Men Are Socialized To Trust Women Until

When Divorces Meant Marriage No Longer Provided Security For A Lifetime, Women Adjusted By Focusing On Careers As Empowerment. But When The Sacrifice Of A Career Met The Sacrifices In A Career, The Fantasy Of A Career Became The Reality Of Trade-offs. Women Developed Career Ambivalence.

Unless A Woman Asks Men Out (the First Time) As Often As Men Ask Her Out, Then The Assertion 'he Asked Me Out, Therefore He Pays' Is Just A Double Jeopardy Of The Male Role: He Must Not Only Do The Asking, He Must Pay Extra For Risking Extra Rejection.

The 'enduring Theme' [in Fiction] Of Male Competition And Female Competition For The Hero/survivor Has Taken Us From The Fittest Surviving To The Brink Of No One Surviving. Sex Roles Have Gone From Functional To Dysfunctional Almost Overnight. This Is Why The Enduring Theme Must Be Questioned Now.

Women's Scars And Rituals Involved Beauty (piercing Ears And Noses, Binding Feet, And Wearing Corsets); Men's Involved Protecting Women. In Cultures In Which Physical Strength Is Still The Best Way To Protect Women, As Among The Dodos In Uganda, Each Time A Man Kills A Man, He Is Awarded A Ritual Scar; The More Scars, The More He Is Considered Eligible.

It Is Important For A Father Who Feels Pushed Away [by The Mom] To Say, In Effect, When You Do That, I Feel Unwanted As A Father, Or I Feel My Rough-housing Is Not Bad Parenting; It's My Contribution To Helping Our Child Take Risks. Women Cannot Hear What Men Do Not Say.