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Newsweek: "How to Train a Husband"
Submitted by parkranger on Thu, 2008-02-14 20:23
I found this article on Newsweek.com. I was angered by the comparison of men to animals. There were some interesting comments added by both men and women. I just thought it was intriguing how women seek to train/fix men of their inherent problems. Excerpt:
'DiSesa, who was the first female chairman of the ad agency McCann Erickson, argues that women should use their femininity to manipulate the men they work with and advance their careers. Instead of criticizing an employee's ad proposal, she flatters him for his "brilliant" idea, then sweetly asks if he had any other inspirations. "Women use these tactics with men all the time," she says. "We're mothers, wives, girlfriends, sisters. We know how to handle men, we just don't do it at work."
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And, she says, we shouldn't admit to our manipulations. "If people think I'm being conniving, I am," she says. "But if men see it coming, they'll duck." Sutherland's husband eventually caught on to her experiment (it didn't help that she wrote a book about the animal-trainer school), and even started using the techniques back on her. Now they use the word "shamu" as a verb, as in "Did you just shamu me?"
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Ed. note: This is not a repeat of an older post; alas, this is a concept that just keeps getting put out there. The dateline for the article is the Feb. 18, 2008 issue.
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On Women
It is important for men to understand that women feel no guilt or sense of impropriety when they manipulate other people -- men or women. As the inferior sex they learn early in life to use guile and dissembling to get what they want.
Women as a species possess no sense of justice, and therefore, no integrity.
That does not make them evil or bad -- it is just what they are.
You would not accuse a rattlesnake of having poor manners if it bit you, right?
It is just the nature of the beast.
(Google Arthur Schopenhauer's essay "On Women.")
Typical Females
I'm not saying all women are like that, but it seems more and more of them are becomming conniving and manipulative. It does seem to be in their nature.
I just wish women would realize that us men are not complete idiots and we don't like to be controlled, treated like children, or compared to animals. Maybe if these dumb whores could learn some respect for men, they wouldn't have problems with relationships.
Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!
Sad, but true: Men must take control
It is offensive, but not easily avoided. That is part of the reason I wrote my e-Book "The Manual on Women" at www.ManualOnWomen.com
Men are easy prey to such manipulation because they fundamentally want a friendship with a woman -- not competition. Men want to have their romantic relationship be their refuge from the world, an island of peace and rest in an otherwise confrontational world.
Men don't want to believe that that innocent-looking, angelic, sweet woman is going to play dishonest games on them, and are totally unprepared. Men don't fair well, because they don't want to believe that they have to go into a romantic situation armed for combat.
Unfortunately, there is no choice. The man must take charge. There can only be one leader. And if it isn't you, it will be her.
It is necessary to reject the propaganda of society, and reject a woman's attempts to reshape the man.
In my book I explain why women will secretly be dissatisfied if you do not reject their attempts to grab the reins. In order to feel your strength, she will keep testing you. But you have failed the test if you let her take over. And subconsciously, she really doesn't want you to let her. She wants to feel your masculine strength pushing back. To experience you as a man, she may keep putting you in a situation where you have to put your foot down and be the man. She may provoke you in order to feel you pushing back, and feel your delicious strength.
True, to some degree.
Women want to be possessed. They want to be treated like you own them to some degree. They also want to know that you can't be pushed around easily. After all, who's attracted to a zombie whose will bends at the whim of others?
Yet, at the same time, they want to feel like they're in control, even if they're not. They want to know that there are certain things they can get you to do for them.
No wonder most women don't know what they want in relationships.
Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!