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Richard:
The relationships between men and women are often difficult because of the differences rather than the similarities. When we are able to laugh at the differences, in a kindly manner, it is because we recognize these differences and celebrate them. The post is a caricature of these differences that both annoy and amuse us and we should be poorer for not finding the humour in them.

Perhaps you'll find the following worthy of consideration.

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

Laughter means sympathy.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.--Vaclav Havel

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.-- Charles Schulz

Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.--Unknown

The Creator made humans able to walk and talk, to see and hear ... to do everything. But the Creator wasn't satisfied. Finally the Creator made humans laugh, and when they laughed and laughed, the Creator said, "Now you are fit to live."--Traditional Apache Story

Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective. We learn to take ourselves more lightly in the presence of good humor. Humor gives us the strength to bear what cannot be changed, and the sight to see the human under the pompous.--Joan Chittister

Humor is that which most efficiently recognizes that we are living in an imperfect world, with imperfect arguments and things that are insane, illogical, and irrational. And the only way we can live with that fact is to laugh.--J. Barsoux

If you can laugh at it, you can live with it.--Erma Bombeck

Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe you can combat some of the ugliness in the world.--Goldie Hawn

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.--Niels Bohr

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. --William A. Ward

Oxajil:

--- Quote from: Richard on March 17, 2012, 09:38:24 AM ---The post is a caricature of these differences that both annoy and amuse us and we should be poorer for not finding the humour in them.

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Sharing such things, laughing about them, just supports the rather superficial look at women and men. Surely there are some differences, as mentioned by your first post, but those are rather shaped by the pathological society we live in. Celebrating that, is supporting the pathological system. Supporting such posts just helps the psychopaths with normalizing the rather sad effects the society has had on us.

To name an example, girls who seem overly concerned by their looks, in the wrong ways; do you think that is simply how girls are or do you think that it is part of any programming?

I can tell you, about the many girls who used to be just ''tomboys'', who of course did pay attention to their hygiene, and who did not worry too much, in a negative way, about how others were thinking about them, girls who just did their things with fun and respect towards others and themselves. When those girls hit high school, they were under extreme pressure, they entered a place where sexual gestures were made to them, where they were judged superficially, mostly based on their looks etc. Then all the pressure from the media started getting their attention on how the perfect girl should look like, what they should wear to gain popularity, how they should behave to be ''normal'' etc. in the end they made a total 180 degree change, constantly concerned about how others are thinking of them etc.

So when you laugh about a difference like this, it IS offensive to every girl who is suffering under the hands of the psychopathic system. They can't be themselves, they have to change themselves in order to fit the system.

You just help normalize the abnormal.

truth seeker:

--- Quote from: Richard on March 17, 2012, 09:38:24 AM ---The relationships between men and women are often difficult because of the differences rather than the similarities. When we are able to laugh at the differences, in a kindly manner, it is because we recognize these differences and celebrate them. The post is a caricature of these differences that both annoy and amuse us and we should be poorer for not finding the humour in them.

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The relationships between men and women are often difficult because people tend to focus more on differences rather than on what we have in common. The choice to view others as separate is what often causes problems in this world as it sets up an us against them mentality that in the end serves no one.

Quite often with these types of jokes, I find it interesting that those that maintain they have such a healthy sense of humor are usually the first to feel hurt/rejected when others don't share their world view. Basically "Laugh/support my false image of myself or else." It can come across as a type of emotional blackmail and says more about the person telling the jokes than the one listening to them.

If more people would allow themselves to acknowledge and feel not just the pain of others but their own, we might be well on our way to getting past these same issues that have plagued mankind for centuries. It seems to me that what's really needed is more sensitivity not insensitivity. This kind of humor does little, if anything to support that.

Richard:
But Blonde Woman jokes are ok.

truth seeker:

--- Quote from: Richard on March 17, 2012, 11:09:28 AM ---But Blonde Woman jokes are ok.

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Instead of searching for information to bolster your own opinion of yourself, can you at least stop for a moment and consider what's being said to you? You're not being picked on. This isn't personal. Those of us who have put ourselves out there by posting regularly have experienced the same thing from time to time. It's what we're here for - to learn about ourselves. This is hard Work as often we have to confront aspects of ourselves that we don't "like" and just as often don't even realize exists unless someone points it out to us. While quite scary at times, when we get through it, we are often the better for it.

What I'm saying to you is go deeper. What is it you feel right now in this situation?

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