Sophistry
I really really love it when men explain to women that it’s OK for men to assume that when a woman’s irritated, it boils down to her period.
Right now, my father is explaining to my girlfriend that it’s perfectly OK to act this way.
I disagree. Strongly. This is an attitude assumes that whenever a woman is upset or irritated, it’s because of her menstrual cycle, and thus attributable solely to some biological function, which renders her irritation not as important.
Second, this attitude has been used to put down women for centuries. Ignore her, it’s her time of the month. You know how women are.
Sure, sometimes a woman’s period makes her a royal shrieking psychotic. But a lot of times a woman is upset about any given something for reasons that have NOTHING to do with her cycle. And it’s offensive to assume otherwise.
I have never understood this attitude. What the hell is wrong with asking “hey Sue, you seem kind of upset today. Is everything OK?”
You know what appens when you assume; you make an ass out of you and me.
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July 15th, 2008 at 8:57 am
ok why did i defend your father in a later post?
my ex husband used to do that, and well, he’s an ex.