tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788025353275052139.post4179989718643208383..comments2023-03-31T11:05:52.356-05:00Comments on bird that can't fly: Lad TheoryRyan Stuart Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16799427691983018249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788025353275052139.post-21627171584216840422010-06-12T13:35:51.224-05:002010-06-12T13:35:51.224-05:00Glad that awkward, somewhat contrived conversation...Glad that awkward, somewhat contrived conversation last weekend led to such a cogent essay! When I teach Romanticism (with Wordsworth and Shelley exalting in the imagination's power to transform human relations, via empathy), I try to make it relevant by emphasizing how unevenly men and women today are socialized to really "empathize" with each other, which resonated with your claim that "[T]hey can't see things from a woman's perspective. They can't understand what motivates a woman to choose one man over another, one man over them, and so they chalk it up to mystery -- to womanliness -- and sprinkle in a few dashes of misogyny for good measure." ~EileenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788025353275052139.post-14445902570601342652010-06-10T14:39:31.140-05:002010-06-10T14:39:31.140-05:00Comparing our dating lives to dinosaur comics make...Comparing our dating lives to dinosaur comics makes everything so much easier.Katie Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07857458046045951991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788025353275052139.post-49075990927720469232010-06-09T20:05:18.883-05:002010-06-09T20:05:18.883-05:00Very interesting, and I agree that the main proble...Very interesting, and I agree that the main problem does lie in the fact that we don't understand the other gender's perspective most of the time. I like your solution (though it doesn't have to be twilight, guys!), but think most people will opt to stay with the ladder theory since it's much easier to just blame people and not try to understand them.Chelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551340306613621930noreply@blogger.com