Have you ever considered what it would be like to be a member of the opposite gender?

[XmisterIS]

I was having this convo with XmrsIS yesterday (in one of our more bored moments!)

I came to the conclusion that it would be downright frustrating!

Just a few reasons why:

1) I'd be about 5'4", rather than 6'0", which would be a nuisance! Short legs, short arms, can't reach anything! Last time I was 5'4" was when I was about 10 years old!

2) Big breasts - lovely to look being male, but probably a right nuisance if I were female and they were attached to my chest!

3) The monthly cycle - now that would really piss me off.

4) Being pregnant and giving birth - as a man, I am so grateful that all I am capable of doing, biologically speaking, is assisting with the "getting pregnant" bit. Actually carrying the child and giving birth would be a proper nuisance!

5) Being physically weak! Sometimes I put the tops of jars back on with my normal strength - and later I will have the aforementioned jar thrust at me along with a complaint of, "I can't get the sodding lid off!".

Then there are all sorts of social reasons too (women still having lower pay than men, etc).

So my conclusion is that despite the fact that I'm going bald (which doesn't really matter because I'm tall so most people can't see it anyway!), I am greatly relieved that I am a man!

 

[upsidedown]

And you wouldn't be able to play darts or pool.


Or throw.

 

[Firestorm]

And you wouldn't be able to play darts or pool.


Or throw.

But you would be always right

 

[Spinney]

But you would be always right

And you would only have one brain instead of three...

 

[courtenay]

And you wouldnt be able to drive or park properly

 

[cookiemonster]

And you wouldnt be able to drive or park properly

Or use a cash machine without using 3 cards before deciding which to use.





















*runs and hides before the ladies of the forum see this thread*

 

[Fran143]

Yes, as men have it so much easier!
A few reason's I wouldn't mind being a fella.

1) Just pee on the toilet seat/floor as it'll be cleaned up after me also being able to just pee outside on way home from the pub.

2) Lie in bed and break wind as it's hilarious.)

3) Working 9-5 would be just that then home and feet up!

4) Just to turn up at social events not having to be involved in the organisation or planning of them.

5) Being able to have a glasgow shower before going out instead of making an effort.

6) Lie in bed for about a fortnight moaning about Man Flu!!!

 

[cookiemonster]

Yes, as men have it so much easier!

Morning Fran

 

[jimboalee]

You could change your mind, and shout at anyone who moans.

 

[jimboalee]

Being a woman.

Be choosey when it comes to marriage partners.
Live at home while hubby goes to work.
Employ a housekeeper.
Decide the marriage is not working.
Keep half the house you didn't pay for.

 

[Panter]

I was having this convo with XmrsIS yesterday (in one of our more bored moments!)

I came to the conclusion that it would be downright frustrating!

Just a few reasons why:

1) I'd be about 5'4", rather than 6'0", which would be a nuisance! Short legs, short arms, can't reach anything! Last time I was 5'4" was when I was about 10 years old!


You'd bang your head less often

2) Big breasts - lovely to look being male, but probably a right nuisance if I were female and they were attached to my chest!

Play time

3) The monthly cycle - now that would really piss me off.

I'm sure it's nowhere near as bad as they make out

4) Being pregnant and giving birth - as a man, I am so grateful that all I am capable of doing, biologically speaking, is assisting with the "getting pregnant" bit. Actually carrying the child and giving birth would be a proper nuisance!

No, I'm sure that's pretty easy and painless too. A lot of fuss about nothing no doubt

5) Being physically weak! Sometimes I put the tops of jars back on with my normal strength - and later I will have the aforementioned jar thrust at me along with a complaint of, "I can't get the sodding lid off!".

Just get your bloke to do it, even though you're more than capable...

Then there are all sorts of social reasons too (women still having lower pay than men, etc).

So my conclusion is that despite the fact that I'm going bald (which doesn't really matter because I'm tall so most people can't see it anyway!), I am greatly relieved that I am a man!

In short, easy street

 

[jay clock]

The breasts would be a clincher for me......

 

[Fnaar]

Loving this thread....

I'd personally be persuaded by having funbags... but I think it'd be good to retain a blokes' brain, otherwise I simply wouldn't appreciate what they are really for.

 

[Ravenbait]

The OP is laudable, don't get me wrong. It think it's great when men and women make a genuine effort to see things from the perspective of the other sex.

On the other hand, the fact that the thread has already attracted the usual plethora of false gender stereotyping is weak.

Can't drive or park, eh? You should see my mum's autotest trophies. She can slide a mini sideways into a space tighter than most stuntmen can manage. As for the monthly cycle being "nowhere near as bad as they make out", Panter, if you had to put up with the sort of stomach cramps some women get, and the disinterest they often face from the medical profession when seeking help, you would learn a whole new form of gratitude

Equally, this idea that all men are hypochondriacs who want hospitalisation and round-the-clock care at the first sign of a sniffle is moronic. Maybe some men do. I'll bet some women do, too.

Before anyone gets all "it's just a bit of fun" consider this: racist jokes used to be just a bit of fun, too. Statements like the above are the low-tar version of Bernard Manning or Jim Davidson. As I've said before and will keep on saying: feel free to continue to post ridiculous generalisations about people based on what they're packing in their shorts. I'll feel free to continue pointing out that they are stupid generalisations that do nothing other than propagate casual sexism.

Sam

 

[upsidedown]

Well that's killed that one stone dead.