Creating men - the hard facts about gender

[Jay74]

I found this news interesting (and amusing) about a woman who “changed” herself into a man for 18 months to try to understand men better.

**Creating men
The hard facts about gender

**Mar 28, 2006
by Chuck Colson

Periodically, our culture re-discovers that the male of the species also has problems and needs. For example, a recent Newsweek cover story was about “the trouble with boys.” But no one has gone as far to understand the needs and feelings of men as Norah Vincent.

Vincent’s new book, Self-Made Man, is about her search for what she calls the “unspoken codes of male experience.” Specifically, she wanted to know how men spoke and acted when women were not around.

So, she lifted weights; took voice lessons; got a flat-top haircut; and learned to apply fake stubble to her face. The result of this preparation was a male alter ego called “Ned.”

townhall.com/opinion/columns/chuckcolson/2006/03/28/191642.html

 

[m134e5]

This is a very good article.

 

[sadie2723]

Jay74:

I found this news interesting (and amusing) about a woman who “changed” herself into a man for 18 months to try to understand men better.

I love it! I am going to buy the book. I think it is about time someone made a little effort at understanding the boys.

 

[deb1]

sadie2723:

I love it! I am going to buy the book. I think it is about time someone made a little effort at understanding the boys.

Dr. Laura wrote a good book for women on men called the Proper Care and Feeding of Men. There are many things that irritate me about this woman but this was a good book and she didn’t have to pretend to be a guy to write it.

 

[sadie2723]

deb1:

Dr. Laura wrote a good book for women on men called the Proper Care and Feeding of Men. There are many things that irritate me about this woman but this was a good book and she didn’t have to pretend to be a guy to write it.

Excellent point. Still, you have to admire this author’s approach to things.

 

[Brendan]

I’ve heard Chuck Colson speak before. He’s an excellent speaker

read his bio (link in the article). it’s a pretty interesting story.

 

[Jennifer123]

I had read about this book but had only heard secular reviews, which I knew would ultimately miss the real crux of the problem.

I love this part,
“Well, yes. What Vincent calls an “inescapable grammar” is what Christians call “male and female created He them.” Since our denial of this “grammar” lies behind many of the problems that Vincent documents, the solution begins with something more profound than makeup and a haircut: It’s understanding that, ultimately, men are created, not made.”

I’m hoping her questioning the ultimate falsity of the radical feminist agenda will lead her to the truth, and she will embrace her own “inescapable grammar”.

 

[Jay74]

sadie2723:

Excellent point. Still, you have to admire this author’s approach to things.

I appeciate how she was willing to concede that both sexes have problems, sexism is not exclusively exercised by males, and that there are things about the other sex that both sexes should appreciate.

God made us different for a reason, and good ones at that. We compliment each other, when we can respect and appreciate the differences.

Blessings.