I just find that kind of attitude hard to understand. Because, unlike you, I’m only grateful to someone for pointing out that I could be doing something better with the opposite sex if it can help me eliminate negative behaviours so I’ll be able to create better relationships. But I realise this kind of constructive/objective way of relating to the problems between the sexes is too hard for most. I’ve had to work for it myself, and if someone can’t even admit to themselves there are things they could be doing better, they can’t be expected to respond well when they’re accused by someone else.
I just don’t understand why most need to freak out when someone are trying to show them what they are doing wrong in their relationship with the opposite sex. Especially when we’re ALL doing so much wrong, it’s hard to find someone who are doing something right, so the possibility that you’re not doing anything wrong is the last thing most of us need to worry about. It’s also ridiculous to be so defensive about your own sex, when it’s safe to say that BOTH sexes are responsible for our share of problems and it should be obvious to anyone there are enough mistakes and much room for improvement on both sides. I don’t see how this is even something to argue about, and find it frustrating how most discussions about the problems between men and women don’t get any further than who’s to blame and an opportunity to express some of your negative feelings towards the opposite sex, and never seem to get to the real underlying issues that could bring us some understanding and ways to make actual improvements.
At least that is what interests me and I don’t go around with that much against the opposite sex just looking for an opportunity to find an expression for it. Though I can also be frustrated by the opposite sex and have also been hurt disappointed, I ultimately have much more love for the opposite sex than any of those feelings and am mostly just interested in finding ways to create better relationships with more happiness on both sides, and find more positive and constructive ways of dealing with our problems than the usual destructive ones that have never worked and are not about to start now.
It’s also funny how, whenever this issue come up, there is all this brotherly/sisterly love all of a sudden, even if there is normally little love lost between us, as now we can agree and take each other’s sides when it comes to all the problems with the opposite sex. And it unfortunately rarely gets any further than arguing about who are worse, or more to blame, of men and women. Or in other words “me” or “you”, as for most the opposite sex is just synonymous with “The other person”, or the one who aren’t themselves who they don’t want to need to consider or have to deal with. So we never really get anywhere, as the real problem doesn’t lie with either men or women, and the real issue of course isn’t who of us are more to blame , if it only was that simple. But in this case we seem to feel the same sex is more supportive, as they at least tend to see it more our way and are closer to what we identify as “us”, while the opposite sex represents “The other person”, which is worse than anything.
Though of course in this case the feeling of “support” is a complete illusion. Just because someone happens to have a cock and knows what it feels like to be rejected by women doesn’t mean they give a fuck about you or have much of anything resembling support or anything else to offer. Also, the ones with the most problems with the opposite sex seem to be those who are the most self-centered. The opposite sex is after all just an extension of “The other person”. So someone who sees the opposite sex as responsible for all the problems and won’t admit to their own sex doing anything wrong, are the ones who can only see a relationship from their own perspective and have all their focus on their own needs and what someone else are doing wrong. The level of selfishness can be so high there is really no room for another person and they are just there to serve their needs in different ways. There’s no question of them changing for the sake of someone else, that is completely outside their sphere of consciousness, as the relationship is all about themselves, after all.
But it seems like most aren’t that interested in living in reality when it comes to male/female relationships. It’s like they just want to live in a fantasy world, or at least in a world where anything wrong is done by the other person, or the opposite sex. As, for sure, THEY can't be doing anything wrong, and if anyone needs to change it’s the other person, as your own needs and perspective is all that matters, and the world should clearly revolve around you and everyone needs to change to suit your needs and feelings, etc. In other words, a completely immature attitude that doesn’t allow for any level of control of a relationship, or power to change it in any positive direction.
And I actually feel strongly about it, as the difference between being in a good relationship is so great, and it can make all the difference in someone’s life. So I think any efforts to help someone that way should be encouraged and for some of us it really means something and is not just about making “Sweeping generalisations about the opposite sex”. There are actually more interesting things in life. Also, in case it needs to be mentioned, all that passion was directed at the issue at hand and not against any one person or the opposite sex, even if from your experience it might seem as it probably would be.