Yeahhh.... not buying it
Look, I can't read your mind, I can only read what you wrote. If you want to say that I interpreted it incorrectly, that's fine. And I appreciate the clarification of your stance, because I honestly was not getting most of it from your first post.
Nowhere did I say that I prefer independence for independence's sake. I have been in a relationship for 4 years. I know I can rely on my SO if I need to, just as know that I can rely on my family. But there is a difference between knowing that I can rely on someone and being obligated to.
The way that your earlier post was written strictly referred to women (and in a generalizing way) with a lot of what you talk about, whereas clearly you meant for your thoughts to apply to men and women. I don't disagree that the kind of hardening you talk about can be the root of someone's choice to do things more on their own. But it doesn't have to be. You may not have intended for that implication to be in your earlier post, but it was there, and there isn't much accounting for author's intent.
We have a fundamental difference in the way we view relationships if you think that anyone, man or woman, should be "in charge" in the relationship at all. But again, I appreciate the clarification of your stance.
It seems you may have misunderstood some parts of my response as well. I understood what you meant when you said strong, and I certainly did not think you meant women needed more cruel/strict/etc. men in their lives. It goes back to the fact that the post was unbalanced, placing too much importance, I think, on the specific role of a certain type of male in a woman's life. But maybe I am biased--I was raised by a single mother, and I found her strength to be more important in my life than that of any of the positive male figures that I had. Rest assured, you don't have to tell me to read.
As for the rest, I read it (with no foot-tapping involved!) and I can respect your views. I would only say that personally, though I may be exchanging one type of subservience for another as you say, I am deeply protective of my right to make that choice. I don't put much, if any, stock in traditional gender roles. Were women empowered? I think so. If only because we are maybe moving towards a time where, for example, the default won't be for a woman to be questioned about who will take care of her family as she pursues her career, while it is assumed that in a man's case, that is what his wife is for.
As for my snarkiness, I will not apologize for that...i enjoy a healthy dose of sarcasm
It makes me a bit sad to get so much hate
Anyways, I'm surprised that people think I have a problem with female authority figures. Pretty much all the teachers and mentors I have had in my life have been women, and I respect and love all of them.
The difference is that in terms of marriage/dating, I am looking first and foremost for a sex partner and a housekeeper, not a professional woman. There's nothing wrong with a woman having a professional life, but it does not attract me in the slightest. That's really it. I don't see anything misogynistic about that statement.
Except he's not a decent guy. He's a hateful, black-souled boring power-hungry gamer. He's trite and empty inside. He would rather see others fail and he'd rather escape than face reality head-on. I feel bad for the future girl...I hope the dream of America will be exciting enough. Eh, she can always have a fling on the side if she's that attractive, right? I know an Indian girl that does that and she isn't even all that.
I liked the 180 degree change in demeanor between your 2 posts one after the other.
Or more Philip Markoff, BU med student style.
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That's f**ked upI actually like the idea of beheading people, though not because I have an appetite for violence.
You see, last year we did Neurology. During the physio portion of the course, the professor taught us that when an individual was beheaded, you would see his muscles start to spasm, because by removing the upper motor neurons through beheading, you left only the lower motor neurons, which played a role in facilitating muscle movements.
That statement always stuck with me in the back of my mind, and I wondered...was that professor telling the truth, or was he lying to get us interested in Neurophysiology? I tried to find videos of beheadings and executions online, but had no luck.
Then, ISIS started beheading dudes, and I got excited, because I could finally be able to see if the Neuro prof had told me the truth or not. Except ISIS censored the immediate aftermath of the beheadings.
Do we have any Neurologists here that can confirm or deny this?
How does appreciating beheadings show intellectual curiosity?
Why in God's name would your Neuroscience PhD professor or even your Neurology MD clinician lecturer LIE to you? He could give a **** less if you choose Neurology as your specialty or not.I actually like the idea of beheading people, though not because I have an appetite for violence.
You see, last year we did Neurology. During the physio portion of the course, the professor taught us that when an individual was beheaded, you would see his muscles start to spasm, because by removing the upper motor neurons through beheading, you left only the lower motor neurons, which played a role in facilitating muscle movements.
That statement always stuck with me in the back of my mind, and I wondered...was that professor telling the truth, or was he lying to get us interested in Neurophysiology? I tried to find videos of beheadings and executions online, but had no luck.
Then, ISIS started beheading dudes, and I got excited, because I could finally be able to see if the Neuro prof had told me the truth or not. Except ISIS censored the immediate aftermath of the beheadings.
Do we have any Neurologists here that can confirm or deny this?
I'm just surprised you think a professor would care to recruit a med student when everything occurs thru the match anyways, and a student is influenced by many different factors when it comes to specialty selection.
I don't know what's worse, that you thought your professor would try to troll you and tell you the opposite of what's true re: medical information or that your class is sleepy at freakin' 9 AM.
