Are some men really this stupid?

Question

'Most of the damage women do is indirect. If she bats her eyes to induce a guy into a fight, nobody's going to blame her.' Herb Goldberg, author of the Hazards of Being Male in an interview with Jack Kammer

Why on earth would any man get into a fight if a woman batted her eyes at him??? And why would this be the woman's fault? Is this like saying a woman should be blamed for wearing a short skirt and provoking rape > the man is completely unable to control himself?

Answer 1

The stupidity of people of either gender must never be underestimated. As for the intelligence of authers, it should be looked at carefully. A written work does not mean one is intelligent, insightful or worth reading ie. Dr. James Dobson.

Answer 2

If a woman flirts with anouther man in a bar knowing that her man is the jealous type and that he will pick a fight with the other guy over it and she just wants to do it to feel empowered or prety or for what ever psychological reason, then yes she has some responsibility even though no one blames her for it

Answer 3

Some men are this stupid.  Certain men on this site simply plagiarize other works as well very irritating to know that some of them can't even come up with original thought.  The only thing to be happy about is not all men are like the select few represented here.

Answer 4

Any woman who bats her eyes to start a fight has too much faith in the old "You catch more flies with honey" bit. But women can and do provoke fights, and they should be punished for it as men are. Or . . . I don't know, what point WAS he trying to make?

Another one of the hazards of being male: being spoken for by this guy.

Answer 5

Are some men really that stupid?

Two words: baggy jeans.  They are the ugliest male fashion to come along in a long time, and yet just about every man is doing it!

I say that as long as a man is willing to accept his moments of stupidity, then good for him!  Accepting a weakness is the first step toward fixing it.

(BTW, the guy in the quote was making fun of himself.  He wasn't blaming the woman at all.)

Answer 6

Yes many girls are responsible for their own suffering

going out looking S****y is giving the signal they're 100%

behind it.  These girls are tarts like the ones who pursue footballers and people in high positions.  They're just  trying to get them into trouble so they can claim  money(or so they think) after crying rape.   They want the story to sell to the papers etc get a few bob.

Answer 7

Yes,

it's called provocation and can be used as a defence in law.

Answer 8

Some really are that stupid - but most aren't

Answer 9

I think you need to re-read the statement.  It is saying women are not blamed if men get stupid and fight over her for batting her eyes.  It does however claim that women do cause conflict, even if not on purpose.  I don't believe that is an innaccurate statement.  Your arguement is weak.  He was not saying anything negative about women in that statement.

Answer 10

There are a lot of stupid humans in the world of both genders equally. And there are more and more of them every day, because we've stopped allowing Darwinism to function as it ought.

Answer 11

Yes, and some women are as well. i.e. My puritanical mother who only wears granny panties. She honestly believes how a woman dresses, even her underthings, provokes rape. I thank God I'm coming out of this house with my mind intact.

If a guy is dumb enough to interpret batting eyelashes as "Get into a physical fight" or a woman with short skirt as "Please rape me." Then he is the moron who is 100% to blame.

Answer 12

Yes it cold happen like when you go out with someone they can get paranoid if they see you talking to a male friend and start a fight. I've never known someone to get into a fight because a woman battered her lashes that's stupid.

Answer 13

I think he's saying if a woman induces two men to fight over her, which most definitely would be the woman's fault, were she instigating. I've seen plenty of women do this, not to say that all do this, but I can't shut my eyes and pretend that everyone possessing a uterus is angelic.

Answer 14

Only the men with balls bigger than their brains will get into a fight.

But then again, there are some women who are b!tchy enough to do something like that and not think they had a hand in it.

This topic is a double-edged sword that can be thrusted in so many ways.

Answer 15

No, men are not really stupid.  As they cannot control their hormones, they looks towards the women to help them.  If the fairer s*x slips up in that area, and the men's hormones goes wild, it's the women's fault, naturally.  LOL!  I think this is why there's a saying that a man's brain is....ahem....down in their lower region.

Answer 16

I don't get it either. If a guy gets into a fight, because a woman bats her eyes, he's an idiot.

As far as the indirect damage quote is concerned...I will not go there. It's not worth it....

Answer 17

Right on sister! You rock!

Thing is, it's that testosterone stuff - very nasty. You know; that kind of woman should be used in politics! Not all women have that kind of power over men and it should be trained and put to a good purpose!

Having said that. "they" do have to cope with our raging hormones too .... PMS and peri, midi and post menopause ... Jeez, think about it from their point of view ... you can get off lightly for snipping off their private parts due to hormonal imbalance yet you think two guys fighting is bad ...

Getting into a fight is spontaneous and instinctive behaviour.

Planning to turn your partner into a eunoch and carrying it through to the "end" is neither natural nor instinctive and it is certainly not spontaneous .... so it seems women are much "cleverer" than men, right?

But more unnatural. Which can never be seen as "right".

Self control, or animal instinct ...  live and let live. And there will never be any answer to all this in the mish-mashed societies we all live in!

Answer 18

it's lilke asking to let them follow through everything they will talk about ??

Answer 19

Yes, I'm sure some are. The REALLY stupid ones.

Answer 20

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I got to say ya that be real stupid.

Answer 21

Same goes for a woman who vandalizes my car after I cheat on her.

Its not MY fault my car got destroyed. SHE should control herself. However, most women don't see it that way.

Case and point. IF you know something you do MIGHT cause trouble. DON'T DO IT.

Answer 22

Why on earth would any woman wear a short skirt, especially in the cold regions of this planet earth?  WHY?