Ah yes, all those male privileges
reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dvh8i/if_you_...Posted Oct 24, 2010, 2:02 AM UTC
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Conversations would look so much different if we actually had more women.
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Posted Oct 24, 2010, 2:02 AM UTC
Conversations would look so much different if we actually had more women.
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Just the mix of amusing lies and opinionated bitterness that makes Reddit so endearing.
Which of them are lies?
Well none of them are strictly lies, none of them are strictly true either.
People need to generalize in order to cope with the world. We don't like the feelings of insignificance and impotence that comes with dealing with the world on a situation-to-situation basis so we need to forecast and infer a lot of things that we then assume will be true or may as well be true for all cases. We don't know whether this girl we like will srcew us over or turn into a bitch or cheat on us, so maybe we should just assume she will in order to prevent ourselves from getting hurt. And while we're at it, what about all of the things that we're unhappy about in our lives. Surely something beyond our control and responsibility is to blame for these as well.
Then you proceed to generalize and rant. I applaud you, you self-righteous wind-bag.
Touché.
Even so, what do you think about the rest of the argument that was made?
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THe same then must be said of any woman that makes a complaint. Dealing with periods, childbirth and menopause? None of that is strictly true, just generalizations used as a defense mechanism against feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness.
Not necessarily, but possibly.
edit: I love how qualifying statements works XD