Seriously, why do they ALL think and act like logic and emotion are two mutually exclusive things???? They can coexist!!!

suaveagave · 2020-01-13T07:53:35+00:00

Men are emotional as hell and they’re in denial about it. Have you seen them when they lose their temper? Feel slighted? When girls won’t pay attention to them? They go off the deep end.

2020-01-13T05:58:27+00:00

When men get overly emotional and testerical about "false accusations" and paying for dates we need to remind them that their emotions over those issues makes them illogical.

2020-01-13T05:41:03+00:00

Exactly. You can be very emotional and still be logical. Likewise you can be indifferent and not say logical things.

Emotions, or lack of emotions, don't guarantee logics.

Though I get that sometimes emotions makes us biased and defensive, but yeah, it's not always the opposite of logics.

Maisiebr · 2020-01-13T07:53:52+00:00

Psychologists say that that emotion needs to be an integral part of making decisions. Sure, not in a way the you act on each and every impulse, but rather you make sense of your emotions, where do they come from, what they mean, what they try to tell you, and then making the decision - basically, emotional intelligence. Which is kind of a logical analysis part, but the emotion is vital to start the process. Most men make it seem like that you have to throw emotion out of the window, but they fail to realize by doing so, they can't possibly make wise decisions. Emotions are adaptive in terms of evolution, they shouldn't be left out of the equation, because they are here to guide us. Of course, there will be times, when only facts matter, but those are usually very specific situations. Or there will be times, when you will be citing facts but are emotional at the same time because it affects you. It's immature to think that will discredit the facts in any way. But to understand this, you need to have, you guessed it, emotional intelligence.

I also hate the arguing style we all know too well - if I repeat myself over and over and manage to talk over you and interrupt you constantly, while I make myself sound stoic and don't let an ounce of expression creep on my face, I win.

Men have so many emltions affecting them while they think they are "rational". Oh, "to see the speck in your brother's eye, but not to notice the log in your own eye"

Drunkscrewup387 · 2020-01-13T05:34:43+00:00

Star Trek, Spock's "Emotion is the opposite of logic" made that a whole cultural touchstone for a generation of men.

MoribundMauve · 2020-01-13T05:24:41+00:00

In fact, I think they have to coexist.

If you're part of a human society, human emotions have to be a part of most logical solutions.

wiindowsill · 2020-01-13T05:41:52+00:00

Having emotions is a logical consequence of existing in the world as a human. UGH, so sick of men who close themselves off to basic human experiences.

dackaroo · 2020-01-13T05:18:53+00:00

Because they have neither.

okayrightsickcool · 2020-01-13T15:11:36+00:00

i’ll probably get downvoted for this, but the ideal is that they coexist. i’ve seen highly emotional responses do so much damage to situations.

and highly rational responses are just devoid of any empathy. both in extremes are bad, but they are on opposite sides of the spectrum.

smittydoodle · 2020-01-13T05:07:59+00:00

Because they’re scared of emotions.

TheHistoryMachine · 2020-01-13T12:09:46+00:00

It's their consolation prize for forcing back their emotions (well, all their emotions except for anger and lust). They tell themselves they're better, they're smarter, when they're really just broken emotionally.

themissdaydreamer · 2020-01-13T15:28:12+00:00

is it logic that makes a man rub toothpaste all over his dick to get a girl's nudes????

edit: true story https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/ejt9o7/tifu_by_putting_toothpaste_on_my_dick_and_sending/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

IcriEveryTime2000 · 2020-01-13T13:21:35+00:00

Cause they are stupid

aclumsygirl · 2020-01-13T19:56:19+00:00

Men are MORE emotional than women. It just manifests as violence and anger, either directly or passive-aggressively.

itsirrelevant · 2020-01-13T13:42:31+00:00

They're conditioned to think this way.

Ms_Tilly · 2020-01-13T16:41:25+00:00

I experienced this the most with my most unhinged ex. He literally lost his shit regularly after a buildup of a few weeks. Had to be a personality disorder with the way it was patterned. Anyway, he used to actually say "I'm being very rational" or "I'm being very logical" when he absolutely was not. He'd say this while pretending to be calm or maybe a day or two after he lost his shit. One time we were watching a playoff game and our team lost as usual. He got up, walked to his apt entrance door (upstairs) and just punched a hole right through it. Then walked down the hall and went to sleep. The hole is probably still there two years later. His arm was scratched all to hell.

bong_boi_420 · 2020-01-13T15:22:11+00:00

I always think emotion is very important untill it strats to cloud your judgment.

When me and my SO argue its only when emotion gets involved that feeling start getting hurt.

At the end of the day if you if someone is being logical and you dont agree whith them atleast you can try to figure out their reasoning behind it .

siberiansummer · 2020-01-13T18:23:52+00:00

And then they have no logic themselves anyway 🙄

2020-01-13T15:29:39+00:00

OMG. This. So many men have thrown logic in my face to discredit my feelings and concerns. It was just a way to control me and shut me up. Never again.

buttonsutton · 2020-01-13T18:50:19+00:00

Had a date on Friday with a total loser. Like this boy has a good paying job, owns his own condo and has a good relationship with his parents. But he's lonely as fuck. He kept saying how men think rationally and women think emotionally. First of all, they aren't mutually exclusive. Second of all, emotional thinking isn't bad! Fear is an emotion. Without it, we'd all be walking into traffic and jumping off buildings.

Also, last year I was seeing this guy who believed. No, insisted, that he didnt have emotions because he's an Aquarius and he's just too logical. This boy was so emotionally stunted. In his defense, he had a horrible childhood so I don't think he had a chance to develop emotionally. But besides the point. You're not emotionless because of your fucking star sign. You're pushing down trauma and also just being a fucking asshole. God. It's not like I go around manipulating people and saying "well I'm a Scorpio, so I can't help it". The stars don't control our actions like that.

ItsFreezen · 2020-01-13T18:53:23+00:00

Men also don't want to admit there hormonal. They wouldn't be alive without hormones.

littlecuterose · 2020-01-14T00:00:10+00:00

I’ve come to realize that their version of logic is just how they can for work and benefit themselves alone instead of working to see how they can help others around them as well. Most men are naturally selfish and their main focus is their own survival. Which is what explains why women will most of the time naturally keep giving to them in relationships and not receive anything back in return.

7_0f_9 · 2020-01-14T08:57:43+00:00

It has to do with the fact that intuition (feelings) is the seat of women's power (within our bodies, as opposed to "minds"). Basically preferencing "logic" (magical male sky daddy thinking) is a way of denying the divine feminine, a way of denigrating females. It's just a false mind-body dichotomy constructed by patriarchy to deny us our biological power over males. A good source to start is Mary Daly. She really breaks down patriarchy thinking to the smallest detail.

neil_anblome · 2020-01-13T18:48:04+00:00

Because when people get emotional their reasoning becomes heavily degraded. Making a decision when you're in a highly emotional state is probably not the best time. It's the same with any situation where your cognition is altered, such as with drugs. You wouldn't deliberately choose that time to make a decision.

Hipster-Aurora · 2020-01-28T16:39:39+00:00

Because people who make a lot of noise about how logical they are never are. Think of Tywin Lannister's king quote... logical people don't need to constantly assure anyone of that.

They're also emotionally unintelligent. Because they think emotions are inferior, their own are totally underdeveloped and that's why they act like five year olds when stuff doesn't go their way.

Title	Seriously, why do they ALL think and act like logic and emotion are two mutually exclusive things???? They can coexist!!!
Author	tauruspiscescancer
Upvotes	830
Comments	60
Date	January 13, 2020 4:55 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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