To Sasha

Submitted by z (United States), Jan 22, 2008 at 14:01

Sorry, but I don't believe that men are inferior to women. I grew up in a family full of boy cousins and trust me, they were not inferior. However, I did learn early in life that they don't have the coping skills we have. Nevertheless none of them were inferior and I don't view men as being inferior. Describing them as "inferior" sounds very biased to me.

Men only do to women what women allow them to do. The old adage, "don't start something you can't finish" seems to be a good rule when it comes to interacting with men. Women will receive respect when they teach the men in their lives that we give respect and we expect the same in return. The behaviors of men will significantly improve when mothers, wives, and lovers set the rules and demand respect. I remember vividly the story one of the women in my family told me when I was a little girl. Here is the story -

One cold, late September morning, a lady went walking by a lake and she found a cold and nearly frozen snake. The snake looked up at the lady and cried, "Please, pretty woman, take me home with you. I'm cold and about to die". The lady took off her coat, wrapped up the snake, took him home and built a fire in the fireplace. She covered him up with a blanket and went into the kitchen and heated him some milk and being the nice, kind lady that she was, she even put some honey in the milk. Mr. Snake drank the milk and fell asleep. Every now and then the lady would check on him. Finally the snake thawed out and when the lady bent over to caress him, the snake bit her real good. She started crying, "Why did you do that? I found you by the lake and I brought you home and I fed you and now you bite me. Why?"

Mr. Snake replied very matter of factly, "But, lady, you knew I was a snake when you took me in".

Trust me, this story has helped me try hard to steer clear of snakes. No, men aren't inferior. Just like Mr Snake, they've learned how to play on the sympathy of a kind, caring, loving woman. Inferior? No. Smart and manipulative? Yes, they are.

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