People keep asking me why I and other men think that women are insane. First things first. I am very familiar with psychology, psychiatry and the DSM. I have been studying this stuff for decades. The “crazy” way that most women act is generally not diagnosable in the DSM, therefore, of course it’s not mental illness in any way.
But it’s still crazy nonetheless. Why? Because if you act the way that women habitually do in Man World, you will get into verbal fights, get victimized, get ripped off, get into physical fights, get your ass kicked, end up in the hospital, or else you will die. On the lesser end, you will end up with a world full of male enemies, some of whom are either very dangerous or who have dangerous friends, and all sorts of events from lousy to problematic to Hellish will ensue as all of these men try to get back at you in various ways for all the shit that you are pulling.
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My car was making funny noises, which is a scary story right there. I pulled into my complex, turned off the car and opened the hood. Steam was coming from the engine. The car was 70% of the way overheated, running too hot. And making funny noises. Fluid, apparently water, was leaking. And the heater quit working. That’s all you need to know.
Anyway, I messed around in the dark under the hood a bit, walked back to my car and looked inside at a light that was burning. For some idiotic reason, I shut the door, locking it. With my keys inside! Keys to my apartment, keys to my car, keys to everything. I was screwed.
Now, I know grown ass women in their early 40′s who get into situations like this and go utterly ballistic. They get on the phone to their mothers and start screaming and yelling and frankly just completley fall apart. Well, in Man World, you just can’t do that. You can’t fall apart like that. If you do, bad things are going to happen to you. What bad things? It’s hard to say what, but your behavior will be seen as incredibly inappropriate and all sorts of bad shit will probably flow just from that right off. No matter how much you feel like losing it, you can’t. The risks are too great.
I found out that my Auto Club card was expired. I got on the phone to a friend, panicked, and told her to get me out of this mess. I told her to use her Auto Club card to come rescue me. She fiddled around a lot, insisted it could not be done, but I kept saying yes it could. Finally she called Auto Club and sent them to fix me up. She also bought me another years’ membership while she was at it.
As I was standing there waiting for Godot, two neighbors pulled up in a truck. These are very hardass Mexican guys, about 35-40, who look like criminals, or gang members, or former gang members, or like maybe they were in prison. Very hard and tough and look like they could kill you.
But you see, men have ESP. We have tremendous sense of intuition and we communicate nonverbally all the time. They stopped their car and said, “How are you, sir? How are you tonite?” These guys never talk to me, ever. Not for one second. Ok, what happened was these guys, using male ESP, figured out that something maybe was wrong and maybe I needed help. They were correct. I told them I locked my keys in and could they help me. They said sure they could.
The guys came back, and boy were they experts and breaking into cars! One guy leaned on the door handle while the other guy used the car antenna to work his way into the car. The car was a Taurus, and there is a specific way to break into Tauruses. These guys knew all about it! I stood there and watched.
Now, what is important here is my mind. I’m not sure what I think of these characters, but at that age, their crime days are probably over. They are usually settled down, married with kids, and have adopted a more law abiding lifestyle. Nevertheless, they are very hardass types.
I had to wash all feelings of hostility or dislike for them out of my head and just focus on their good parts. I pretended that I was a hardass Veterano street tough like them and moved my mind into that area.
I also put my mind into a mild fear place to show these guys that I was somewhat but not too afraid of them. If you are too afraid of them, they might victimize you. But if you are a bit afraid, they like it, because fear is the opposite of hostility. Fear shows submission and a desire to be nice, friendly, not attack and above all, it shows respect. Which is what these guys live and breathe.
I also got my mind into a very non-neurotic place, because you can’t act crazy around these guys. It looks unpredictable, and it makes them nervous. Of course I could not panic at all. I asked a few questions here and there: “Are you sure that won’t hurt the car?”
I made sure not to make any comments that could be seen as hostile or unfriendly in any possible universe. I obviously didn’t ask how they were so good at breaking into cars. That’s not a good question to ask!
At some point, I got keys from the manager, got into my place and found some car keys. I went back outside just as they were breaking into my car. They pointed inside, “It’s done.” They said. I nodded and said thank you.
