how come women no longer let's us men be gentle men?
476101
Hm. I'd love to find a gentle man. I think the question should be "how come there's no more gentlemen?"
497289
Men & women always seem to be cutting each other down. Some DO have reason to complain. Others use it as a ploy for the other sex to feel sorry for them & go out with them. However, there are two sides to every story.\n\nI am not a feminist. In fact I think that they are responsible for killing chivalry. I think it is sad that some men will not even open a door for a woman now because too many feminists have screamed back that they are capable of opening a door themselves & do not need a man to do it for them. But I still think that men need to treat women with respect. \nThe main reason I cut men down is because I have a bunch of pervs honking at me or making crude comments when I walk down the street. And it is not because I dress to call attention to myself---I am not out there in a tube top & mini-skirt! It happens even if it is the middle of winter & I have three layers of clothing on.
7101
It's one of many "double standards" our culture still allows to exist.  For far too long, men dominated our world, making all the decisions and shaping our beliefs.  This is a perfect example of men wanting to behave the way they want, while prohibiting women from doing the same.  Unfortunately, women bought into the belief too.  The only thing positive is that today men are not looked on nearly as favorably for that behavior.  In time, tramps may just be tramps.
360004
i think that spanking is just one more way for men to put women in the subservient position that ensures their power.any guy who gets off on being powerful over a woman should seek help . as women we should be holding our men to a higher standard . popular culture should not dictate the norm.
394229
I think it is the WOMEN that say all men are jerks that are causing the problem with the men out there. Maybe if they knew how to act and treat a man, they wouldnt think they were jerks.
337787
Sometimes women like to get people to care about them. If you actually do things for them, they really appreciate it. If they don't you will have to let them know how you feel about it. You might say that men needs care too but women are more fragile in the sense that they're not as mature as some men even if I say so myself. Women is just hard to understand so you have to take time to get to know them better. That's just life.
1184790
personally. women of yesterday are greater than us now. they had more strict standards to live by and they probably had a lot more pressure and expectations from men.
444339
Same reason men get nervous as well.  Also is has become expected by society that women should not need to ask guys out and that men should come to them.  though we are veering away from this, this is still he case a lot of the times.
1066294
I think women lose respect for themselves because, as you said, men mistreat us. However, I know not all women have been mistreated, and not all men mistreat women. \n\nBut because so many women have been mistreated, they lose faith in men and lose faith in themselves. Women need to be treated with respect and the love they deserve. If this doesn't happen, I think there will be more problems liske divorce, abused women, and aborted children.
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Actually that has changed and if it has not changed for you then that is because you are being manipulated by a double standard invented by men who were ignorant,and women who were frigid and unwilling to enjoy s*x.\n\nLeave the outdated double standards where they belong...in the past.\n\nUs women can do what we wish s*xually just as the guys can. :)
409726
Just like women we dont want 2 be hurt either. I just think that men are not programmed to be that way, its sad but true. We also dont want to feel like a wimp so we hide those feelings and never really show the real us, until sadly its to late.  Words of advice ask once, then try other ways of finding out what u want to know.
166673
I concur it makes us woman <ahhh I don't know the word...It's not militant but... Unrespectful of males!>...it's been around since the Hippies let all that bad stuff outta 'Pandora's Box' <free sex, drugs, avoiding responsibilites, and womanizing>.  It's too late ... asking to take it away would be like taking away all magazines similar to "Playboy"... we can wish, but it's not going to happen.
934906
To tell you the truth, we have to be, we can't let our true feelings or emotions surface. If we do then were not considered stong, rather, people see a man do this and seem to lose respect for him. It's the world, even you ladies find it bad if we do any thing of the sort. And believe me, when it comes to us gentlemen, we pay the price for it.
537000
because we're men and dont really have the full control of our own minds at the best of times, its childish I know but hey, like mny grandfather use to say "women grow up, men just get older"
289122
Hi \nThank God those days of fighting with my husband are over. There is never enough for men and they blame us for it. Of course, you do get the frindge benifits that I do not get.\nHope that you do not think this should be said, just remember how senile I am; it has been so long that my cherry tree grew back and I have an orchard now. The devil made me say it. Do not be offended, I won't do it again. I hope; if my senality stays under control. Hope you are smiling.
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You have to earn respect . . . it is not freely given.\n\nMen had respect for women in the past . . . but that has been thrown out the windows once you won the right to be treated like men.   Now you have to earn your respect like we do every single day.
1078508
I find that the reason (not many women either know or own up to this) is that we want to "fix" them. We enjoy the fun because the loud ones are funny and confident but we also see a challange. In the long term we think that we need to fix/change them to be "good" men.  A good man that is already "okay" makes no challange. For a lot of girls the more screwed up the more attractive they are....for some.