And nope, I'm not talking about You!

[cellomusette]

About two years ago, a guy I worked with shared his philosophy with me regarding men and women.

"Men are stupid. Women are evil."

This was his explanation for strife in the world.

At the time, I thought he was vastly oversimplifying things. Or maybe just under-simplifying. My basic belief is that people are assholes. Not to say I don't like people; but we're assholes. In general.

Now, looking back on the past 24 years of my own life and charting the experiences of people around me, I'm inclined to think his statement was absolutely right.

And it makes sense, too. Women compensate for the stupidity of men, and male priviledge, by finding sneaky ways to get around them. This leads to a habit of evil behavior. Men compensate for the evil nature of women by pretending it doesn't exist. They avoid the head games by pretending they don't know how to play, and then they just forget. Unfortunately, they lose brain cells in the process.

Comments

[everybabyweeps.livejournal.com]

i agree.

[bluepapercup]

nah, you're right. everyone knows this is actually the truth of the world.

[dylancage.livejournal.com]

believe it or not, i think i've been afraid to say this. but i agree.

[watercolorblue.livejournal.com]

I do have a hard time believing you've been afraid to say something. ;)

there's a whole subset of people in the culture who've been socialized outside their gender. they get different rules. my mom, for instance, is not a Chick---she's gay, she changes her own oil, you get the picture. she mostly falls into the male social role, so upwards of 90 percent of the strife that involves her involves stupidity, not evil. (mostly because she can't control her temper and shut her mouth when she needs to, or she does too much for people who don't deserve it, and she doesn't realize it...etc)

my socialization is halfway, so i'm prone to being stupid AND evil. depending on the day, depending on how manly i'm feeling. my stupidity can be illustrated, for example, by the incident where i took a canoe out in the Keys ALONE and tipped the fucker over because i couldn't handle the waves. what about you?