Then they both moved to me, one on either side. One asked if I had a couple of bucks. I had a dollar and two twenties. They didn’t want the dollar. I thought twenty was too much. They didn’t have change.
One guy said twenty would be just fine. “A locksmith will cost you $15,” he said. Then he moved in closer to me, somewhat menacingly. What this means is that I give up the twenty. Ok? You just give it up. It’s worth it. Now, in the world of women, women might play a million weird games not to give up that bill, or something equivalent to that scenario, but in Man World, you just don’t. I gave up the twenty, and that was that. “A good deed for a good deed,” one said, and they walked quickly away. They more or less bullied that bill out of me, but it was a fair price.
When I hear about all the crazy shit that women pull day in and day out with men and other women, I shake my head.
This is the world we live in, Man World. It’s a very nasty, mean and ugly place, and the other men are very scary. It’s really a World of Terror. There are exquisite rules for behavior, speech and even thinking, as the other guys can even read your mind. If I tried to pull 1% of the shit in Man World that I see women pulling day in and day out, I would be in deep. I would be taking my life and my safety into my hands.
You don’t play games with other guys. You don’t fool around. You don’t act nutty, weird or unpredictable. You don’t lose it. You don’t act hostile in any way. You don’t act devious, conspire or use subterfuge. Everything is straight up, and you all show your hands. You follow all of the rules all of the time, or as best you can. You think about everything you do, say or even think, because frankly you could get your ass kicked or die at just about any moment. But that punishment is right and proper, because it is the only thing that keeps men acting good.
So when we say women are acting crazy, they are doing stuff that would end us up in a world of hurt in Man World. Stuff that could get our asses kicked or get us killed, or a million other bad things. At the very least, it’s called “acting crazy.” If you get a rep for “acting crazy,” other men will cut you out, avoid you, fire you, quit talking to you and stop doing business with you.
I will give you some examples of these “crazy” female behaviors in a later post.
This is a great story. Mind if I reprint it at
http://ex-army.blogspot.com/
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Thanks for the permission! This post has been reprinted and linked, with commentary alluding to George Carlin, at Ex-Army:
http://ex-army.blogspot.com/2011/12/difference-between-men-and-women.html
Morning Robert… I am feeling like I don’t fit in your world view!
I, a woman, albeit older, would have offered the $20!
I also don’t fall apart, not at my mother’s suicide, my father’s death, or my son’s. I am one of those types that kicks into rescue mode…..and just DOES whatever it takes..
I am extremely emotive.. I think that is my 75% Scottish….and explorer..also Scottish…..but the 25% French softens it a bit…and makes me a bit “high-end” maintenance (not make-up or clothes, but creative expression)
I am also extremely logical..and can, and often do, suppress emotions to achieve whatever. Too much maybe, sometimes I wish I had a fainting couch…and strong men to step up.. but I don’t.
So, my take Robert? Expand your questions from issues of gender to one of the fabric of life experience and genetics…?
After my experiences as a MOM, my youngest now 22, I did have to give up my 70′s ideals of equality, etc. Boys are different than girls, and so are teenagers…but again we can look to brain function, etc. We just know so much more don’t we… Also, the range of variation within a gender, certainly overlaps between the two…?
I am glad to hear that you are RATIONAL.
lol well perhaps I am not the best judge of that!
I think your explanation of Man World and how some female behavior is interpreted in it is a good one. Of course, when it comes to female behavior, context is everything.
I think subtlety, indirectness, and subterfuge are highly adaptive for females, as you yourself alluded to earlier. So in many of the situations women find themselves, they’d be crazy NOT to employ them! And in some situations, they are actually superior to directness and overt aggression.
$20 is a steal for having them unlock your door. I think a locksmith would charge $50-70. You may have been able to pay less by offering them a 12 pack of cheap beer though.
Yeah it was a steal. See, I was sort of being a bitch by not wanting to pay the $20. That’s why the one guy moved in sort of somewhat menacingly.
