Stepford Wife Lesson: What Men Really Want (Update: May 17, 2008)
Email This ArticleI know both sexes have complained about the opposing team not vocalizing enough about what they want. But men, (and I know this is a stereotype) being not proned to over-verbalizing, are really the party that retains its mystery.
Let’s make no mistake about this: Women tend to be more vocal about their wants and needs. To this day, I have never had a guy sit down and say “We really need to have a talk about my needs.”
The internet is a great pressure release. It affords men the ability to come out and complain about what they want, something they are not allowed to do by mainstream society. I see this as a rare opportunity, an opening to learn what goes on in men’s heads. They can whine and nag without being seen as less masculine. Instead, many women get insulted and lash back at the digusting political incorrectness of their gripes. The two are unrelated. If guys are yelling and screaming online repeatedly for something, that tells me, that there’s a level of consensus on what certain men want.
I know if guys (the ones who are vocal, online, and have Maxim subscriptions anyway) are in agreement that they want us to shut up and keep the beers moving, then what’s the harm in giving it a shot? You don’t have to follow it word-for-word. Just know the general design, and, like a fashion show, emulate the direction as a vague blueprint. And if all that doesn’t work, well we can always go back to reciting Catherine MacKinnon’s legal advice and reading aloud the poetry of Emily Dickinson.