A few reasons why it is better to be a man rather than a woman

[bemylover]

1. your phone calls do not last more than 30 seconds.
2. there are more naked women than naked men in the movies.
3. one bag is enough if you are going on a vacation just for a week.
4. you don't care about your friends sex lives.
5. the toilet line is shorter by 80%.
6. you can open any bottle yourself.
7. your friends don't care about few extra pounds you gained.
8. the shape of your a$$ does not play any role in your career.
9. none of your orgasms is fake.
10. when beeing criticized you don't think everyone around hates you.
11. if someone forgets to invite you to a party, he still remains your friend.
12. your underware costs much less.
13. none of your co-workers can make you cry.
14. you don't need to shave anything below your neck.
15. if you are 35 and single, nobody notices.
16. everything on your face is of natural colour and shape.
17. you can solve any of your problems with a bunch of flowers. :rolleyes:
18. three pairs of shoes is enough for you.
19. you can take your shirt off if it gets too hot.
20. car dealers don't try to cheat you.
21. you don't care whether other people noticed your new haircut or not.
22. you don't act bit*y once a month.
23. you don't care about the size of your chest.
24. you don't need to remember everybody's birthday.
26. if somebody is dressed like you at a party, you don't hate him and in fact he can become your best friend.

[skunk]

Offensive, sexist bollocks. :mad:

And no, that's not another reason.

[Cube54]

You better be female, dumb, own a lot of guns or underage playing on your parents computer.

[PlaceofDis]

many of those are just... pathetic.

[xsedrinam]

Women, however, have a longer life expectancy rate which may increase ever so slightly if they get ahold of your IP. :p

[Foxglove9]

You better be female, dumb, own a lot of guns or underage playing on your parents computer.

lol..what he said. :D

[katie ta achoo]

I do not see this thread ending well.


This list just makes me confused. Men can worry about this stuff, too.

[bemylover]

relax folks, it's a joke ;)

I'll be carefull though, just in case :D

[mactastic]

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I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that you're still in a holding pattern, waiting for your first sexual liason...

'Cuz that's about the last time I found stuff like this amusing.

[Sun Baked]

Can't wait for the "why it is better to be a woman than a redneck" list to surface.

Of course then you will never have the fun of seeing a bud light his crotch hairs on fire instead of his farts.

[MacNut]

I just hope you don't use any of those lines on a first date.:p

[ToddW]

you can pee standing up:D

[katie ta achoo]

you can pee standing up:D

so can we (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=78948) :D

[MacNut]

so can we (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=78948) :Dis it reuse able tho?:eek: Id hate to be working airport security

Ok this thread won be in the internet hall of fame, thats for sure

[Cube54]

relax folks, it's a joke ;)

I'll be carefull though, just in case :D

Be Sure Too!! :mad:

How about this funny poem???

There Once Was A Twit From The U.S.
Who Forgot To Block His IP Address...


Want me to fill in the rest

[dsnort]

You better be female, dumb, own a lot of guns or underage playing on your parents computer.

Offensive, sexist bollocks. :mad:

many of those are just... pathetic.

How about this funny poem???

There Once Was A Twit From The U.S.
Who Forgot To Block His IP Address...


Want me to fill in the rest

Wow, that's some sense of humor ya'll don't have! :eek:

[viccles]

Most of the things on the list are stupid in my opinion

[mactastic]

Maybe it would be less offensive if you posted a list of reasons why blacks are better than Jews. Or vice-versa.

[Dagless]

I could list reasons why your now one of the lowest members of this forum, I refer you to the first post.

[Cube54]

Wow, that's some sense of humor ya'll don't have! :eek:

Yup!!!!! Read the fine print this twit in the jokes!!

8. the shape of your a$$ does not play any role in your career.

Did you notice the $$ instead of the ss or was that the Rumours forum censor

9. none of your orgasms is fake.

Try -are- Clearly a pimple & soon to a George Bush Jr. Jr. Jr. voter/enlister/dead in Iraq Terrorism winner.

26. if somebody is dressed like you at a party, you don't hate him and in fact he can become your best friend.

If some *guy* showed up dressed like my wife at a party and wnated to be her best friend I do believe I would get upset!

[mactastic]

I could list reasons why your now one of the lowest members of this forum, I refer you to the first post.
Are you refering to moi?

[MacNut]

If some *guy* showed up dressed like my wife at a party and wnated to be her best friend I do believe I would get upset!where did you find that one?:confused:

[ibook30]

Wow, that's some sense of humor ya'll don't have! :eek:

It's good to have a sense of humor- it's even better to have one with standards.

