I’ve worked in a male-dominated industry my entire adult life, often as the only woman in the room. All of the “male-bashing” the letter-writer and commenters are whining about? I’ve heard men saying the exact same things day-in and day-out about their wives, girlfriends, and women in general. Women are stupid. They shouldn’t be allowed into engineering schools. They’re evil. They’re lazy. They’re greedy. They’re sucking them dry. They have the AUDACITY to be tired and in pain after childbirth. Blah blah blah. Present company excluded, of course–both men and women have been telling me I’m not a “real woman” for the last 15 years (strangely, it’s not a compliment, even during women-bashing).
So I’m not buying this “men are society’s victims” bull**** anymore than I ever bought the “women are society’s victims” bull****. I think some people are just too caught up in viewing everything through a prism of gender–the same way some people can’t see anything but race. “Women” aren’t stupid, but some individual women sure are. “Men” aren’t jerks, but some individual men sure are. Etc.
The bullies of both genders are enabling the crybabies of both genders and vice versa. They all need to grow up.
