BS: On Being Male

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Charmion
Date: 13 Apr 16 - 08:51 AM

Give it up, Eliza; on ne badine pas avec l'amour -- ou b'en la langue française. He just proved his point.

Though I'd be surprised if French was ever a gendered topic of study in the British Isles or Ireland.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Senoufou
Date: 13 Apr 16 - 07:06 AM

Vous ne COMPRENEZ pas

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: The Sandman
Date: 13 Apr 16 - 04:02 AM

vouz ne comprend pas?que vous essayez d'être drôle.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Mr Red
Date: 13 Apr 16 - 03:59 AM

French what?

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: The Sandman
Date: 13 Apr 16 - 03:23 AM

The worst thing was not being taught to type or sew at school.
the other fault of our education system wAS not being taught FRENCH AT AN EARLIER AGE.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Joe_F
Date: 12 Apr 16 - 06:27 PM

If you live alone, you can always piss in the sink.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: gnu
Date: 12 Apr 16 - 04:40 PM

In the toilet due to the trolls that caused the policy change? Jus' guessin' eh?

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: keberoxu
Date: 12 Apr 16 - 01:51 PM

now what would this thread be like with the Members Only policy?

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: gnu
Date: 03 Feb 14 - 03:00 PM

Spaw! Get ye to the MAN store! I started a thread years ago because I was tickled pink about my new 18" at the seat, 3.5 gallon per flush elongated toilet. No more cold dick surprise in the middle of the night when ya just gotta go and don't wanna turn on the light. Oh, it ain't just a matter of aim if yer of a circum persuasion... what matters is if yer a porn star and I figger you ain't so I figger you don't shave yer never regions. Me needer so it's them loooonnng scraggly hairs what somehow manage to reach out and attach themselves to the most sacred of the male orifices and make the vanity wet. Or the wall. Or the bleach bottle I keep next to my throne. That'll wake up outta a half-sleep if ya piss on that. Although it is kinda cool to nail two Macronite Filters at once if the light is on.

If anyone is lost re the Macronite ref, George Carlin has a bit about urinals.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Stringsinger
Date: 03 Feb 14 - 11:57 AM

How is it that all these dudes have suddenly become authorities about women?

There are enough misconceptions about either sex that make any jokes about it unfunny.

In my observation, I will make a general comment. Women are more civilized when it comes to settling disputes and fostering communities. That's because they are the carriers of children, both men and women, and have the need to see that they are nourished. I accept that this is a generalized statement but not wholly untrue.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Claire M
Date: 03 Feb 14 - 11:27 AM

Hiya,

Stress incontinence =/= caused by stress?? I'm a slightly leaky folkie, & it gets worse when stressed / when I laugh too hard, & a couple of times I sneezed so hard I s*** myself.
Pratchett's "magical leakage" comes to mind........☻
Despite yrs of hating dresses I switched to wearing them (*I love* the old-fashioned sort) due to weight loss & realising how much easier they are when transferring.

I think men have it easier – they find shared interests so they *don't want/need* to bitch @ each other. There's a ton more women here than men, & that's all they do. I hate it. Obsessiveness tends to be a male thing I think.

I used to think I'd got gender issues cos I thought that way (had the odd weird crush, v. short hair, etc., & the realisation I hadn't got said issues & was in fact quite normal, was a huge relief (excuse the pun). I'm only 4ft 10 so I'd look daft.☻

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Jan 14 - 12:22 PM

"Being required by society" is a strange concept. Leaving aside stuff that might get you arrested, which doesn't apply to personal grooming generally.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Allan C.
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 05:04 PM

done

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Allan C.
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 04:59 PM

Now you've don't it, Spaw. You have managed to remind of this!

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Bill D
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 12:56 PM

** There is no gravity- the Universe sucks!**

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: catspaw49
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 12:08 PM

Yeah Sins.....Maybe I'll join up with one of those religions that doesn't believe science is right about anything. No law of gravity, no saggy tits and balls!


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,SINS
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 10:50 AM

Apparently, Spaw, gravity is your enemy too.
She of the droopy boobs.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 10:31 AM

You may be right psychomorris. I'm very interested in your post. But speaking for myself, I'm very old, have always sat down on the loo, and don't at all have stress incontinence. Neither did my old mum, nor does my sis. But we may just be lucky of course. Most Africans despise the 'chaise anglaise'. My husband did at first, but now he much prefers it. It will be interesting to see how he adapts to 'crouching' once more when he visits his family in Ivory Coast for 4 weeks in August!

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,psychomorris
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 07:30 AM

Eliza It has been suggested that there is a higher level of stress incontinence and incontinence in women in more modernised societies, due to sitting down on toilets. Less of an issue even in old age amongst societies that crouch down to urinate or evacuate their bowels.

As a man I will reduce the risk of incontinence for myself by standing.
Unfortunately for a male the prostate will determine much to do with spraying and flow. We both have our crosses to bear as we grow older.
another Allan C.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 30 Jan 14 - 01:35 AM

From being male, then to women, and now cats???....Boy, I could have a field day in here!