[Cassie]

so can we (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=78948) :D


Strange Katie. In another MR thread you said you were a guy.:)

[skunk]

Are you refering to moi?J'éspère que non.

[Cube54]

where did you find that one?:confused:

The sexist jokes posted here

[skunk]

Strange Katie. In another MR thread you said you were a guy.:)Oh, that KT, s/he's incorrigible! :rolleyes:

[bemylover]

Where I found this, there were 40 reasons, I censored it down to 26. I can imagine what would happen if I wrote all 40 :D

[ToddW]

come on guys this is clearly a joke. it's all in good fun.

[skunk]

come on guys this is clearly a joke. it's all in good fun.Just because the OP finds such blinkered stereotyping amusing, we don't all have to join in the laughter.

[jsalzer]

You know, I get a similar listing of why it's better to be female at least once a week - of nearly the same level of humor - of nearly the same topics - from female relatives/friends/co-workers.

Do I enjoy them? No - they're generally a waste of everyone's time and someone's creativity. But I have to wonder - had this been a list of reasons why it's better to be a woman, would there be so many people criticizing it?

Double standards. How many commercials involve a woman outsmarting her husband? How many commercials involve a man outsmarting his wife?

I don't know. Maybe it's better to be a man because we can laugh at ourselves?

:)

[vniow]

1. You can GET chocolate.

2. "If you love me you'll swallow that" has real meaning with chocolate.

3. Chocolate satisfies even when it has gone soft.

4. You can safely have chocolate while you are driving.

5. You can make chocolate last as long as you want it to.

6. You can have chocolate even in front of your mother.

7. If you bite the nuts too hard the chocolate won't mind.

8. Two people of the same sex can have chocolate without being called nasty names.

9. The word "commitment" doesn't scare off chocolate.

10. You can have chocolate on top of your workbench/desk during working hours without upsetting your work mates.

11. You can ask a stranger for chocolate without getting your face slapped.

12. You don't get hairs in your mouth with chocolate.

13. With chocolate there's no need to fake it.

14. Chocolate doesn't make you pregnant.

15. You can have chocolate at any time of the month.

16. Good chocolate is easy to find.

17. You can have as many kinds of chocolate as you can handle.

18. You are never too young or too old for chocolate.

19. When you have chocolate it does not keep your neighbors awake.

20. With chocolate size doesn't matter; it's always good

[mactastic]

Double standards. How many commercials involve a woman outsmarting her husband? How many commercials involve a man outsmarting his wife?
And how many commercials show a woman happily cleaning the house? How many commercials show a man happily cleaning the house? I'm not sure we should be using commercial advertisements as our barometer of what should be acceptable.

And yeah, I'd be just as nauseated by a list of reasons why women are better than men. I would, however, be more inclined to leave it to the women to police themselves in that regard. Personally I find it to be an affront to men everywhere when one of us acts like as ass -- so yes, in that regard I am a little more sensitive to anti-women humor.

[MacNut]

So now things are even.:p

we can go around and around with these silly jokes and someone will be offended. I blame the day time tv.

[EGT]

Not amusing, although No. 5 and 12 seem to be accurate in my experience. Not that I've bought female underwear or anything.

;)

[MacNut]

And how many commercials show a woman happily cleaning the house? How many commercials show a man happily cleaning the house? I'm not sure we should be using commercial advertisements as our barometer of what should be acceptable.

And yeah, I'd be just as nauseated by a list of reasons why women are better than men. I would, however, be more inclined to leave it to the women to police themselves in that regard. Personally I find it to be an affront to men everywhere when one of us acts like as ass -- so yes, in that regard I am a little more sensitive to anti-women humor.So I assume you were not a fan of the Man Show.

[dsnort]

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ROFLMAO!!!!!!:D

Those are great vniow!

[mactastic]

So I assume you were not a fan of the Man Show.
Not even a little bit. Talk about crap TV. :rolleyes:

[pianoman]

19. you can take your shirt off if it gets too hot.
20. car dealers don't try to cheat you.
21. you don't care whether other people noticed your new haircut or not.


women can take their shirts off if it gets too hot. and then car dealers won't try to cheat them and people won't be looking at their hair.

[jsalzer]

And how many commercials show a woman happily cleaning the house?

Not the same - in my example, an advertisement is geared toward female customers by making fun of men - and it's considered socially acceptable.

