Why Men Fail by David Brooks - NYTimes.com

CORNDOGCOMMANDO · 2012-09-11T20:18:07+00:00

I'm getting so fucking tired of being told I need to adapt to the new economic environment because just look at those smart women getting things done....if I had as much help as women I would be doing just as good.

Where the fuck are my men's only organizations fighting to get me equal treatment, oh that's right feminist fight to stop us from doing that can't have a national organization for men that would be sexist...says the all woman's organization. I fucking hate the way our company has to cater to the needs of women and then they have the fucking balls to tell the men why are wr not doing as good.

Fuck you, I'm being forced to do all the fucking manual labor so you can sit pretty in the office so we don't have another women on workers comp due to "stress". Oh the women are cold well let's turn the company AC off so they can be comfortable, every fucking job is the same watch what you say and how you say it or ill be sent to sensitivity training because we have to adapt to women's needs.

So tired of this bullshit, its starting to get hard not to hate all women. It's been so long since I've met a good hard working woman in real life. The amount of help they get coupled with the amount of mocking they seem to love to dish out is getting out of control. one day women, we won't be forced to make things easy for you and on that day you will know what its like to be a man.

Now then I'm off to lug boxes for the helpless woman so they don't start bitching about doing men's work....fuck you ladies.

DarthOvious · 2012-09-11T19:50:57+00:00

Today, more women than men see their incomes rise by 25 percent after a marital breakup.

You have to be fucking kidding me. As if the fucking alimony wasn't enough.

PierceHarlan · 2012-09-11T20:41:29+00:00

"Men still adhere to the masculinity rules, which limits their vision and their movement."

First, I think a big reason for that is because that's what men think women want from them. But I guess that's too politically incorrect to say?

Second, my answer to this "boys are failing" meme: http://www.cotwa.info/2012/08/seriously-lesson-of-aurora-is-that.html

mythin · 2012-09-11T22:11:27+00:00

You’re probably aware of the basic trends. The financial rewards to education have increased over the past few decades, but men failed to get the memo.

Really? Men failed to get the memo? Men already had the memo! Everything has been done to advance women in education at the expense of men. Female scholarships, Title IX, female outreach program's, women's safe spaces, affirmative action in the job market, restructure of primary education to increase female "buy-in."

So, women are doing so much better because they adapt, right? That's what this article is saying? Fine, let's remove ALL gender based benefits. Remove Title IX, remove affirmative action, remove women's safe spaces, remove every single gendered policy and law that gives advantage to either gender. Give it 15 years or so and let's compare numbers again.

A study by the National Federation of Independent Business found that small businesses owned by women outperformed male-owned small businesses during the last recession.

Really? Where's the link to that study? I can claim anything I want if I don't want to source it. Here's my claim! Small businesses run by women are doing better during this recession because the vast majority of government assistance for business is offered to women and minorities. In fact, women have an entire office dedicated to helping them run their small business.

There’s even evidence that women are better able to adjust to divorce.

That could have nothing to do with the alimony system, could it? I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that women initiate the majority of divorces, and are thus likely more prepared for it?

The women she meets are flooding into new jobs and new opportunities — going back to college, pursuing new careers. The men are waiting around for the jobs that left and are never coming back.

And how are men without employment going to afford to go back to college? If I had every possible safety net at my disposal, I'd be more likely to take risks, like going back to college, as well.

This entire article started off with a premise, the idea that women are adaptable and do better than when the rules change, and searched for evidence to support that premise. There are MANY possible explanations for the observed behavior. The simplest possible explanation is that women are inherently valuable and society won't LET them fail.

I left a Target a few days ago and was asked to donate to a women's and children's homeless shelter. I have NEVER been asked to donate to a men's homeless shelter. Men make up 76% of the homeless population, and yet we ignore them.

So thank you, David Brooks, for writing your biased article, but I'm afraid the world doesn't work quite how you think it does.

Title	Why Men Fail by David Brooks - NYTimes.com
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Date	September 11, 2012 6:32 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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