As a woman I have to agree, with everything you just said! I have been acting like a man for 52 years now, and am better off for it. When women freak out, panic, act helpless, get jealous, try to prove you are wrong, try to keep you out of a group, talk behind your back, play favorites and generally act like they are in 7th grade, I LEAVE!!! I feel foolish being around them. A soap opera if a fun thing to watch, but a terrible place to live. Some women are insecure and histrionic. They make mountains out of molehills. They remember everything wrong ever said or done to them.They are childish morons, and ‘women culture’ allows this behavior to an extent. I prefer the company of men. They make more damn sense! The women I chose to hang with have to pass a test. Are they intelligent? Can they open their own garage doors? Do they know how to use a screwdriver? Do they talk trash about other people, especially their husbands ( I ditch them, pronto)? I have lived a fairly tomboyish and badass life. I lived in rural Africa for 9 years. I used my wits and lived like a man there, buying this, making that. It was when I started to ‘act like a woman’ that things fell apart. It took me a long time to get myself back together, to find the real me that I can have pride in. I try to teach my girls this, I hope I am succeeding.
This is a great post. You are an ubermensch, I think! Good job!
Wow, Cathy! I think I know you -you’re almost ME! I never did “get” girls, even as a young girl myself. It took me forever to understand that their behavior wasn’t an act, it’s how their brains actually function. I just think more like a guy, but it works for me!
Men who can accomplish practical physical tasks are sexy. That’s why once Indo-Pak women get an experience of that type of man, its very hard to go back to the typical middle class softie mama’s boys that they are expected to marry.
Once you black you never back, but once you go Indo-Pak……?
I agree with Apehuman; I would have offered them the $20 and a warm “thanks!” Incidentally, while living in the Denver area, I had car trouble three times. Each time, it was Mexicans who came to my aid. They weren’t able to help, but they tried.
re. the $20, I think a better way out would be to say something like
“I’ve only got a twenty, looks like it’s your lucky night”
You’d be saying that you ‘know’ it’s too much, but that ‘as a man’ you recognise that a debt is due.
Which all goes to underline your point about the subtleties of man-world! And I agree with what you say about the differences. Bill Burr did a skit about how badly he’d act if it were socially unacceptable to punch him in the mouth, like it is for women.
Hmm, interesting. The main thing is those guys had a right to somewhat bully that out of me. I was pretty much being a dick for not giving it up in a sense. I needed that $20, but the job was totally worth it. If the guys hesitates, you have a right to escalate and even bully a bit. It’s fine, I deserved to be bullied a bit. I’m not sure I would want to say that $20 is too much, because really it wasn’t! It’s just that I needed that $20 bad LOL!
Yes, I am so glad that any man can pretty much hit me or maybe even worse at any time. That is the mindset that I walk around with all the time. “This guy has a right to punch me or worse if I fuck up.” It’s terrifying, but it keeps me acting very, very good. If you follow the rules and show respect to other guys, everything is more or less cool in Man World. I’m ok, you’re ok, it’s all good. You got problems? Sorry to hear it but keep it to yourself please. I got problems too, Lord knows.
If the right to hit me were removed, I shudder to think of how much of an asshole I would be. I am afraid to say that I might act very bad. The threat of punishment is a great thing!
I didn’t say it was right!
I don’t go round threatening violence any more than you do.
But I do think that there’s a ‘man-code’ (that pretty does much come down to what you say), but that most men try to live by it because it is seen as honorable – you do ‘x’, you take responsibility for ‘x’. I think men (on the whole) sign up because it is just, not the violence bit (though I don’t deny that it exists, just that I haven’t given, or received threats in decades).
If women had to take responsibility for their behaviour, through shaming (I’d guess), then they’d probably change their behaviour. The world might be a better place for all.
You seem to think that I was having a go at you…I wasn’t. I pretty much agree with your comments, I intended to give another option for you to consider. One that, I think, supports your take on male vs female reality…YMMV
No, you were not having a go at me. I did not believe that.
okay, no problem. I don’t mind having disagreements, but if they happen, I do prefer that they’re genuine (not just a mis-understanding). It looked like you thought that I was happy with implied violence. I’m not, but I do think that it exists and I do think that it modifies men’s behaviour (and doesn’t apply to women)
I have looked around your blog in the meantime, interesting subjects
You could retitle this “A Refection upon the Pussy Pass.” Basically, women have the option to be insane; however, it does not follow that all women are insane. A nicer way of putting it is female privilege or chivalry.