Dovina16 May 2005

We’ve had enough discussions that you know the tack I will follow. First I will point out that your two questions in Paragraph 2 contain propositions constructed to render any answer wrong. I’ve come to expect that and will answer in some roundabout way, which you will object to on grounds I did not answer your question.

So I’ll begin with Paragraph 1, because it’s so obviously bogus as to be easily shot down. Of course, I JUST MADE HIM UP, and of course you have seen men crying and seen their breasts wobble and their stomachs sway, so what’s the big deal?

I’ll try to ignore the implications of your main argument, the way it is worded with phrases like “all women” and “you think” and “ exactly the same as” designed to aggravate me, and instead get to the core of what you are saying.

The average woman is not totally controlled by emotion, nor does she worship it as a god. We devote time to sentimental activities, and think it’s important to recognize our emotions, but trainwrecks? Sorry, but most of us do control our emotions, many of us much better than men do on average.

Your argument is beautiful in a rhetorical way, but quite inaccurate.