tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post2365172486266877181..comments2023-12-25T11:13:04.495+00:00Comments on Seraphic Singles: Neither Gods nor MonstersSeraphichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-2285470459453960152012-07-10T21:18:22.776+01:002012-07-10T21:18:22.776+01:00And apparently you're the same guy as Um...Joh...And apparently you're the same guy as Um...John commenting on my July 7 post.<br /><br />One thing I am very serious about: it's women-only and men-only spaces. Almost every dinner party I throw, the women and I leave the men together at the table to chat in no-holds barred masculine freedom. <br /><br />And on this blog, I am very serious about giving women a safe place to air their hopes, dreams and beliefs without being chastised by male strangers, men who are neither their husbands, fathers, brothers or priests. <br /><br />Mark Shea's is a great place to have conversations, but this blog is primarily for us girls.Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-15327326066038378652012-07-10T19:48:25.561+01:002012-07-10T19:48:25.561+01:00Hello, Buckyinky. You're barking up the wrong ...Hello, Buckyinky. You're barking up the wrong tree. This is a blog for Single Catholic women and other Single women of good will. We like men, we love the important ones in our life, most of us love God and the Christian Church, and we are not interested in arguing with men with axes to grind.Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-65150352137834377282012-07-10T17:56:20.232+01:002012-07-10T17:56:20.232+01:00The average man might not remember, for example, t...<i>The average man might not remember, for example, that for thousands of years women were kept out of higher education, careers, jobs teaching philosophy*, etc., on the grounds that we were supposedly much stupider than men.<br /><br />But that's another post for another day.</i><br /><br />Maybe in that post for another day you will prove that women were kept out on the grounds that they were much stupider? Nothing has convinced me from what I've read of history that this was the case, though I often see such claims raised.buckyinkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-77623308181336377392012-07-05T21:27:18.803+01:002012-07-05T21:27:18.803+01:00"But I think this is because--like many women..."But I think this is because--like many women--I can see the far-reaching implications of ideas faster than the average man can. The average man hones in exclusively on Point A, for example, whereas the average woman immediately sees Point A in relationship to Points B, C, W, and Z."<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Can't think of anything further to say in response to this that would be constructive.Charming Disarrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481799867576915560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-69489495718793411342012-07-05T20:18:43.906+01:002012-07-05T20:18:43.906+01:00Eeek, ignore the random asterisk.
~theobromophile...Eeek, ignore the random asterisk.<br /><br />~theobromophileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-24005245679376401402012-07-05T20:14:45.507+01:002012-07-05T20:14:45.507+01:00There are some subjects that few men can discuss &...There are some subjects that few men can discuss "rationally"*, such as divorce, alimony, false accusations of sexual assault, or the like. It may be worth reminding uppity men that they, too, have their sore spots, and their desire to debate those points has more to do with feeling slighted by society and less to do with their inherent reasoning abilities.<br /><br />~theobromophileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-71368320796598598422012-07-05T19:24:26.976+01:002012-07-05T19:24:26.976+01:00Oh, yes, I love the book, "You Just Don't...Oh, yes, I love the book, "You Just Don't Understand."<br /><br />...<br /><br />I wondering if, in the past, there was a cultural consensus on how gentlemen should interact with ladies and young men were taught this behavior?<br /><br />But now it seems that we almost no cultural consensus on anything, and many people seem not to have learned either basic manners or simple civility. So perhaps it should be no surprise that young men have no idea (because they've never been taught) that treating girls the same as they do their buddies just doesn't work.<br /><br />--C.B.Catholic Bibliophagisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697706672495544901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-9315561407578689952012-07-05T18:22:46.415+01:002012-07-05T18:22:46.415+01:00If everyone would just read Deborah Tannen's &...If everyone would just read Deborah Tannen's "You Just Don't Understand", we wouldn't have as big of a gender war problem. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Just_Don't_Understand" rel="nofollow">You Just Don't Understand</a>Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610038094754958630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-29943500847240162232012-07-05T18:20:57.910+01:002012-07-05T18:20:57.910+01:00And lest you think I took "male-brained"...And lest you think I took "male-brained" as a compliment... I'm sure my dad thought so, but he is no champion of logical argumentation, and whenever I disagree with him, he forgets entirely about my oh so calm and logical manbrain!american in deutschlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-7548946876113876132012-07-05T18:16:43.603+01:002012-07-05T18:16:43.603+01:00And for the record, if you are a natural take-no-p...And for the record, if you are a natural take-no-prisoners arguer, and spent your high school years standing up well in debates against boys who respected you for it -- still no dice! I mean, I assume. I think there were one or two high school guys who like-liked me for what my dad smugly termed my "brain like a man." But they were too shy or it wasn't mutual or whatnot.<br /><br />It's funny because my twin sister and I were always far more aggressive and shove-buddy within the family than my brother was... I can't speak for his experience... but I think brothers and sisters will usually have a different dynamic than intergender relationships outside the family, and for good reason. But sometimes it has to be taught. Adolescent girls are usually more sensitive and aware of how people are acting around them, but that doesn't mean they have the tools to structure or pitch their own behavior yet... and many adolescent boys, perhaps, have neither the awareness nor the tools!american in deutschlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-13167795712326345612012-07-05T17:06:51.768+01:002012-07-05T17:06:51.768+01:00Or here's one I've seen:
"Women don...Or here's one I've seen: <br /><br />"Women don't back up their arguments with studies and statistics like men do - they rely on anecdotes."<br /><br />In support of which theory he just said that women he argues with on the internet do it all the time...Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02275790985990503744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-25332603436169344882012-07-05T15:30:57.176+01:002012-07-05T15:30:57.176+01:00Haha!
"That idea is stupid!" he argued ...Haha!<br /><br />"That idea is stupid!" he argued logically. "I guess you should just vote for Obama, then, if you think that!"<br /><br /><15 min later><br /><br />"Why do women never enjoy a well-reasoned argument?" he complained, dispassionately.<br /><br />...<br /><br />And that, my friends, is why I have never really enjoyed "debating" with adolescent men.sciencegirlnoreply@blogger.com