If she isn't, she should be because it's generally true. A lot of husbands are simply worn down by the incessant chatter and nagging and therefore become "boring".
A fitting corollary to this would be "men only listen to things that matter, while women won't shaddup about things that don't"
I think you have really nailed it.
Since men 21-45 have abandoned network TV, I would be very curious about the demographic of the women who have also left the network TV.
The last line in this excerpt is telling (don’t want to give the hits to this paper by clicking further). Her “partner” (see eunach) was silent duing this process. She has the “partner” she wants. He does not take chances with a real “male” conflicting with her feminist worldview, she prefers the oprahfied metrosexual.
Exactly. Why say anything if you will immediately be attacked or derailed for it? especially if what's said isn't what's expected/desired/demanded? If your opinion isn't what was given you, it will be erased with extreme prejudice and replaced with what's expected - even if the original opinion was indeed honest, insightful, and/or correct.
“men only listen to things that matter, while women won’t shaddup about things that don’t”
My trouble is the things that matter are sometimes right in the midst of the things I’m not interested it.
“I have to go to Mary’s house to feed her cat ‘cuz her Aunt Edna is in the hospital with gallstones. Then I need to run by the store to pick up some hotdogs for the school picnic tomorrow. I was going to pick them up before but I forgot. I have chicken that I bought today and will make that for dinner. Anyway, you need to pick up Joey at 6 after practice at Field 12. After dinner I have to run up to the school for the PTA meeting ‘cuz we have to plan for the end of year party. I shouldn’t have signed up for that buy Jill was going off and they really needed someone. I can’t wait until ......”