Men .... are they needed ? - Page 5

Bex · 13-11-2003, 16:17

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Hmmmm.It's all wrapped up together, girls fight less because of less testosterone therefore girls are precieved as being less aggressive so when girls do fight they are told 'thats no way for a girl to act'.....etc..

good point....its the nature vrs nurture question

trying to increase our post count, by post three posts :P

basa · 13-11-2003, 16:17

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Originally Posted by Nemesis

Put yer coat away ... this is the type of comment I'm after .... tell us more, tell us how you feel ..

OK then.....

Situation..married, two pre-teen daughters. Partner currently not working, so she does all (most) of the housework..washing, cleaning, cooking, sort of thing.

I do home repairs, car repairs, gardening, occasional shopping.

I don't get much 'hands on' with the kids as I'm gone before they get up and partner organises most stuff for them.

On days off and weekends I try to do stuff she would do but generally pretty hopeless at it through lack of experience of the routines ! Get bollocking off partner making me feel not much more than a meal ticket at times !!

Also having wife and two daughters I am the only male influence on the household, which is difficult.

Dunno why I'm telling all this

or what I'm trying to say, but, that's it !

Nemesis · 13-11-2003, 16:22

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Originally Posted by basa

OK then.....

Situation..married, two pre-teen daughters. Partner currently not working, so she does all (most) of the housework..washing, cleaning, cooking, sort of thing.

I do home repairs, car repairs, gardening, occasional shopping.

I don't get much 'hands on' with the kids as I'm gone before they get up and partner organises most stuff for them.

On days off and weekends I try to do stuff she would do but generally pretty hopeless at it through lack of experience of the routines ! Get bollocking off partner making me feel not much more than a meal ticket at times !!

Also having wife and two daughters I am the only male influence on the household, which is difficult.

Dunno why I'm telling all this

or what I'm trying to say, but, that's it !

You're telling us cos you can, and you know we'll listen. Try organising something new ... Day out ... visit something ... somewhere ... but plan it in advance then you won't upset any plans

Salu · 13-11-2003, 16:38

I wonder what is the gay viewpoint on this arguement? They may prefer the same sex but do they need the other sex? They certainly do in order to procreate...the men need the women anyway.

I think the bottom line is that if men were not needed then they wouldn't be men.

Ramrod · 13-11-2003, 16:45

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Originally Posted by Dr. Plummer

Agreed. - Gone are those days when men use to tie their wife to the kitchen sink/Cooker (Horrible term to use I know),

reminds me of a joke.....Q:whats wrong if your wife comes out of the kitchen to have a go at you?
A:You made the chain too long!

I know, I know.....

Xaccers · 13-11-2003, 16:49

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Originally Posted by Nemesis

So let me get this right .... it's Womens fault that the house prices are as high as they are, because they have liberated themselves and established themselves in the workplace.

Did I say I was complaining?
With both partners providing for the family, they can afford more, and as more people get more money, prices go up, fact of life.
Now if women took over and us blokes stayed at home....didn't the 2 ronnies do something about that?

Xaccers · 13-11-2003, 16:56

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

I thought mens peripheral vision would be better than womens......

No, women needed good peripheral vision to spot danger aproaching.
Men needed good tunnel vision for hunting. Men spot moving things easier than stationary, hence why we can never find our keys!

downquark1 · 13-11-2003, 16:58

If men aren't needed anymore why are women still needed, surely a machine can be developed eventually to carry chidren. Why are we the first choice when we dicuss removing a sex?

**Maggy** · 13-11-2003, 17:00

I misread the title as men are hot air balloons.

shouldn't have peeled and chopped those onions-it affected my eyesight.

i think by now everyone knows that i want us to treat each other as people and not as genders so really i see little point in us starting threads that just widen the gender stereotyping.

incog.

Ramrod · 13-11-2003, 17:04

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

No, women needed good peripheral vision to spot danger aproaching.
Men needed good tunnel vision for hunting. Men spot moving things easier than stationary, hence why we can never find our keys!

But peripheral vision primarily responds to quick movement.

Ramrod · 13-11-2003, 17:05

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

want us to treat each other as people and not as genders so really i see little point in us starting threads that just widen the gender stereotyping.

incog.

I think that the direction that this thread is taking is a good/group hug type of direction

Bex · 13-11-2003, 17:11

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

I think that the direction that this thread is taking is a good/group hug type of direction

indeed,,nemmy didnt start the thread as a women vs men thing, it stemmed from a converstation we were having on messanger.......

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Agreed. - Gone are those days when men use to tie their wife to the kitchen sink/Cooker (Horrible term to use I know), I think its good that women can do whatever they want these days. I believe in equal opportunities at work, I think this has now been applied into relationships.

good

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reminds me of a joke.....Q:whats wrong if your wife comes out of the kitchen to have a go at you?
A:You made the chain too long!

ramrod

**Maggy** · 13-11-2003, 17:19

i wasn't having a go at nemesis.i was just wondering why we keep going back to the same subject.

incog.

Xaccers · 13-11-2003, 17:42

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

But peripheral vision primarily responds to quick movement.

Exactly.
Think of men as having basic peripheral vision, if we ain't looking straight at it, it's blury, but if something moves we focus on it.
Women on the other hand have a much better version of peripheral vision, there's isn't so blurry, so if something is just off to the side, they can still see it clearly, so if they can keep an eye on more things at once (and they can eye up a cute bum without having to look straight at it!)

idi banashapan · 13-11-2003, 18:15

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

Who would open all the jars?
Who would parellel park the cars?

and in my experience, who would:

catch the spiders, mow the lawn, programme the VCR, tune in the tele, work the DVD, fix the PC, change the ceiling light bulbs without a chair, show the missus how to work her mobile phone, discard the instruction manuals, clear the garage out.... and so on!