I said I think it’s possible. You said “horseshit”. Not sure what you mean other than it’s impossible for a man to do that.

I’m not saying it’s super likely or anything like that. But given this is pretty far off the path from my original comment, I’ll just drop it here.

Best of luck out there.

I mean… what about those actions is impossible for a guy to do?

I mean, ingroup and outgroup biases are well demonstrated phenomena.

But uh. Sometimes things aren’t JUST biases. Sometimes the other team is, well and truly, bad and worthy of our scorn.

Yeah, I agree with that 100%.

I don’t really disagree with your overall point, I just think that’s being way over generous to the anon here.

Like, do you think talking to your wife like she was a dude is really the only thing at play here?

Who knows, lol. But I’m more than happy to engage with people who disagree, so long as it remains relatively civil.

I’ve had plenty of gender-coded miscommunication with my wife over the years. But that’s far, far outweighed by more individual differences (like neurotypical v neurodivergent, mismatched communication habits, and mismatched expectations from how we were raised. Hell even just regional differences.

And when it comes to the other married guys I know, I’ve provided advice (upon request) that basically boiled down to (1) you don’t “win” a marriage, (2) treat her like a partner not an adversary (even if she’s treating you adversarially for now), and (3) be open and vulnerable when you can. It’s amazing how many of them have just… never once heard that advice from anyone else their whole life. Wild out here.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding your point, but I could see a man doing what the wife in the greentext did. It wouldn’t fit the stereotypes we have of dudes, but yeah I think it’s possible.

Time to embrace my gay side, for sure.

To be fair, I don’t mean like, raging, beating your wife misogyny. Just the standard kind that results in overgeneralizing and venting in this particular way.

The behavior described seems like either (1) the wife has big attachment and insecurity issues (maybe a personality or mood disorder) or (2) the anon has major, major communication issues (essentially driving the wife to desperate measures she might not have gone to otherwise). In either case, these are extremes. And extremes really shouldn’t be generalized to the whole gender population, y’know? I can’t think of anything BUT some amount of misogyny that would lead to that type of generalization.

How could I possibly calm down? Who am I married to then? Fuck!

(That was me joining the joke for anybody who might not get that otherwise.)

Do you think that’s what’s happening (both in my example but also the OP greentext)? That they’re admitting they have trouble communicating?

I could see a literal interpretation of “I don’t understand women” as a standalone sentence being reasonably interpreted that way, sure. But given the context, I think that’s really unlikely.

I’m honestly not sure what point you’re trying to convey, but that’s alright.

But best of luck out there.

That is unfortunately the tendency for men, yeah.

Men and women have tendencies and subculture, sure. But they’re not mutually unintelligible if you make even a little effort to try and understand the other side as fundamentally human people. For example, by listening to them and taking their positions seriously (even if the specific situation does not call for believing every factual claim).

I think we mostly agree here, just with slightly different framing.

This presupposes that men and women are fundamentally and irreconcilably different. I just don’t think that’s true, based on both my experiences and the psychological data I’ve reviewed throughout my life.

“I don’t understand women.”

Whenever someone has an issue with an SO, then extrapolates that to all women… that’s a red flag to me that this guy has a lot more misogynistic views just outside the frame of view.

It is unfortunately common. Pretty much all of the guys I know IRL complain about their SOs with “Pft. Women, right?” And I’m sitting here like… No? Maybe that’s just your SO? Or just your SO when they’re with you?

The tweet in question came from a (former?) US Republican congressman. Derrick Evans. He was also there on Jan 6 if a cursory Internet search is to be believed.

The same functionality that you use to take screenshots can be hijacked by bad actors to get access to your stuff. It’s especially bad if they can see your MFA apps or other sensitive info.

Not saying the functionality is always used for the best of intentions, but there are many situations where I see it as necessary.

I mean, I generally do like my employer health insurance, but it’s also genuinely a really good plan that I’ve largely had zero issues or outright denials. (I do sometimes have to get my doctor’s office and insurance to talk to one another appropriately, but that’s just as much on the doctor).

But I would gladly give up my health insurance for a nationalized healthcare system. Not even a question.

Meanwhile Guilty Gear has BEDMAN.

Who is, in fact, a man who is now a bed.