Women are intelligent, creative and cunning. Society at large and the legal system guarantee a woman’s right to use her natural abilities while diffusing a man’s defenses. Fight fire with fire and level the playing field by granting yourself the impunity of a woman.
Women socialize. Men fight. Women are encouraged to embrace their feelings and act upon them with impunity, while men are shamed for displaying anything but chivalry, emotional fortitude, and honor.
This allows women in the workplace and at home to use their natural abilities to influence the outcome of social interaction – especially conflict – and get their way. They have the right to cry, be theatrical, manipulate, lie (if they believe the lie to be true-ish) and engage in passive aggressive behavior as long as they’re being “honest about their feelings”. Men are shamed for displaying such traits, while their natural instincts to intimidate or physically fight for what they want are terms for dismissal at work, incarceration on the street, and divorce/breakups at home.
To combat this phenomenon, men must grant themselves the impunity of a woman. Her “by any means necessary” approach sets the rules of engagement. Whether at work or at home, engage a woman using her own tools and tactics. The phrase “you fight like a girl” is not an insult in the 21st Century.
SUGGESTED READING: What Women Can Teach You About Real Strength by Richard Conniff
Originally Posted: August 23, 2010 by Solomon II
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