In Which Our Heroine Explores "Man Rules"...
So. Man rules.
First off, this was sparked by this site:
http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/
and this one
http://artofmanliness.com/
And the discussion one group of us had about how women have more mentors than men do.
I think that women's rules are stupid.
Go to the bathroom with your friends.
Wash your hair.
Get cried on in the bathroom.
Wear makeup.
Blablabla.
Either you're a bra-burning feminist or a slob or a lesbian if you don't to some measure follow these rules. They're standardized. They're stupid.
Man rules, on the other hand, make sense. A lot of them are about common courtesy (carry two handkerchiefs) or common sense (if it looks like rain, carry an umbrella). Yes, these have woman-impressing reasons, too - the extra handkerchief is for her, and if you've got an umbrella and she doesn't it is about to become a VERY pleasant walk - but they make sense. Woman rules don't.
My favorite man rule that girls rarely follow: You will have a love life one day. Be discreet.
Yes, there are some STUPID man rules, but these are more new additions to canon. Women don't have the "gentleman's code" as it were. We can be ladylike, but that implies some measure of weakness or submission in most of its mannerisms.
It's.
Stupid.
So I'm going to follow man code inasfar as I am able, and if I ever have a son, I will teach him to follow man code as well. Open doors for people if you are walking ahead of them, but don't if you are walking behind (we won't wait for you to open it for us in that case, unless our hands are full). Well tailored clothing makes you look snazzy, and looking snazzy is always good. Be prepared.
So what if they're guy rules? I am going to follow the damn rules if I want to, because chivalry and manners and common sense are only dead if we let them bleed out. I'll be a distinguished young woman if I so choose, and, gender standards be damned, I'm going to hold the door open for other people once in a while.
First off, this was sparked by this site:
http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/
and this one
http://artofmanliness.com/
And the discussion one group of us had about how women have more mentors than men do.
I think that women's rules are stupid.
Go to the bathroom with your friends.
Wash your hair.
Get cried on in the bathroom.
Wear makeup.
Blablabla.
Either you're a bra-burning feminist or a slob or a lesbian if you don't to some measure follow these rules. They're standardized. They're stupid.
Man rules, on the other hand, make sense. A lot of them are about common courtesy (carry two handkerchiefs) or common sense (if it looks like rain, carry an umbrella). Yes, these have woman-impressing reasons, too - the extra handkerchief is for her, and if you've got an umbrella and she doesn't it is about to become a VERY pleasant walk - but they make sense. Woman rules don't.
My favorite man rule that girls rarely follow: You will have a love life one day. Be discreet.
Yes, there are some STUPID man rules, but these are more new additions to canon. Women don't have the "gentleman's code" as it were. We can be ladylike, but that implies some measure of weakness or submission in most of its mannerisms.
It's.
Stupid.
So I'm going to follow man code inasfar as I am able, and if I ever have a son, I will teach him to follow man code as well. Open doors for people if you are walking ahead of them, but don't if you are walking behind (we won't wait for you to open it for us in that case, unless our hands are full). Well tailored clothing makes you look snazzy, and looking snazzy is always good. Be prepared.
So what if they're guy rules? I am going to follow the damn rules if I want to, because chivalry and manners and common sense are only dead if we let them bleed out. I'll be a distinguished young woman if I so choose, and, gender standards be damned, I'm going to hold the door open for other people once in a while.