what's this?!?!?! this can't be keitha's blog...she must have given it to some boy-crazy twit...keitha would never write anything resembling an...ode...to MEN, of all creatures
*ahem* message from the author.....calm down, it is me, and i am writing this
now that the feelings of astonishment are out of the way, yes, i am writing something that is filled with praise towards none other than my guy friends and to other women's guy friends whom i don't know...they deserve praise too
this blog hasn't sprung from any accusatory conversation that i've had with a male, i actually have never had one of those...but, being alone and nearly friendless for the last few weeks, i've had lots of time to think and this is one thing that i've realized...i often come off as completely anti-male and, as a result, seem very angry/bitter when it comes to matters with the opposite sex *GASP* I KNOW!!! this is a completely new revelation for me too lol j/k...i've actually known it for forever :-P but it never hit me like it did a bit ago
to begin....i hate it, absolutely LOATHE it, when i'm categorized and stereotyped into some derogatory "woman" group..."femi-nazi", "liars/cheaters/all around beyatches".... you know the type....women villians in hollywood portray these women...they're conniving, lying, piles of plastic and makeup who only want to sleep with you and then leave you for your best friend...OR they're the women who hate men and wish all of them dead and/or locked away and only used for breeding purposes.....but anyways, so i hate woman stereotypes because nobody knows what has gone on in a woman's life to make her like she is.....i view most mean/grouchy women as misunderstood, hurt, needing a friend, a shower, SOMETHING to make her feel beautiful...
with all this said, i find myself doing to men the same thing that i hate....grouping them, stereotyping the crap out of them, and then dismissing them as fiends....that's all they do to us so they deserve the same treatment right??...WRONG WRONG WRONG.... (sigh) and i've done it soo many times and i'm sorry and i'm trying to eliminate that from my speech
My guy friends don't fit into any of the stereotypes...i mean, they enjoy bathroom humor, they notice beauty before talent or intelligence, they can be competitive and obnoxious...and look what i'm doing again...see how easy it is?? lol
ok like i was saying...my guy friends DON'T fit into the stereotypes....they are Godly men who respect women, who, granted, have their annoying tendencies, BUT women have similiar, if not the same, ones.....
basically this blog is to say thankyou to all my guy friends....i wouldn't be friends with them if they were typical male fiends, i just wouldn't....so thanks guys for opening doors, giving me shotgun, treating me like an equal, listening when i talk, and waiting until after i've left to laugh at me :-P....thankyou for respecting women and for not cracking your male-humor jokes (or at least trying not to) when i'm around...thankyou for being the type of men that i would be proud to let any of my female friends date (and while this may seem creepy...it's not b/c i'm UBER protective of my gurl-friends and tell them if the guy they're dating is a slob/no good, etc etc....and saying that you measure up is a big deal :-P)
and to all those guy friends that i don't know.....keep up the good work
men aren't really that bad at all....in fact, i often get along better with men than with some women.....men aren't as shallow as women tend to be and while they're really big on the issues of respect and being right :P....women seem to breed social drama and develop grudges that will last a long time, really quickly....both genders have their tendencies that can be annoying and don't make sense but well.....we're human and that, in itself, is annoying :-P
so there you have it.....i always will have a slightly feminist attitude i think :-P BUT just know that when i crack anti-male jokes and slyly stick them into a conversation.... i'm joking and mention it because i find gender relations fascinating and humorous.....if there weren't men i would be miserable b/c i love youguys...i love hanging out and chatting and poking good-natured fun at you
so there you have it....thanks a million guys, i often take you for granted and will try not to do so in the future....b/c i'm finding in my many jobs and work experiences, that some men are slobs and don't know any better, but you, my gentlemen friends, are a cut above the rest :-P
the end
1 comment:
*gasp* You mean even YOUR guy friends are sometimes competitive? Even your gentleman friends make bathroom jokes??? That, darling Keitha, is exactly what makes us men... I don't mean to say that bathroom humor and fighting makes us manly. You're quite correct in saying that such behavior sometimes makes us, well, obnoxious. But it is an integral part of the male gender. We're competitive because all of us like testing our strengths against others. We like to push ourselves to do better, and we enjoy pushing others to do the same. Men will always laugh at things that women feel are crude, because men find such things funny. Pain, bad smells, and butt-jokes are objects of laughter because they're things that both sexes are familiar with, but things which men embrace.
You, dear Keitha, have made some excellent points. Stereo-typing/labeling/grouping is wrong. It doesn't matter who you are - male or female, black or white - it's what's on the inside that makes a person what he or she is. Do certain genders have traits and tendencies that the other gender finds confusing/annoying? You bet. Are some men - or women - worse than others? Sure. But the fact is thgat God made Eve to COMPLETE Adam. Because he was missing something. In your Bible it says that God created Eve as a "helper" for Adam... but in the original Hebrew, that word is more closely translated as "lifesaver!" Adam NEEDED Eve, and Eve needed Adam... it's the way that God designed us.
So thank you. Thank you for your "Ode to Men" and for communicating the truths that you... discovered. And thanks to all the women who are reading this... our lifesavers who put up with all of our crap, who roll their eyes and quietly sigh when our egos get the best of us, who love us despite all our disgusting male tendencies... I'm both privileged and honored to have as friends the women that are in my life... especially you, Keitha. Thanks ladies for being the beauty that brings out the gentleman in the beast!
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