Ladies and Gentlemen, when you look at both of at these questions, do you see any differences?

Question

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Look at these questions..I first asked:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoJnhpfnujuG87vjyogg3F0Yxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20080820102719AAjcKHN

I basically got slammed and pegged as a homosexual who never recieved any love in his life and has bad luck or something.

In comparing and contrast, let's take a look at the response questions:

This one by "Have Faith" : http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqRAYHJwwTxYO.CN0feNh4gYxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20080820105221AAF8leO

And this one by Rebel Man: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AofCKV0rD99EAGsMbwcjTmkYxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20080820105422AAkBvdq

Now, I'm wondering why I recieved such a hostile group of answers in my question but the others have recieved very thoughtful answers.? Is there a double standard here? :).

BTW this is in reference to anyone who says that there are little to no double standards around...

Answer 1

Attractive pseudo movie star looking guy who posts his picture hoping to illicit a better response from the females (though i'd assume it's really not having as much effect as he'd hope it would) said-  

  "I'll bet if you wait a few hours for a different crowd to get on, then post the questions in reverse, the opposite will happen."

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I'll bet it wont.

Answer 2

Hey I never saw your question! But I do think I was a little hostile in Rebs question when I defending the need for men.  :D

Edit**

Bryan something else that is interesting...Look at how many more "No" answers you got as well as men being really nasty about it "Yeah to cook and clean" Thats pretty rude.

Answer 3

That was kind of the reason I asked mine.  I wanted to see how it would be taken by people.

I can't explain it.  I guess women don't like to think that men don't really "need" them.

I expected to get a lot of responses saying women don't need men on mine, but I was wrong.  But I'm still not getting the negative responses you are.  I don't understand it.

"Tracey"- I checked and it said August 20.  Whoops.

Answer 4

I answered your question like this "If it's all the same to you I would rather be wanted; it causes me to feel more appreciated. When I'm needed it gives me the impression I'm not better than a pair of trainers used for running, when you're done running; you take me off and throw me in the closet." And I apparently offended you by not being needed. I'm not taking my answer back; it stays as is.

Now for the other two posts I answered them both in the same basic way.  "Question for the men, Do we "Need" women?"  To which I replied. "I WANT them, and I have one. Truth be told if women NEEDED men there would be no lesbians around."  

"Ladies- do women really need men?

Besides for reproductive purposes of course."  To which I replied. "I want them; not need them, were women to need men there would be no lesbians. Having said that men are enjoyable, and they are worth more than what they have hanging between their legs."

So, I basically remained the same. Plus I never bashed you either.

Edit@Bryan: Yes, some of them are very funny, and many were taking it the wrong way.

Edit@Tehabwa: No one lowered you to a baby making machine except for you; no one is believing you exist for s*x, but you.

Answer 5

How is each person defining "need"?

Humans Need air food and water.  Nothing more

Humans want friendship love security and success

Yet some people define everything they want as need.

Sorry you got slammed darlin...........Girls he isnt g*y, and he isnt a woman hater.  Very sweet guy your bashing.  Stop.  

Answer 6

Yeah that's really stupid. Men and Women don't need eachother. It can just make things more interesting.

Gee, I'm sorry for posting this. Feel free to cry to your husband or hire a hooker to make yourself feel more significant.

Answer 7

Yes, there are huge differences.

The reason people are telling you you're g*y is that you say you would only want to have s*x with a woman who wore a strap-on. "g*y" is NOT inherently insulting.

The main difference is it was your question, which you followed up with insulting details. The other questions were mirrors of your top-level question, each of which mentioned that they were inspired by your question. But they didn't go on to elaborate, as your original did.

All of those questions are somewhat offensive, by suggesting that a person's life should only be about whether some other needs them, rather than by accepting the basic human proposition that all humans have the right to live.

Yours was more offensive because it reduced MY existence to s*x and procreation only.

Answer 8

The first question influences the latter ones.

In general, suggesting that the human race could do without a giant subset of its population is offensive.  So people were offended by your question, and because it was obvious that the latter two were in response to it, they responded positively to those ones.

I'll bet if you wait a few hours for a different crowd to get on, then post the questions in reverse, the opposite will happen.

Answer 9

Wow - talk about your double standard. And why are people using homosexuality as if it should be an insult anyway?

They were both good questions (yours and the reverse). No we really don't need each other, unless you count reproduction or sexual drive (which doesn't necessarily mean people "need" to stay together).

I would say it's that we want to be together for companionship.

Answer 10

I remember reading one of my friends women studies text books back in the 90's and it gave a list of chauvinist quotes and feminist quotes, and  ALLOT of the feminist quotes were just turned around chauvinist quotes. Hopefully the women studies courses have moved past such blatant hypocrisy now a days