Hello…

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view…

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view…

I just wanted to write to say that you have a great site and a wonderful resource for all to share….

With that said, I like’d to do my best to elucidate some tacit feelings I feel most Men have in regards to self-sufficiency.

As a Man, I feel my main occupation needs be, at least for some time, that of Protector, Defender, Preserver, Caretaker, or call the Man what you will, at last I am the barrier, which is first sacrificed, when the world, dark and lowly, base and evil, comes to infringe upon the borders of my world, my family. In a strictly terrene sense, Man and Woman are not the same. Woman may not equally well bear the burden of the barrier in the proper operation of our, humanity’s bisexual system. With good fortune and smart work, I would be ever blessed to have a child in the womb of one I loved. Yet, it must be in her womb, the burden of procreation must rest upon her. She will be in some discomfort, for all I have heard, and, to be certain, by no means of might is a Woman’s years of pregnancy to be the prime of her physique. Thus, I must bear what war may come in those maternal months.

I know I may be outcasted as not speaking to the current state of our society, where supposedly, law and order rule all, there are no dastardly villains, and a Woman needs no protection in her fragile feminine duty. But remember my words when next you see some attack upon a pregnant women, which I recall surface into national news every so often, two or three a year I see. Further, do not debase me because of the low volume of the statistic, for I am sure it is more common, as common as lust for money, that a crooked, deranged, non-engineering mind may see a pregnant women as an easy target.

And so, to illuminate my original claim of Man being predisposed to self-reliance, let us consider that the Man must die in any struggle which his Woman, his Master Madam in those months, may become entangled in. It is his, it is mine, it is all Men’s duty to die bravely for his wife with child, whereas, so long as the Woman is with child, it is her requirement to swiftly escape any danger and to rest, eat, walk, saunter, sleep, relax, recreate and do at her leisure what she feels puts her in her highest state of health.

I believe this is one of the deepest roots of the gender gap. I, Man, must be prepared to rely solely upon myself, to give my mightiest effort against any fatal foe; I must be prepared to hold my life, reputation, and soul in hand against an infinite army of enemies. I must stand erect and braced for battle though my calculations would place the prospect for victory entirely with the other side. This I must do for my Wife; should I fail, I should die. Thus, are Men more apt to be self-reliant and self-taught. For in truth, degrees are obtained to tell the world what you know, to justify your belief in your knowledge. But for a Man who seeks only knowledge for himself, to have an understanding of the world, to supply him in his above mentioned Manly endeavor, he needs not the prestige of a degree but the power of knowledge; he needs no justification to the world; he only demands justice from it.

I remember trying desperately to get as job with my, at the time, rare, computer skills, and no one ever called me back.

My impression was, my shortcoming was that I was a 16 year old girl. While the discrimination wasn’t blatant, I’m sure if I were a 16 year old boy I would have been hired. People simple have a tendency to think of 16 year old girls, with our young little voices, as not technically inclined, and immature.

On brighter notes, eventually my ISP took notice of my fiddling around in their UNIX system and setting up CGI’s and offered me a job but they weren’t located in my area.

I’m now studying engineering and am I glad to say, I have seen nothing but respect and recognition of my abilities from my classmates and instructors, 99% of whom have been male.

I’m glad there are now an abundance of people out there who are eager to give young women a chance in engineering, computer science, and technology. I believe most of the problems young women now encounter come from those who have been in the industry for many decades, or from companies based in countries where gender discrimination is more culturally ingrained.

My solution to what Bess says about dating, marriage, and social life is that since I can’t stand getting the “you did what to what?” look when I say “recompiled the kernel” or some other thing about my computer, I don’t date non-geeks. I think about, use, and talk about computers a lot. I need a guy that can keep up. They’re not so easy to find either. I don’t think I “miss out” on shopping or parties. I shop online, and I don’t get along with large parties.

Skinnypuppy (good band, btw), have you ever paid attention to toys and stories for small children? Men bring home the bacon. Women stay at home and cook. Men are doctors. Women are nurses. Men are principals. Women are teachers. Men are executives. Women are secretaries. That’s why there are less men teaching. The kids are told “boys don’t grow up to be teachers, they become doctors and executives” so they try to do just that. Girls are told “girls take care of kids and teach kids, they don’t roll with the big boys” so they grow up intending to do just that. When I was little, I thought it was weird that my physician, Dr. Lily, was a lady-doctor.

Gailstein, feminist != transgender. Feminist == “I’m a woman, and a man is no better than me.”

Girls that have male brains do have the male abilities. It IS in the DNA!!

Have you noticed that the Gay Males are very effeminate. It is because they have girl brains. That is why they cry a lot and are emotionally very weak. But they don’t get their fair share of the girl jobs!