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Friday, May 30, 2008
Battle scars of the sexes
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I was talking with one of my male friends this weekend who told me that he thought, generally speaking, it was much more difficult to be a woman. That made me wonder about the dating aspect of things and who has it harder — the gentlemen or the ladies?
Some arguments I came up with on the ladies’ end:
Some of us go through an extensive beauty routine to go out on dates, which may take anywhere from one hour to one day, and many of us spend a lot of money upfront (hair, clothes makeup, salon) to look great.
Women tend to become emotionally attached very easily, so some of us have to work to control that urge early on.
Women have to fight off truly ridiculous, aggressive men in social situations (I’m not saying it doesn’t happen to you, too, guys. But statistically…)
But here are the downsides I thought of for the gentlemen:
You have to actually plan all the aspects of dates (transporation, place, time, activities) if you’re assuming traditional gender roles in dating. And that can be a lot of planning! And a lot of money!
Sometimes you have to do scary things, like kill bugs or kill another man to defend a lady’s honor! (OK, maybe not the second one. But the first one is totally true.)
You have to deal with neurotic women who think that you’re dating them exclusively after you’ve only been on one date.
What other challenges or obstacles would you add to this list? Who do you think has it harder in dating? Men or women?
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