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ismnotwasm

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Sun Mar 22, 2015, 08:13 PM Mar 2015

Breaking: Man Admits That Men Simply Don't Trust Women [View all]

Hold onto your butts: a man has admitted that generally speaking, it takes longer for men to believe what a woman says than it would if a man said it. And… exhale. Let's breathe this one out.

Who is this brave soul, and what exactly did he say? His name is Damon Young, the co-founder and editor of VSB Magazine. In an essay for HuffPo republished from a blog called Very Smart Brothas, Young admitted that he doesn't trust his wife, basically:

Panama and I were talking about the Rolling Stone story controversy. It eventually segued to Cosby, which then segued into a realization that there's a common thread in each of these types of stories and the tenor of the conversations surrounding them.

Trust. Well, the lack thereof. Generally speaking, we (men) do not believe things when they're told to us by women. Well, women other than our mothers or teachers or any other woman who happens to be an established authority figure. Do we think women are pathological liars? No. But, does it generally take longer for us to believe something if a woman tells it to us than it would if a man told us the exact same thing? Definitely!

This conversation is how, after five months of marriage, eight months of being engaged, and another year of whatever the hell we were doing before we got engaged, I realized I don't trust my wife


http://jezebel.com/breaking-man-admits-that-men-simply-dont-trust-women-1692464599
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One man represents all men? guillaumeb Mar 2015 #1
This is not about relationship 'issues' exactly ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #2
I was responding only to the information in the link guillaumeb Mar 2015 #3
Yep. False equivalency Gaslighting. salib Mar 2015 #4
how do I distinguish between what I think I see guillaumeb Mar 2015 #5
Why? ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #6
No doubt that sexism exists in my mind guillaumeb Mar 2015 #8
But they can start a decent conversation ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #15
"I personally don't do feminism 101, " AH HAAhAAaahaahahahaaaha seabeyond Mar 2015 #17
Heh. ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #23
if your point was to start a conversation I agree with it. guillaumeb Mar 2015 #19
it is a thing that men do. (that is general, not ALL). it is a thing women allow. (that is general, seabeyond Mar 2015 #20
yes to all three guillaumeb Mar 2015 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #21
Let's take a look at one article ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #22
excellent point guillaumeb Mar 2015 #25
Yes ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #28
+1... nt seabeyond Mar 2015 #29
You mean that based on what someone else says, you might doubt what you see and you conclusions? salib Mar 2015 #7
Not what I said guillaumeb Mar 2015 #9
It is what you said. salib Mar 2015 #10
interesting framing of my position guillaumeb Mar 2015 #13
nobody gives a shit about your "all" argument. what part of that are YOU not getting seabeyond Mar 2015 #18
seabeyond, he must really think he is clever salib Mar 2015 #31
i swear to god, the best of men have such a challenge seeing the wrongs. a challenge seabeyond Mar 2015 #32
"how do I distinguish between what I think I see" maybe LISTEN to women tell you our seabeyond Mar 2015 #12
I am willing to do so, guillaumeb Mar 2015 #14
then do the damn research instead of continuing your damn dismissal. seabeyond Mar 2015 #16
This sounds familiar. The discussion of the OP is over now. n/t freshwest Mar 2015 #11
And just how many women had to accuse Cosby before the story got any traction? Warpy Mar 2015 #26
There are still men who think that the *dozens* of women who have accused Cosby are lying YoungDemCA Mar 2015 #35
the bro is just having the first of many, many... mike_c Mar 2015 #27
guess what, dude. this woman does not trust men. at all. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #30
I'm back on topic and here to say JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #33
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