Why Women Aren't Crazy

[redqueen]

This appeared at Huffpo first with the title "A Message to Women From a Man: You Aren't Crazy", but since Huffpo is well known to engage in all the tabloid nonsense they do (for advertising dollars, not as a difference of opinion as at this site), I thought I'd link to this site, which is a men's site which I think is worth exploring.

http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/why-women-arent-crazy/

You’re so sensitive. You’re so emotional. You’re defensive. You’re overreacting. Calm down. Relax. Stop freaking out! You’re crazy! I was just joking, don’t you have a sense of humor? You’re so dramatic. Just get over it already!

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Do you ever hear any of these comments from your spouse, partner, boss, friends, colleagues, or relatives after you have expressed frustration, sadness, or anger about something they have done or said?

When someone says these things to you, it’s not an example of inconsiderate behavior. When your spouse shows up half an hour late to dinner without calling—that’s inconsiderate behavior. A remark intended to shut you down like, “Calm down, you’re overreacting,” after you just addressed someone else’s bad behavior, is emotional manipulation—pure and simple.

And this is the sort of emotional manipulation that feeds an epidemic in our country, an epidemic that defines women as crazy, irrational, overly sensitive, unhinged. This epidemic helps fuel the idea that women need only the slightest provocation to unleash their (crazy) emotions. It’s patently false and unfair.

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More at link.