you make very strong points and I agree with you on ALMOST everything that you said. However, I know a lot of decent men who share my mindset and values. I'm not one-of-a-kind nor am I special. I'm just a decent man. There are a lot of them out there. This post is by no means to defend men and present them in good light, but rather to step-over any / all stereotypes regarding males thinking with a prominent organ south of the equator. Yes, some of them do that, many of them do that, but there are decent men out there. I also realise that you have far more experience in life than I do, by virtue of your age and misfortunes, but life has taught me that sometimes you just need to trust people, no matter how messed up it may seem and no matter how betrayed you might feel, you can't go around and not trust people or believe everyone is the enemy. I was like that for a long time. I think I kinda went off topic a little, but that is a subject that I know a little about. My appologies if I bored any of you with my ranting lol.
Anyways, my position on the topic of this thread is that women are an important part of everyone, they have given us birth, they have raised us, they have fed us, and I have nothing but respect for them, especially the single mothers out there who are trying to make it.
I second my saying. If I were a woman and a man says the above mentioned statement that I commented on to me, I'd headbutt the living daylights out of him. He doesn't know what it takes to be a woman, through childbirth, responsibility, struggling with values and perception of society...etc...
I'll shut up now.