Why it's not fun to be a man.
This is, of course, on a website designed for men, and some of the article is just silly, if not actually offensive.
But, it does contain some interesting stuff, which presumably is not just made up, such as the experience of lesbian journalist Norma Vincent when she pretended to be a man for a while for her book A Self-Made Man :As “Ned” went to clubs to hang out with “his” male friends, Norah Vincent would occasionally talk to women while still in the guise of being a man - not necessarily to hit on them, but as a means of gauging reactions to certain conversational topics when the conversation is initiated by a man. After a few months of this, Vincent evidently began to despise women; no matter what she wanted to talk about, and no matter whather intentions were, nearly all of the women she talked to either blew her off, or were insanely rude and/or condescending to her. Without even stopping to hear what “Ned” had to say, the women in the nightclubs “Ned” visited immediately assumed he was a lecherous jerk looking only for sex, and treated him like shit as a result.
To summarize: regular women were such assholes to a lesbian when she was disguised as a man that she began to sympathize with men and actually hate women.
And no, I'm not posting this because I've just broken up with my girlfriend, though it might be that the first section of the article would explain why I'd prefer to have a girlfriend... :)
But, it does contain some interesting stuff, which presumably is not just made up, such as the experience of lesbian journalist Norma Vincent when she pretended to be a man for a while for her book A Self-Made Man :As “Ned” went to clubs to hang out with “his” male friends, Norah Vincent would occasionally talk to women while still in the guise of being a man - not necessarily to hit on them, but as a means of gauging reactions to certain conversational topics when the conversation is initiated by a man. After a few months of this, Vincent evidently began to despise women; no matter what she wanted to talk about, and no matter whather intentions were, nearly all of the women she talked to either blew her off, or were insanely rude and/or condescending to her. Without even stopping to hear what “Ned” had to say, the women in the nightclubs “Ned” visited immediately assumed he was a lecherous jerk looking only for sex, and treated him like shit as a result.
To summarize: regular women were such assholes to a lesbian when she was disguised as a man that she began to sympathize with men and actually hate women.
And no, I'm not posting this because I've just broken up with my girlfriend, though it might be that the first section of the article would explain why I'd prefer to have a girlfriend... :)