Man or Woman
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What about "I'm a man and happy to be a man?"
Has nothing to do with NOT wanting to be a woman, and everything to do with ENJOYING being a man.
Has nothing to do with NOT wanting to be a woman, and everything to do with ENJOYING being a man.
Well, if you are happy being a man then I think you would choose option 4, no? If you are happy and enjoying being a man, then it follows that you must be happy not to have been born a woman. Am I missing something?
It's funny, I have never met a heterosexual man that wished he had been born a woman. A dog several, but never a woman. However, I have met several heterosexual women who wished they he been born male and I can see why. I think we got the better deal. Childbirth alone swings it for our side. 
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But if given the choice, I would pick male every time.
I think women got a rotten deal.
There isn't one thing I can think of that would make me say, "Boy, I wish I was a woman so that I could do that." Childbirth would be the only one, and as I said before, if I had to go through childbirth, I'd be a virgin. :tongue
I think women got a rotten deal.
There isn't one thing I can think of that would make me say, "Boy, I wish I was a woman so that I could do that." Childbirth would be the only one, and as I said before, if I had to go through childbirth, I'd be a virgin. :tongue
The poll is dead even.
Come on!
There must be at least one woman out there who wishes she had been born a man. Speak up and prove my point! Or viseversa...
Come on!
There must be at least one woman out there who wishes she had been born a man. Speak up and prove my point! Or viseversa...
George...I have no idea what it's like to be a man, so wishing for the unknown is foreign to me. I like me, I like who I am, I like the person I am...I'm happy in my skin and in my mind. I like my role in this world with my daughter, my friends, all those whom I love. I like the joy I feel from all the people in my world...trade it for the unknown...no thanks. I am woman, I am glad in that.
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Yes, yes, I know you are all glad to be the sex you are. Just like you all are glad to be running the software that you are running. But...don't you sometimes wish you were a man so that you would not have to:
1. carry a baby inside you for 9 months
2. go through agonizing pain to give birth to it.
3. go through the menstrual cycles.
4. be hormonally out of whack for 3 out of 4 weeks every month
5. pick up after your husband and kids
6. cook dinner after you come home from work.
7. ask to be paid the same as men who do the same job.
8. do the laundry and iron the clothes.
9. go to bridal and baby showers
10. I could go on and on why I would not like to be a woman and I guess that I equate that to what you would or should like about being a man.
Like I said before, I think you gals got a bad deal from the man upstairs. Which brings us to the next topic... is it a man upstairs or a woman? What do you think?
1. carry a baby inside you for 9 months
2. go through agonizing pain to give birth to it.
3. go through the menstrual cycles.
4. be hormonally out of whack for 3 out of 4 weeks every month
5. pick up after your husband and kids
6. cook dinner after you come home from work.
7. ask to be paid the same as men who do the same job.
8. do the laundry and iron the clothes.
9. go to bridal and baby showers
10. I could go on and on why I would not like to be a woman and I guess that I equate that to what you would or should like about being a man.
Like I said before, I think you gals got a bad deal from the man upstairs. Which brings us to the next topic... is it a man upstairs or a woman? What do you think?
Unless you've experienced all of the aforementioned things George, you really can't speak about the power derived from them...like I can't speak intelligently about all the things that make you male, physiologically speaking...you are what you are, I am what I am...be glad in that...beats the heck out of the alternative.
As for who resides up above...well, that's a personal choice.
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As for who resides up above...well, that's a personal choice.
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I don't think that it was the man upstairs who gave women a bad deal it has been men. I went to med school in the early 60's and I was one of three women in the four years. I heard all sorts of sexist remarks: "a guy needs your place to support his family", etc. Even remarks from the faculty. I heard the same stuff from my college years as a pre-med. Did better than most of the guys in my classes. So got into med school with my grades....however- no student loans in those years and my parents said they could not afford the last two years. You can't work part time and go to school 110+ hours per week. Believe me, I tried.
I know.... I have heard it all.. I set the stage for other women. But still bothers me. THIS has been the problem for me as a woman.
I do have several advanced degrees, have a good teaching position in a college and about ready to retire in good shape and have 12 wonderful grand kids.
But still feel I did not get to do what I wanted to do and know I would have been good at it. But didn't JUST BECAUSE "you are just a girl". And don't forget, one of the worst insults one guy can give to another guy is that is "(blank) like a girl"!!
Well, I can shoot better than most guys, but it does seem women have to do things so much better just to get the breaks guys do.
Well, see what you did when you asked?
Judy
I know.... I have heard it all.. I set the stage for other women. But still bothers me. THIS has been the problem for me as a woman.
I do have several advanced degrees, have a good teaching position in a college and about ready to retire in good shape and have 12 wonderful grand kids.
But still feel I did not get to do what I wanted to do and know I would have been good at it. But didn't JUST BECAUSE "you are just a girl". And don't forget, one of the worst insults one guy can give to another guy is that is "(blank) like a girl"!!
Well, I can shoot better than most guys, but it does seem women have to do things so much better just to get the breaks guys do.
Well, see what you did when you asked?
Judy
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I changed my mind!
Hey, it's a women's prerogative, right? I think I have issues.
I'll leave this subject alone now.
Hey, it's a women's prerogative, right? I think I have issues.
I'll leave this subject alone now.
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