[lostalex]

I;ve never seen men do any of those things either. so what?

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Its not about exclusion or anything. Just generally, men have more strength than women. obviously there are exceptions to the rule though.

I kinda dislike these kind of topics as I don't taker the 'typical' view that men and women are actually exactly the same and completely equal. I disagree. manual labour is better for men as (again typically) they have more strength than women. And personally I think women are better at jobs such as nursing as they tend to be more...empathetic and caring.

I would probably rather have a male firefighter come to my house to carry me down the stairs and save me from a fire, then have a nice friendly female nurse to get me back to health, than the other way around..

Maybe I am sexist deep down. Maybe I was just brought up with old fashioned views...I don't know. But I have always thought some jobs are simply better for one gender or the other :S

I agree with this and I don't think its being at all sexist. There will always be exceptions but they are exceptions.

When I did that six months of hard labour I was already fit, healthy and strong but doing that sort of work day in, day out nearly broke me. I'm happy to accept that I can occasionally put my hand to that kind of thing but if I did it for a living, I'd not only suffer but I'd be holding the team back.

Men genuinely worry about women as well. We had a team of men working on our project and they did worry about me doing certain things (especially with a nail gun!) even though I was capable. When it came to carrying anything heavy they'd down their tools and come and help me. They wouldn't of had to do that if I'd been a man.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.


James Joyce

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.


James Joyce

I tend to disagree with Mr. Joyce I'm afraid

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I tend to disagree with Mr. Joyce I'm afraid

no need to get all emotional

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

no need to get all emotional

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.


James Joyce

1882-1941... Ah the 'hysterical female' theory, now debunked.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

1882-1941... Ah the 'hysterical female' theory, now debunked.

I recently read Oscar Wildes The Picture of Dorian Grey, good story but my God the opinions on women in it

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I recently read Oscar Wildes The Picture of Dorian Grey, good story but my God the opinions on women in it

the bygone days

[Livia]

The world has changed for women... but only in the last fifty years or so. I think if you look back to how women kept the country running during the world wars while the men were away fighting, it'll show you that women are more than capable of doing anything they turn their hand to. Sadly women had to give up those jobs after the wars because men returning wanted the jobs and the women's movement was put back decades.

Why do so few men go into the caring professions, nursing and school teaching? Schools could benefit a lot from strong male influences in school. And yet they don't...

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

The world has changed for women... but only in the last fifty years or so. I think if you look back to how women kept the country running during the world wars while the men were away fighting, it'll show you that women are more than capable of doing anything they turn their hand to. Sadly women had to give up those jobs after the wars because men returning wanted the jobs and the women's movement was put back decades.

Why do so few men go into the caring professions, nursing and school teaching? Schools could benefit a lot from strong male influences in school. And yet they don't...

let's not pretend that nurses and teachers are so caring... infact most female teachers and nurses i've met have balls of steel and aren't very nurturing at all. they are very strict and are more masculine than most straight men that i've ever met. most construction workers (grafters) are beta males that just do as they are told and never have a bit of authority over anyone.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

let's not pretend that nurses and teachers are so caring... infact most female teachers and nurses i've met have balls of steel and aren't very nurturing at all. they are very strict and are more masculine than most straight men that i've ever met. most construction workers (grafters) are beta males that just do as they are told and never have a bit of authority over anyone.

I was doing like thetruth and using wild generalisations.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

The world has changed for women... but only in the last fifty years or so. I think if you look back to how women kept the country running during the world wars while the men were away fighting, it'll show you that women are more than capable of doing anything they turn their hand to. Sadly women had to give up those jobs after the wars because men returning wanted the jobs and the women's movement was put back decades.

Why do so few men go into the caring professions, nursing and school teaching? Schools could benefit a lot from strong male influences in school. And yet they don't...

Don't open up that can of worms Livia

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Livia

Why do so few men go into the caring professions, nursing and school teaching? Schools could benefit a lot from strong male influences in school. And yet they don't...

Men working with Children get generalised as some kind of peodo.

Even if they're not told this directly, people definitely have them assumption's

[Livia]

Originally Posted by wannashag

Men working with Children get generalised as some kind of peodo.

Even if they're not told this directly, people definitely have them assumption's

The opinions of people who would think a man working with children in automatically a paedo are not worth a wank I reckon. Some of the most inspirational teachers I remember were men. Shame, isn't it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

smallest boy LT has a new male primary teacher

[Crimson Dynamo]

and livia is right, men make the best teachers

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

and livia is right, men make the best teachers

I've had terrible male teachers and terrible female teachers and brilliant male teachers and brilliant female teachers, in this case it's most certainly down to the individual, not which of the 25 genders they are

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

and livia is right, men make the best teachers

I have been misquoted...

[Crimson Dynamo]

I remember Mrs Randish the biology teacher in her tight white lab coat



i use to dream about rogerisation during photosynthesis

[Livia]

I remember Mr Reeve the boys' PE teacher. Sighhhh... Spend a few very happy lunchtimes watching him pole vault. And that's not a euphemism.

[Alf]

I remember when we used to do PE in vest and underpants, and getting a boost over the climbing frame from the teacher.

This was old School style Peodoing, before for it got such a bad name.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by wannashag

I remember when we used to do PE in vest and underpants, and getting a boost over the climbing frame from the teacher.

This was old School style Peodoing, before for it got such a bad name.

In the old days most pe teachers were massive paedos but we just got on with it and ran fast

[Alf]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

In the old days most pe teachers were massive paedos but we just got on with it and ran fast

That's why we haven't had an Olympic sprint champion since Linford Christie in 92.

[Niamh.]