GfS

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 08:40 PM

Keep the beards, guys.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 12:54 PM

Claire, I used to have a cat called Oscar too! And my present 3, Smoky, Murphy & Minty, all spray if I don't keep a sharp eye on them. I believe men could quite easily sit down to wee, but my husband thinks I'm mad if I suggest it. At least he puts the seat down afterwards, bless him. Another thing men seem to do more than women is pick their noses. You see them in cars busy as bees, having a good old pick, but women don't seem to indulge so often.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,Ed T
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 12:40 PM

solutions 

I have never had this problemveither- but, here are some options, if you have.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Claire M
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 12:37 PM

Hiya,

Cats are amazing. I still miss my Oscar; he used to cuddle up to my almost-useless R side w/ a croaky "waow". I think being near me helped him w/ *his own* pain. I kept *him* warm, *he* kept me warm. It's not just men that spray! ☻ I get on much better w/ men. They aren't as bitchy. Whether I'm on/offline, I prefer to talk about shared interests etc. ½ my male relatives are the same.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST, topsie
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 12:21 PM

One summer I saw an elderly man wearing shorts that were ... well ... short. From above, as he would have seen them, they probably looked just fine. From the side, it was NOT a pretty sight.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,Ed T
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 12:14 PM

I have excellent "toilet aim" (I take pride in my marksmanship) I never experience the "tea bag effect" and I never slosh water about in the shower. Maybe it's the "woman in me" ?

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 11:40 AM

Why thank you Sins but there is a problem males encounter as they grow older. In youth our balls are almost tight and ride wonderfully just below the dick, a proud three piece set. As we age they begin to sag similarly to a woman's tits. Here's the problem.......

You first notice this phenomenon when you accidentally sit on your balls. This is a bit shocking but we learn to adjust and cope. A few more years pass. Now here is the biggie! Although a woman's boobs might be hanging low, not even the longest and biggest dangle into the toilet water when they sit down!

This is unpleasant for a variety of reasons which I feel no need to list here. You learn to overcome this but the danger of "wetsack" are always lurking.


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,SINS
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 10:37 AM

Allan, dear. Retirement is apparently weighing heavily on your mind. Get a hobby or you'll end up like Spaw permanently stuck in the bathroom.
For the record: getting up in the morning is my worst complaint. Doesn't matter if it is 5AM or noon time, leaving a nice warm bed piled with snuggly cats is hell.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Allan C.
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 10:28 AM

Aha! If one were made to clean up after one's self many, many problems would be radically diminished!

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 09:53 AM

women clean like cats, men shake like dogs?

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 09:35 AM

That won't wash Allan (hee hee) because I'm twice as fat as my husband and I can fit in the cubicle perfectly easily. Even washing his face in the basin he manages to create an inundation all over the floor. I never say anything, he's such a dear, and it only takes a moment to wipe it up. I just wonder if it's something men have inside their heads causing them to splish and splosh?

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Allan C.
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 07:48 AM

I've found that many showers are simply too small for me and it isn't that I'm especially big. Also, washing very short hair tends to fling water in all directions. But then, some of us are simply sloppy.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 29 Jan 14 - 04:25 AM

One thing that amuses me is how men just love to whoosh water all over the place when they wash or shower. My husband is like a whale surfacing, sploshing and blowing everywhere. My old dad was just the same. I'm more dainty and there isn't a drop on the floor or wall after my bath. What's all that about?

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 10:24 PM

Wow....

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Donuel
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 09:49 PM

I once had a similar thread but loe and behold some woman objected and tried to rectify certain male experiences and anatomical functions in relation to the female perspective and misguided feminist dogma. In short women will never know what a build up of seminal fluid and sperm feels like because there is no counterpart in the female plumbing. All presumptions aside, including those by some guys who know less than they thought they knew about themselves.

For example there is a male "men-o-pause" that corresponds to the female experience that includes hot flashes and sudden profuse pheromone production. I think we all have seen guys who certainly act as if they have angry PMS. Research might discover the hills and valleys of hormonal production exist in males and is not strictly a female experience.
   An increase in libido is also shared by both sexes in the forties and fifties. Sexual frequency drops slightly in the fifties and as much as half in the sixties.

Lets end the showers vs. growers debate. Showers are bigger, growers are more likely to have ancestors from the most northern latitudes.

The mind of its own claim is a fallacy unless you are 15 to 25.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 09:02 PM

Nowadays I only shave what itches, usually just the neck and underchin.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Allan C.
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 08:53 PM

Well said, McGrath!

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 07:33 PM

Shaving every morning?

A very peculiar practice quite a lot of men seem to go in for. Always seems a bit unnatural to me, but then if that's something you enjoy, fair enough. But to do it and not enjoy it, that really does seem pretty unsavoury.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST,ED T
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 06:35 PM

Question of the day:

The purpose of morning wood is?

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 06:21 PM

Sometimes, if I really want to impress Carol I pull out some ear hairs with my fingers and show her the follicles.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Allan C.
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 05:04 PM

If it gets too long my ear hair crackles so much when I have my head on my pillow, it keeps me awake!

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jeri
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 04:40 PM

;)

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 04:33 PM

Sorry if I blew your cover Jeri.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jeri
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 04:10 PM

We women have always tried to fool you guys into believing we don't have nose hair, chin hair, (ear hair, I don't think so but I can't see my holes), eyebrows that don't try to take over our faces, pee on toilet seats (some "hover", miss, and should be shot, IMO).

Apparently, most of it worked.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 02:25 PM

True enough A.C. But while I am bitching I am going to be careful not to say that men have it harder. I've lost that argument too many times! ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: GUEST, topsie
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 02:22 PM

AS I've got older I've found that my armpits are now bald - a major improvement!

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Allan C.
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 02:17 PM

I can't agree more, JtS. It doesn't mean we can't bitch about the little things that bug us.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Don Firth
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 02:17 PM

". . . And this little piggy went 'wee wee wee' all over the floor. . . ."

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 12:57 PM

other than being less able to handle stress and dying sooner, men have it easier than women.

Subject: RE: BS: On Being Male
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 28 Jan 14 - 12:55 PM

Women do shave their legs and armpits. Perish the thought of a Brazilian wax. They also pluck their eyebrows and stray hairs fro their chins. I am told by someone who would know that some women also pluck nose hair.

Anyway you look at it the average woman is required by society to do way more grooming than the average man.