Oh, us men. We kill me.
From this article By Tim Dowling in The Guardian today, in response to Michael Buerk getting worked up about 'women taking over' or something like that:
'Many women are baffled by the masculine ability to limit the depth and range of their emotions. They assume we're emotionally stunted, or emotionally disconnected, when nothing could be further from the truth. It's simply that men have the power to convert virtually any emotion - be it guilt, fear, despair, sadness, whatever - into anger. Then we can vent it properly and safely on whoever moved the window putty. Precisely how we do it is a trade secret, but it remains one of our few truly marketable skills. Ranting about nothing on television - that's the future for men. Our special today is unfocused anger, madam. Would you like some sperm with that? No?
Hmm, that's worryingly accurate.
Girl response to Buerk's rant from Zoe Williams, here.
'Many women are baffled by the masculine ability to limit the depth and range of their emotions. They assume we're emotionally stunted, or emotionally disconnected, when nothing could be further from the truth. It's simply that men have the power to convert virtually any emotion - be it guilt, fear, despair, sadness, whatever - into anger. Then we can vent it properly and safely on whoever moved the window putty. Precisely how we do it is a trade secret, but it remains one of our few truly marketable skills. Ranting about nothing on television - that's the future for men. Our special today is unfocused anger, madam. Would you like some sperm with that? No?
Hmm, that's worryingly accurate.
Girl response to Buerk's rant from Zoe Williams, here.