Why is it OK for women and girls to say things like, "Men are so stupid" or "Leave it to a man to do something so idiotic"? I have a real issue with this. We are all created after our Heavenly Father, who happens to be male. None of us are perfect and we all do and say stupid things sometimes. It is not only men, nor are men as a group stupid or idiotic. What a disrepectful thing to say about any group of people. How is that not different than saying an ethnic group or a religious group is "stupid" or "idiotic". I just don't get it. Do women want their sons growing up thinking that because they are male they are stupid? Do these women realize that without men, they could not live up to their potential? We need them and they need us. We are on the same team, not rival teams. It's interesting to me that the same women who use these terms would be livid if a man said something so demeaning about a woman. Just something to think about.
I want my guys to know that I think they are smart and have a lot of good about them. They're fun, too. I love my guys!
2 comments:
I'm with you. I don't like those kinds of comments either. Yesterday I read a news article about an abusive father. It made me sad, but it also made me appreciate how many GOOD men there are - men that are hard workers, honest, and kind and gentle to their families.
On the spiritual side, I think there is a lot of recognition of the typically-female traits that are good, and very little recognition of the typically-male traits that are just as good. Jesus, in both Old and New Testaments and the Doctrine & Covenants, is surprisingly aggressive in light of our view of him as kind and nurturing.
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