In your example, an advertisement is geared toward female customers by showing that a product can make their lives better.

How many commercials show a man happily cleaning the house?

That's because most men would find it creepy to have Mr. Clean show up in their kitchen winking at them. ;)

I'm not sure we should be using commercial advertisements as our barometer of what should be acceptable.

Correct - not as a barometer of what should be acceptable, but as a barometer of what *is* considered acceptable. Which is the point.

And yeah, I'd be just as nauseated by a list of reasons why women are better than men.

Me, too. And yet my co-workers and family don't seem to understand it when I tell them to stop sending me junk. :)

[twoodcc]

1. You can GET chocolate.

2. "If you love me you'll swallow that" has real meaning with chocolate.

3. Chocolate satisfies even when it has gone soft.

4. You can safely have chocolate while you are driving.

5. You can make chocolate last as long as you want it to.

6. You can have chocolate even in front of your mother.

7. If you bite the nuts too hard the chocolate won't mind.

8. Two people of the same sex can have chocolate without being called nasty names.

9. The word "commitment" doesn't scare off chocolate.

10. You can have chocolate on top of your workbench/desk during working hours without upsetting your work mates.

11. You can ask a stranger for chocolate without getting your face slapped.

12. You don't get hairs in your mouth with chocolate.

13. With chocolate there's no need to fake it.

14. Chocolate doesn't make you pregnant.

15. You can have chocolate at any time of the month.

16. Good chocolate is easy to find.

17. You can have as many kinds of chocolate as you can handle.

18. You are never too young or too old for chocolate.

19. When you have chocolate it does not keep your neighbors awake.

20. With chocolate size doesn't matter; it's always good

shouldn't that be why chocolater is better than sex? cuz it looks like all you talk about in that is sex

[mactastic]

Not the same - in my example, an advertisement is geared toward female customers by making fun of men - and it's considered socially acceptable.

In your example, an advertisement is geared toward female customers by showing that a product can make their lives better.
You're point seemed to be that it's not socially acceptable to stereotype men as smarter than women, while it is acceptable to stereotype women as smarter than men. You seemed to be arguing (and correct me if I'm wrong here) that discrimination against men is OK, while discrimination against women is not -- hence your accusation of the double standard.

But what I was pointing out is simply the fact that cleaning (and child rearing, among other things) being marketed to women is automatically a stereotype. Commercials thrive on these. Think manly men and big truck commercials. My point was that, while you may be able to cite an example of reverse discrimination, discrimination in general is still alive and well on TV, and most of it is the regular kind.

That's because most men would find it creepy to have Mr. Clean show up in their kitchen winking at them. ;)
No, it's because "real men" don't clean. That's what they have wives for - at least in the heads of ad writers. If it was about men finding it creepy to have Mr. Clean showing up in their kitchen, Mr. Clean would become sexy Ms. Clean, complete with skinny waist, large breasts, and a "come hither" outfit on.

Correct - not as a barometer of what should be acceptable, but as a barometer of what *is* considered acceptable. Which is the point.
Of course it is. But I would dispute that reverse discrimination is the dominant kind of discrimination in advertising. Just because you can point to one example doesn't mean that the playing field is evened.

[mactastic]

shouldn't that be why chocolater is better than sex? cuz it looks like all you talk about in that is sex
Check out #3 if you're unsure. Ask yourself how that pertains to a woman. :p

[xsedrinam]

And ounce of prevention is not equal to a pounding of cure.

[MacNut]

and the point of that is....

[skunk]

Presumably that everyone is a complete moron, regardless of gender. I mean, who hasn't done those things?

[xsedrinam]

Presumably that everyone is a complete moron, regardless of gender. I mean, who hasn't done those things?
Thank you, sir. :)

[bobber205]

You came up with that many? :eek:

I'm a man and I have to admit, it must be great to be a woman. So. Much. POWER!

[thedude110]

Double standards.


*bangs head against wall*

Who am I to blow against the wind? (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=2815757&postcount=11)

[vniow]

it must be great to be a woman. So. Much. POWER!

You're kidding right?

[skunk]

*joins in head-banging*

[Lau]

*bangs head against wall*

Who am I to blow against the wind? (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=2815757&postcount=11)

dude, you might just be my hero. ;)

[skunk]

dude, you might just be my hero. ;)He has a way with words, that one. :)

[Lau]

He has a way with words, that one. :)

Indeed.

Oh, and I mean "hero" in a non-patriarchal and empowered way, obviously...;)