Why do a lot of women mistake rudeness and being obnoxious for being assertive?

Question

Why do a lot of women mistake rudeness and being obnoxious for being assertive?

Answer 1

many people, both males and females, have never learned the difference between assertive, being aggressive, or being rude and obnoxious.

Answer 2

I wish I knew, its very annoying and not very attractice, in males or females.

Answer 3

Being assertive can also include being obnoxious and rude...however it doesn't have to be so.

You can be assertive...self confident...self assured...successful....and humble.....

A self confident...humble man...is irresistible.....

Answer 4

Because men and women don't think the same way. It's a fundamental psychological dichotomy. To a man, 1+1=2. To a woman 1+1=1,845,957,219. Try calling a woman a hypocrite. She'll look at you like you pissed on her ancestor's grave.

Answer 5

I don't know. Probably the same reason a lot of men do the same exact thing.

Answer 6

To the post above me, don't tell me how I think. I know 1+1=2. I don't know why some men have this idea that women believe simple equations equal something other than the one that is the only correct answer. It's really annoying and it's wrong.

Answer 7

Why do a lot of men mistake assertiveness for being a b*tch?

Answer 8

Mistakes can work from both ways, the perceiver and the person who is portraying the behavior.

Like thinking someone is a ***ch and come to find out they are really just very shy, and yet they are shy because they don't believe people like them much.

Answer 9

Because most women are rude and obnoxious and instead of being honest, they choose to give it another label. They're cowards. I'm a b*tch, and I'm always right, and I OWN it!! Too bad other women are such deluded pansy's!!

Answer 10

Because they think they have the right (and the ability) to TELL other people what to think of them.

If a woman says, "I'm strong and independent".. I as a man MUST see her that way.. otherwise I'm "intimidated".

Its funny when you think about it.

Answer 11

Because they think its the same.