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'Why do Women always...?': Generalizations and the Building Blocks of Reality
American Thinker ^ | September 25, 2011 | Selwyn Duke

Posted on 09/25/2011 10:49:09 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer

Recently I wrote an article about women's tendency to support statist candidates. As my emails attest, it was met with quite a positive response. Yet, not surprisingly, there was also a very predictable one: complaints about generalizations. For instance, one respondent wrote that she was tired of the "all men are this and all women are that" tripe.

Of course, people only complain about generalizations when they hear one they don't like and, perhaps, are unable to refute. But you can rest assured that they generalize just like anyone else; in fact, generalizations are woven so seamlessly into our thinking and discourse that we often utter them unthinkingly as a matter of course. Just consider how often people say things such as "Why do men never ask directions?!" or "It drives me crazy when guys flip from one TV channel to another rapid-fire!" But do all men do these things? I always ask directions and hate the habit of using a remote control like a musical keyboard. Nevertheless, I'll be the first to admit that those generalizations are clearly valid.

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TOPICS: Education; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: men; stereotypes; voting; women
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And how could we have 'diversity' without general differences between groups?
1 posted on 09/25/2011 10:49:12 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
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To: Paladins Prayer
Married women are less likely to support statist candidates than single women.
2 posted on 09/25/2011 10:50:55 AM PDT by Perdogg (Do I miss Bush? Hell, I miss Clinton.)
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To: Paladins Prayer
""It drives me crazy when guys flip from one TV channel to another rapid-fire!"

I'm a girl and I do exactly that. I also must hold the remote in my hand at all times while watching tv.

3 posted on 09/25/2011 10:52:11 AM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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To: Paladins Prayer

Because deep down many are deeply insecure.


4 posted on 09/25/2011 10:55:08 AM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Paladins Prayer

The Husband Store
________________________________________
A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:

You may visit this store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights.
The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor,
but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs

She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.

‘That’s nice,’ she thinks, ‘but I want more.’

So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.

‘Wow,’ she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.

‘Oh, mercy me!’ she exclaims, ‘I can hardly stand it!’

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
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5 posted on 09/25/2011 10:57:28 AM PDT by umgud
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To: Vision

This. Women want security, and government is the place they look to. Those who are married on the other hand already have a measure of security.


6 posted on 09/25/2011 10:57:43 AM PDT by MetaThought
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To: umgud

Did they forget to add a floor labelled “Bad Boys”?


7 posted on 09/25/2011 11:01:04 AM PDT by MetaThought
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To: Perdogg
Married women are less likely to support statist candidates than single women.

Hey now, don't generalize. I'm single and don't support them.

;)

8 posted on 09/25/2011 11:01:04 AM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (http://www.honorflight.org/)
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To: Spirit of Liberty

Understood, but single women tend to be more liberal than married women. :)


9 posted on 09/25/2011 11:05:17 AM PDT by Perdogg (Do I miss Bush? Hell, I miss Clinton.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

Why do guys always - - - - - - ?


10 posted on 09/25/2011 11:12:25 AM PDT by SkyDancer (A critic is like a legless man who teaches running.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

>>And how could we have ‘diversity’ without general differences between groups? <<

The only ‘diversity’ the left wants is lockstep slavish agreement with its agenda.


11 posted on 09/25/2011 11:18:43 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (California: Making Texas more Conservative one voter at a time)
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To: Spirit of Liberty

You are the exception and not the rule.


12 posted on 09/25/2011 11:21:59 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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Why do women always stereotype men?

Cheers!

13 posted on 09/25/2011 11:23:15 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

I haven’t spoken to my wife in over three months...we’re not fighting, I just don’t like to interrupt.


14 posted on 09/25/2011 11:33:07 AM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: MetaThought

Bad boys make for weekend flings, not husbands.


15 posted on 09/25/2011 11:33:35 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: MetaThought
Did they forget to add a floor labelled “Bad Boys”?

That would be in de-basement.

16 posted on 09/25/2011 11:36:11 AM PDT by oldbrowser (Obama is a one trick phony (wealth distribution).)
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To: umgud
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

ROTFL

17 posted on 09/25/2011 11:38:32 AM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: grey_whiskers
G'Day! -Why do women Men always stereotype women?
18 posted on 09/25/2011 11:39:57 AM PDT by SkyDancer (A critic is like a legless man who teaches running.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

Where is the “Wives” store?
GtG


19 posted on 09/25/2011 11:42:44 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: umgud

This woman finds that very funny...LOL!


20 posted on 09/25/2011 11:43:07 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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