When Men Attack

[deathpixie]

So, this article by Scott Adams is doing the rounds of my various online networks. It's fairly short, but in essence, what it's saying, is that society punishes men for being "what they are" when they are sexually offensive, instead of acknowledging that men are apparently "unrestrained horny animals" (Adams' quote, not mine

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[frito_kal]

Both sides of the "Can't help but..." drive me mad. It's insulting all around, it implies that all we are is a mass of chemicals and hormones and that we have no control over ourselves at all.

(I won't even start on the "all women are in some degree of fear when in the company of men." thing because it'll turn into a rant and I need to not be angry today)

[trishalynn]

[jim_smith]

I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm insulted by the notion that I am a testosterone-addled rape machine, because it's not like I lose any sleep over it. I do think it's extremely dumb, though.

Every time I see this suggestion that society punishes men for "manly" behavior I can't help but notice that, at every turning point in the development of human civilization, men were included in those meetings. Men undeniably had a major role in shaping this world that supposedly hates and fears them and won't let them ejaculate wherever they like.

I'll go along with the idea that men have urges that don't fit into modern culture, but that's because it's modern culture and it's incompatible with loping about like a bonobo chimpanzee. I can't just punch anybody I want, but I also don't have to sleep in a cave or track a wounded deer for three days. I'm satisfied with the trade-off.

I remember, back when I was a teenager, being told not to get a boy too overexcited, since it wasn't fair on them. Fair, how?I assume the intended meaning was

[mindset]

I remember, back when I was a teenager, being told not to get a boy too overexcited, since it wasn't fair on them. Fair, how?

I think the intention of this was probably a mix of "'blue balls' are painful and masturbation is a sin". Not that boys can't control themselves, but if quote-unquote you get them excited, it's "not fair" to leave them in the lurch. Which is (a) silly, because they can go wank if they have to (that's where the cultural objection to masturbation causes problems), and (b) it's my understanding that teenage boys get hard-ons from looking at clouds and apple pie. And of course, it puts the onus all on the girls for "getting them excited" in the first place as opposed to him getting himself excited over her.

Anyway, Scott Adams is full of shit, but you knew that. The Sim-virus strikes again...