Comments on: “Are Men Boring?”

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:59:00 +0000

No, they’re not boring BECAUSE they don’t talk! They’re boring because they think about boring crap like electrical wiring. Talking IS boring. I hate talking, personally. I’d rather be doing something

By: John

John — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:36:21 +0000

I know this topic is old but…

Why is it always about the man? Do women never see themselves the same way? And most women’s rants tell me they aren’t happy with their tall, dark and handsome guy who they use to stereotype every single man. or maybe they aren’t happy with themselves. who knows?

I don’t talk about drillbits, football, Ford trucks and the things that most women complain about as I’m sure all women don’t bore men about their dresses, makeup, shopping and how their man won’t conform to their ways. My brother has a wife like that. It is always about the man does this and that. nitpick about all kinds of stuff and never really see herself as a nagging, self centered woman. me, me, me…

Give most men the benefit of the doubt because all men aren’t the same just as all women aren’t.

By: Terri

Terri — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:42:56 +0000

Many men are boring because they prattle on ad nauseum about ‘things’, computers, cars, etc., to prove how much they know. Many women are boring because they prattle on about mundane daily stuff, such as when they took a shower, what their husband said, blah, blah, blah. Very few people I’ve met have any concept about taking turns in a conversation and keeping responses at a reasonable length. Most, both men and women, once they have the ‘floor’, are intoxicated by it and just keep on talking, oblivious to the glassy eyes of the listener.

By: El_Bob

El_Bob — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:36:44 +0000

Volume of conversation and interesting conversation are two different things.

Women talk more, men talk less. Are men ‘boring’?

Sister Wolf
“As for women’s “boring chatter,” well, that’s pretty subjective.”

And the claim that men are boring isn’t?

Perhaps a better title would be ‘are men boring to women in conversation?’ Equally, ‘are women boring to men in conversation?’ Those titles being given, there could arise an interesting, productive conversation about differences in communication, and how to communicate more effectively with the other gender (be the ‘other’ men or women). Unfortunately the original article, this response, and the linked response in the Telegraph are all very narrow minded examples, typical of 1960s/70s viewpoints (either ‘traditional’ or feminist) on gender. Not very productive at all. How far we haven’t come since “a woman’s place is in the home” and “burn your bras”, eh?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:38:21 +0000

I love hairy armpits on women. It is so hard to meet a girl that grows out her armpit hair.

By: Larry Welz

Larry Welz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:42:09 +0000

I just love hairy armpits on women. I don’t even know why. I guess because it is, or is just like, pubic hair, so it’s like getting an upskirt shot with no underwear. I find the trend of bald pussies, well, not disturbing really, just… boring I guess. Actually, if it’s not hairy, it shouldn’t even get to be called a pussy, should it? What’s gross is stubbly cunts. I love the word cunt. It amuses me when some women go insane hearing it in any context.
I find that generally, I seem to prefer the company of women to that of men. I’m not gay. Google Cherry comics; that’s me. And I have heard from women, more than once, that workplaces with all or mostly women are, or at least tend to be horrible snakepits. I don’t know how that fits into this discussion of armpit hair & conversation, but uhh…
Your picture really turns me on. I’m serious. Oh, don’t get excited, I’m an old geezer. Besides, I’m not even available, well, unless it was like a threesome or something. Oh, wait, we don’t do that shit anymore, being as how we’re all old & ugly & don’t live in California anymore.

By: evan

evan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:53:39 +0000

Meh, your sexism is boring. Face it, you think the way you do because you surround yourself with people that think the way you do. You never break outside of your comfort zone. Its just easier that way. Go grab some beers with some “Playas:” you’ll find that if you listen really hard, just like you, they are incredibly boring people because they are full of preconceived notions and closed-mindedness. Life is way way too short to surround yourself with the same dialog over and over, and this old hacked up repackaged horsecrap is as tired as saying all women “crack under pressure in the workplace” or “black people are dumber than whitey.” But to you and your friends, I’m sure this is a fascinating topic. I would much rather learn about knitting: at least my unfamiliarity with it would lend some amount of interest.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:45:41 +0000

> Could it be that men require the structure of a group in order to feel allowed to talk and bond with other men?

That’s such a weird statement. “Allowed to”? Maybe if it was more like “interested in”, as in, “i am not interested in talking about how jacked madonna’s arms are — in fact, I don’t want to have an opinion about this — unless it’s really about what are the best steroids to use, in which case I totally prefer blah blah blah” or whatever.

But you are supposing that talking is always something positive, that secretly people would want to do but have to sublimate their desires because it doesn’t fit societies norms. Replacing “allowed to talk and bond” with, say, “looking at women’s breasts” I would agree that there’s a basic, biological drive there, but with “feeling connected”… not so much.

By: Peter James

Peter James — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:08:18 +0000

I just thought, as long as we’re mindlessly slagging half of humanity, why not share the love all around?

By: Nina

Nina — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:14:30 +0000

I have armpit hair and it was during an interesting conversation, the first time I talked about it with my now-boyfriend