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Showing Original Post only (View all)It's a mystery how and why women keep giving men grace [View all]
(written by a minister/lawyer)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/it-s-a-mystery-how-and-why-women-keep-giving-men-grace/ar-AA1br9ZH?ocid=hpmsn&pc=U483&cvid=744ba27bca054f66b6f3aa1bab862ae6&ei=16
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For centuries, men have used their physical prowess to impose their will on women, leaving them with little more than their wiles and their beauty to get by on. Yet women continue to love us. Forgive us. Nurture and redeem us. I honestly dont know how, much less why. Womens capacity for love seems immense compared to most mens puny pond of empathy and grace.
I sometimes fantasize about what it would be like if there were only two or three men on the Supreme Court. Only two dozen men in the entire U.S. Senate. And none in the White House. Or the Kremlin. Or the governor's mansion.
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For centuries, men have used their physical prowess to impose their will on women, leaving them with little more than their wiles and their beauty to get by on. Yet women continue to love us. Forgive us. Nurture and redeem us. I honestly dont know how, much less why. Womens capacity for love seems immense compared to most mens puny pond of empathy and grace.
I sometimes fantasize about what it would be like if there were only two or three men on the Supreme Court. Only two dozen men in the entire U.S. Senate. And none in the White House. Or the Kremlin. Or the governor's mansion.
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Quickly, please--someone send this link to Josh Hawley
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Women have always been stronger than men in the real measure of strength: character
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2023
#1
What, then, explains the fact that men are responsible for the vast majority of
Scrivener7
May 2023
#39
I don't think that's character--maybe we have different definitions of character though.
Wingus Dingus
May 2023
#40
All of the men you have known in your life were decent and kind and upstanding
Scrivener7
May 2023
#44
I think you aren't grasping what I'm saying. Or I'm not communicating it well.
Wingus Dingus
May 2023
#46
"For centuries, men have used their physical prowess to impose their will on women...."
Random Boomer
May 2023
#5
When Nevada had a female majority legislature, they passed bills that actually helped families.
CrispyQ
May 2023
#6
Honestly... I don't think the author is saying there's something "wrong" with women
MissMillie
May 2023
#19