marți, 29 iulie 2014

What Women (and Men) Are

I remember one joke that said: Men don't understand women. But even if they did, they still wouldn't believe it. The joke, as funny and witty as it is, is meant to emphasize two things: first, the obvious, that women are extremely different from men; second, that this difference is caused actually by the fact that they are so complex and mysterious. Are they though?

There is nothing mysterious about women. Each of them will tell you that "all" they want is to feel loved, to feel protected, to feel appreciated, to feel beautiful, to feel smart, usually they will use the word "feel" a lot, just to make it seem they are concerned about feelings, when in fact it is about everything else than that. And i mean "everything" literally: money, power, glory, sex, etc.

WOMEN ARE WANTERS. Professional wanters. And wanting is only part of the story, cause women don't settle for what they want and get. No! The more they have, the more they want. More men, more money, a bigger car, a bigger house, a bigger salary, a bigger cock, a bigger diamond. With women, it's never enough. Whatever they have, they can't settle for it. Some other female will have a better position, will brag about better sex, about new furniture, about some expensive vacation, about her boyfriend's abs, and will make them realize they need to have those as well. More precisely, they need to have exactly those. Settling is perceived as a step back, as a defeat. So they treat settling as a strategic halt: we stay here where we're comfortable until we identify the opportunity to move on. Cause they do move on. That's what they do. That's the actual part that men do not understand.

And in between, they will tell you that story about feelings...

PS: Men, on the other side, are perceived as providers. They always were: hunt and get food, fight and ensure protection, food, security, shelter is what women wanted and men gave. For that there used to be a sort of quid pro quo. Men were driven by their sexual needs, and women were there to ensure that those needs are satisfied. As another recent joke says, covering the ugly truth in humor, "for marriage women pay with sex". But do they really?

In the current age of feminism, women have actually put a hold on the quid pro quo. They've managed to impose a blockade on sex, while still asking men to be providers. Just that this time, the nature of services and responsibilities placed on men is even more varied. In the prehistoric age, when men were risking their lives daily to provide the necessary means of survival, it is likely to assume that once they were home the women were ready to cook the pray and didn't talk much of being tired or having a headache when men desired some physical relief. They took care of the offspring and didn't expect men to do it for them. Most likely, back then, punching a woman in the head for being a bitch was natural and totally acceptable. The physical ramification of her actions made a woman more aware and more responsible.

However, all of that is gone now. Men finally became responsible for everything. Although nowadays there are vacuum cleaners, washing machines and dishwashers and disposable diapers, women complain men don't help much in the house.  Men cook and were told that it's because men are the best chefs. Men need to give women orgasms now, no matter what, it is their job. Need to look and smell good. Need to sit and talk and most of all, listen. Need to buy stuff, spoil their woman, otherwise they're jerks. And must understand and accept any pathetic excuse for lack of sexual payment. And most of them do, cause women have finally succeeded to avoid consequences of their actions (hitting a woman is unacceptable), to impose a harsh legal treatment of those men who would want to escape a toxic relationship (whatever happens half of your stuff is hers), and most of all to  change the men's mindset into thinking only from the perspective of women. Men, became PROVIDERS ONLY. And, somehow, learned to take pride in that...

And in between, they will tell you that story about feelings...