I've been reading his book and at one part in the book Malcolm X details his hustler days. At one point during that time he lived in a house with prostitutes and writes about he relationship between men and women. I thought it would be interesting to discuss, I would love to hear opinions from both sexes.

”It was in this house that I learned more about women than I ever did in any other single place. It was these working prostitutes who schooled me to things that every wife and every husband should know. Later on, it was chiefly the women who weren’t prostitutes who taught me to be very distrustful of most women; there seemed to be a higher code of ethics and sisterliness among those prostitutes than among numerous ladies of the church who have more men for kicks than the prostitutes have for pay.

Domineering, complaining, demanding wives who had just about psychologically castrated their husbands were responsible for the early rush. These wives were so disagreeable and had made their men so tense that they were robbed of the satisfaction of being men. To escape this tension and the chance of being ridiculed by his own wife, each of these men had gotten up early and come to a prostitute.

The prostitutes had to make it their business to be students of men. They said that after most men passed their virile twenties, they went to bed mainly to satisfy their egos, and because a lot of women don’t understand it that way, they damage and wreck a man’s ego. No matter how little virility a man has to offer, prostitutes make him feel for a time that he is the greatest man in the world. That’s why these prostitutes had that morning rush of business. More wives could keep their husbands if they realized their greatest urge is to be men.

Most men, the prostitutes felt, were too easy to push around. Every day these prostitutes heard their customers complaining that they never heard anything but griping from women who were being taken care of and given everything. The prostitutes said that most men needed to know what the pimps knew. A woman should occasionally be babied enough to show her the man had affection, but beyond that she should be treated firmly. These tough women said that it worked with them. All women, by their nature, are fragile and weak: they are attracted to the male in whom they see strength.”

I personally agree with almost all. I think a man who isn't firm, meaning not standing by his values, pleasing her and let himself be pushed around, becomes an very unattractive man as he becomes needy.

Furthermore, at one point in the book Malcolm X explains that you should never ask a woman about the other men she is dating or has dated. She will either lie, which will make you unsure when you can trust her again. Or she will tell you the truth which will just make you insecure. In fact, it is a stupid question to begin with, dont you have bodies behind you? What makes you so special that she gave herself to you? DONT.BE.NAIVE

Most men need to understand that women aren't helpless pure beings, everything you can imagine yourself doing apply that to her (and everyone you meet) and you will get a more realistic picture of the world.