A Lady on MABTW??
posted by ladylessons in What would a Lady do?Often, when I tell folks I post on a site called Men Are Better Than Women, I get vacant stares in return. After all, I’m a middle aged, semi-retired, professional woman who has had (and still has!) a successful career…the obvious assumption is that I am a Feminist, so HOW could I post on MABTW?
Simple: I am a Lady. This entails knowing exactly what the differences are between the sexes in how they can and should interact with the world and respecting those differences. Did you catch that word? RESPECT.
In my career path (the law) I mostly worked with men in the early years as women were generally just not part of that world. Did I have any difficulties with men? Sure, there were some. A few wingnuts also. But, for the most part, the men I met and worked with, the bosses I had, were all about Can You Get The Job Done? If you worked hard, understood teamwork and were honestly trying to be the best you could be at what you did, they didn’t care if you were purple with green stripes: you got the kudos.
How did this happen back in the Days Of Mysoginistic and Chauvanist Pigs? Again: RESPECT…I just took each man as an individual without prejudging him, and took each experience as it came. I worked hard, used my talents as best I could and was a strong teammate and got the job done.
How did I learn this? No, not from my mother. My mother did not teach me how to be a Lady. My FATHER taught me how to be a Lady by showing me at an early age that these were the Rules Of Men and that if I understood that, believed in myself and did the job, the MEN would treat me like a Lady. And, they did.
And, so, this is just ONE reason I talk to the men on MABTW. They treat me like a Lady, too.
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Interesting. Have you checked out Luka’s blog, Engendertruth.com? She’s at a somewhat different stage in life, but I suspect you would enjoy it.
As one suggestion for blogging material, personally, I’d be quite interested in reading more of your impressions of legal issues in the news, particularly as regards gender. (e.g. the continuing expansion of Title IX, etc.)
Good luck with the blog.
-wolfe
I’m wondering, since you’re obviously not sexist, as u took each man individually, what do u think of the men on that site that dont do that 4 women?
hmm..never mind…i think…*think* i know….*think*
I know what you’re trying to say, but I really don’t think there’s much respect going on over there. Maybe they’re acting over the top to sell their idea, which seems noble and just, but I really don’t take too seriously someone who essentially says women need to be trained like dogs (which he does in the little Dr. Phil thing on the front page currently).
Too often women feel that they have to be like a man to gain respect. Just being a nice person, kind and polite is the best way to earn respect. Take people for what they are, male or female. Interestingly, I have hardly any female friends, work in a male dominated area and the respect the men show me validates my beliefs. Sure, over the years I have come across some awful men, but I can assure you that just as many nasty women have crossed my path. But human beings are multi faceted and we have to take all that into account when building relationships.