Originally Posted by
TMonk
Get real/Speak for yourself.
Originally Posted by
TMonk
Hormones.
In our case, it's called Testosterone.
BTW I know a couple of college girls that will not hesitate to say things that are absolutely crude and rude (referring to us guys) in front of me because they don't care what I think.
I think that alot of the reason that men behave more crudely than do women is because it is socialized.
Testosterone does not equal aggression/sexuality/lust. Don't perpetuate a watered down view of being helpless to a steroid hormone. Sure it may play some part, and yes attraction in men is naturally a more visual process than it is in women. Just because I find a women attractive doesn't mean I have to be a tactless pig about it. And let me clarify this one more time for everyone: Testosterone is not an all-powerful sex-craze inducing chemical. Sometimes the higher range of female testosterone levels overlaps the lower range of male testosterone levels, and that doesn't mean all those girls have mustaches or all those men are overly effeminate.
You admit that you act crudely, and that the reason for that behavior is that it is socialized, making you a lackey to social constructs, and yet you tell me to speak for myself?
Sure, I can act crude in certain circumstances where I know that those present understand that sense of humor and won't read something else into it, but to act that way in public (like on a forum) isn't cool. and saying that you don't care what people think about you or if they are offended by what you say doesn't make it okay, doesn't make you tough, and is just more of the same old boring, wanna-be-hardass mentality.
I have been ranting way to much tonight, maybe I'm stressed and taking it out on unsuspecting BF posters. I apologize.