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Feb. 7th, 2008 06:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musingaloudA post on stillnotbored's LJ the other day referencing another LJ post about women writers and the balls they have to juggle. And the balls they have to let go in order to continue finding the time to write. And not to slam the males on my flist, but I have an observation that women do spend more time juggling than men. Maybe you specific guys are more sensitive and helpful, but I'm saying that in generalities, men seem to be not quite as in tune with the whole child care and household duties. Not that they're unfeeling or such, but to me it's more a matter of the difference between the sexes. And I truly think there is one. Women seem to respond more to nonverbal cues, and not only that, but we *watch* for them. Constantly. Watching, evaluating, assessing whether our help is needed or not. And as a consequence, continually adjusting what we're doing in order to take care of other things. Always making concessions to our own wants and needs--not even because we're asked, but because we want to. But still, it has an effect in making us feel downtrodden after a while. And just to set the record straight. I don't consider females to be the weaker sex. Don't get all up in arms, men, I'm just saying I don't think either one is weaker than the other. Just different. And keep that in mind when you write about women characters. We're strong, we're proud of it, and we don't put up with no shit unless we choose to.
I'm just saying.
stillnotbored's LJ the other day referencing another LJ post about women writers and the balls they have to juggle. And the balls they have to let go in order to continue finding the time to write. And not to slam the males on my flist, but I have an observation that women do spend more time juggling than men. Maybe you specific guys are more sensitive and helpful, but I'm saying that in generalities, men seem to be not quite as in tune with the whole child care and household duties. Not that they're unfeeling or such, but to me it's more a matter of the difference between the sexes. And I truly think there is one. Women seem to respond more to nonverbal cues, and not only that, but we *watch* for them. Constantly. Watching, evaluating, assessing whether our help is needed or not. And as a consequence, continually adjusting what we're doing in order to take care of other things. Always making concessions to our own wants and needs--not even because we're asked, but because we want to. But still, it has an effect in making us feel downtrodden after a while. And just to set the record straight. I don't consider females to be the weaker sex. Don't get all up in arms, men, I'm just saying I don't think either one is weaker than the other. Just different. And keep that in mind when you write about women characters. We're strong, we're proud of it, and we don't put up with no shit unless we choose to. I'm just saying.
