Comments on: One More Reason Boys Are Dumb

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:04:49 +0000

I live in England, and trust me - those sweet, innocent English boys you think you’ve met are only so nice because they’re on guest turf, and because American girls are sexy and exotic. (Remember Bridget Jones’s Diary: “Well you see the thing with Laura and me… She being American, someone with a bit of confidence…”)

Back home, they still just get drunk and grab your ass at the pub, expecting you to squeal in delight. As far as nationality goes, my money is on Australians (or maybe I’ve just seen one too many episodes of House).

But following on from all this, I lament the days when men not only opened doors, but actually *pursued* their objects of desire.

By: jake

jake — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:48:28 +0000

You began your little tirade by deriding a young man for making a generalization according to sex-based criteria (women can’t drive). Then you proceeded to base your entire “article” on a similar generalization, even admitting “I hate to generalize, but yeah”. This whole thing wreaks of hypocricy, that and the pennings of a high-maitenance woman who wants men to do everything for her, while at the same time demanding a certain level of “respect”. I use quotes here because often times this “chivalry” you speak of is the same type of activity that is blasted by women as “demeaning” and “disrespectful”. “I don’t need a man to open the door for me, I’m an independant woman!”. Pick one!

In closing, I would recommend not spending your opening lines to speak out against generalizations, stereotypes, and prejudice, when you entire article is predicated on such ignorance. It really makes you look unintelligent. Then again, after reading most of the material on this website, that is probably unavoidable.

By: Solmaaz - UMASS

Solmaaz - UMASS — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:00:22 +0000

ladies, i found a second reason why boys are dumb:

jake.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:03:53 +0000

I’m an Aussie, and In response to Alice’s comment, no, Aussie guys are not like that(unfortunately). They’re just as perverted and lazy as anywhere else. Well, some of them..

By: Max

Max — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:09:05 +0000

I think that in all relationships you have to give to get. If you set upon a set of expectations towards someone without you yourself living up to their’s, then you will almost always be disappointed. Perhaps referring to sex as, “po na na” is why your date doesn’t feel like opening the door for you. You must not point fingers and make generalizations. What Jake said is perfectly valid and I tend to feel the same way about your writing. Women’s lib. was a tool created for the sole purpose of breaking apart the family unit and making it so that the women’s role of providing their child with a moral and sound upbringing was transfered to the institutional setting of the modern corrupt classroom.