Clyde, I'm curious. I've just had a look at your profile and your writing is very clear and comprehensible. I don't understand why you have such a different style when talking to any of us in this forum.

Do you know why?

Speaking of boring. And whining.

In a needed response to your post Sarge...

Just two (or more) Peas in a Pod.

You guys/gals with your silly, unthinking, must call names, aren't We Superior, Ideology are, in fact, totally boring.

Will you, or your Cousins in name calling - Religious Fanatics - understand? Never.

Just my opinion as an Atheist of Religion and Ideology.

Wondering if a need for Ideology, both Left and Right. Is just a Primitive need, of some, to 'Believe'.

:) :) :)

You do describe yourself very well.

You do describe yourself very well.

You understood that? The punctuation made my eyes hurt.

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BTW the women I've met who crave it frequently have very low self esteem and many come from dysfunctional families, but that is a separate issue.

I'll leave you to ponder this, at what percentage of women who like it, does it become frequent enough to be a stereotype and thus acted upon as universal?

I honestly think that what women want doesn't come into this at all. Men didn't start doing it to please women. They do it to show their authority and ownership over women. Just because some women think its a compliment, it doesn't mean it is. Especially as a lot of the comments turn negative very quickly if the women do not respond in a way the men want.

Have you ever noticed how two different people can say the exact same thing and get opposite reactions from someone?

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Except, from personal experience, if your wife asks "Does this make me look fat?" :)

The "F" word . you mention that word and your asking for a whole lot of trouble let alone your partner asking you Clyde . Your still married Yes ! so how do you handle that question ?

You tell the truth. That's what communicating is all about.

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Old James

I have never asked anyone their opinion of my bum.

Barn och Ungdoms Medicin (BUM) in Old town working with complex Sick Children where the child's illness and problems are.

The size of the bum can matter when giving birth.
My sister had to do a Caesarian operation.

The Fast Show:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2vze4Gz9o

What could have turned out to be an interesting & informative thread has, as expected, turned into a free-for-all in the continuing battle of the sexes.

What could have turned out to be an interesting & informative thread has, as expected, turned into a free-for-all in the continuing battle of the sexes.

Is it not Victory Day today?

That may be true, but we were young once, so shouldn't we be taking what they say with some degree of tolerance (not sure if tolerance is the right word to use)?

Some really good examples of the MCP in this thread.
Teaching by example, a noble purpose.
Some call it preventative disease.

Unfortunately it made an ugly read this morning.

I have had to remove the more personal attacks and would like to remind people that everyone here has a lot of leeway when attacking an idea or something someone wrote, but the minute you start attacking the person you have lost all moral authority.

There seem to be some people that claim because they are older they are wiser, but I certainly have not seen any signs of that here.

Its a pretty shameful display TBH.

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Why do women so often ask the "bum" question when they know full well that it could be controversial? Why do they do it?

The phrase was popularised by The Fast Show. It was and is by no means as common in real life and outside the tabloid press as you keep making out. It ranked #32 on a channel four "best British comedy catchphrase" show, and has been used outside that to continue reinforcing the type of stereotypical attitudes you have demonstrated so amply here.

Thank you for bringing that up, I've been meaning to. It is a rather sexist little stereotype taken from a show that mocked that stereotype.

My other half will often ask me which top will go best with a pair of trousers.

After 35 years with you, who is to say what is going through her head. She may actually value your opinion. That you choose to make use of that to denigrate women suggests on the other hand that she has some insecurities and is seeking support and/or reassurance, not insults delivered online.

My husband often asked me what goes best with what. I am sure in most healthy couples there is advice sought on both sides.

@Glenn

Remember our brains the Left/Right hemosphere's still run on dial-up , we don't have broadband connection between to 2 like you women , the construction crew are still digging the hole , let alone putting the cable down

That made me smile, but I can't answer your question. I have never asked anyone their opinion of my bum. Nor do I intend to - whatever it's wearing.

I have never asked anyone either. I do often ask my son "do I look normal in this?" because he has a very good eye for colour and fashion that I completely lack and from a young age he has been able to stop me leaving the house looking too strange.

Only when the factory produces the "right" type does it generate the mindless flag waving and vapid calls for a third when the second is less than an hour old, and already a drain on the public purse. That soon gets drowned out by a return to vociferous criticism if it's a young mother who is unable to find work that will cover her childcare costs, so receives a pittance compared.

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"The old get old and the young get stronger.

Might take a week or it might take longer.

They've got the guns, love, we've got the numbers.

Going to win, yeah, we're taking over.

Come on!"

- Jim Morrison

Yep.

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