's even worse is that her perceptions of gender roles and domesticity seem to be stuck in the 1950's. Men can't cook and clean? Women's careers don't progress as fast? Really? Women are getting most of the college degrees now, and the most in-demand jobs of the future, such as nursing, tend to be dominated by women. Many of us feel lost while you're on the rise. And whatever advantages men may currently have in the office will disappear shorty as women "lean in" and climb the corporate ladder. 3rd wave feminism actually did wonders. Ever hear of Sheryl Sandberg or Marissa Mayer? I honestly hope you lose that chip on your shoulder and join the rest of us in 2018, OP.

Anonymous

Oct 17, 2018 at 1:46am

WE KNOW

Jones

Oct 17, 2018 at 2:46am

So what happens if I already have or do much of that?
Like much of the shopping, cooking, housework, planning and emotional support your post ascribed to women. AND I've been described as "easy on the eyes" or handsome by many women. AND my horizontal skills are so good, women joke that I should charge for it as a service. AND I look 10-15 years younger than my chronological age (so the consensus goes, even from strangers). AND I have considerable capital long before retirement age; enough that I'm semi-retired and have to do occasional side gigs just to be able to tell people "what I do" without lying, arousing jealousy or making sh*t up. AND I'd much rather not have babies - that's what I have dogs for.

All that being so, what the hell do I need you lot for? If we're going to talk instrumental relationships and traditional gender roles (that seems to be your framework for relating to dudes), you and I seem to have nothing to discuss, amirite?
It's messed up that I seek a more liberated and mentally flexible, less traditional partner than this place can offer. A woman without all these ridiculous preconceptions.
Progressive, ha. I live in the high-tech version of the Dark Ages. Even featuring forever wars and tyrants. This cynical, conventional thinking is repulsive.
Makes me feel like an anachronism, from at least 50 years in the future.

Holy shit.

Oct 17, 2018 at 6:56am

I love you.

On the other hand

Oct 17, 2018 at 7:25am

You could lose some weight, stop bitching all the time, and maybe try and make yourself look pretty once in a while... It takes two to tango.

Too much to reply to

Oct 17, 2018 at 7:44am

but I'll stick with one: "you might want to get on board with that whole feminism thing and start creating a more equal society. "

A more equal society?
I agree,women should do the same amount of jail time for the same crimes as men do,now they get 60-75% of the time.
All these Common Law laws ought to be struck down,why should a hardworking guy have to pay up to an underemployed or student ex girlfriend? Or even ex wife, if she leaves,she gets nothing of his assets she never paid into-none. Why should a guy have to pay child support to a kid that isn't his?
In the dating world,women should buy men drinks all the time.

I could go on and on,but don't have the time

BAZINGA!!!

Oct 17, 2018 at 8:17am

I bet you could con Sheldon or that guy who supports that stupid waitress with this crap, but it is crap.

Females behave the same way in primate society. The idea that this is "because inequality" is false. In primate society, it's not some big alpha consecrating himself, like Napoleon crowning himself, he rules with the advice and consent of the females in the tribe. The exchange is that he beats on the omega/beta males to keep the women from having to endure the fate worse than death of carrying an ugly/small framed child to term. But the women assist with this.

Your basic argument is "women are allowed to treat men like objects, because inequality."

Gender roles are mostly biological, and women come out on top. Historically, most men died without reproducing. The major inequality is males dying without reproducing, and we addressed that using monogamy and religion, which the feminists have taken apart.

So, now you are free to seek big cocked, rich males, and you can tell the men it's their fault for not being feminists.

Don't piss on my face and tell me it's raining. You're not feeling any raw, sexual attraction to a man because he dons an apron and makes muffins, cleans the toilet, etc. It's insulting that you women try to con men into thinking this is what they need to do. You just want domestic servants and feel butthurt that men don't want to be your domestic servant.

Don't try to tell me you're attracted to domestic servants. You're attracted to tall males with large frames, strong jaws, etc. You're basically saying that if we were in the Victorian period, you'd much rather be with the Butler than the Lord, but "because inequality" you pick the Lord.

You pick the Lord because he's tall, strong and has a big sword, unlike his Butler.

My guess

Oct 17, 2018 at 8:25am

Dick hasn't gone down this hallway in a looooooong time.

Anonymous

Oct 17, 2018 at 8:56am

Enjoy the single life.

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