Tonight I was out with B & T, It was a fairly special night for us, as it commemorated the birthday of a man we knew as a brother who has passed away.
But that is not the point. The point is this. At one of the bars we were at, we observed two women sitting next to two men they did not know and, before either of the women actually introduced themselves, the one closest to one of the men took a drink from his glass, flirtatiously-like
Know what happened after that? Nothing, shits and giggles.
Well, B and I decided to try to duplicate that action at the next bar we hit. We sat next to a couple of women, and I took a sip (flirtatiously) from her drink - through a small black straw.
Know what happened? Supernova explosion. Accusations of trying to drug her drink, etc.
Women, as a gender, can be extremely hypocritical. Flat out double-standard city.
So the problem is that you should have tried the trick with the same woman who done the flirty drinking to begin with. I don't think it is a double standard and hypocritical to expect someone completely different to be held to the first stranger's actions. It would be like saying that all men are violent and then have you arrested because I saw some man at another building hit someone.
ReplyDeleteThat is a valid point, somewhat...the experiment was to see if a random man sipping out of a random woman's drink would get the same reaction as that particular woman did, not to play tit for tat.
ReplyDeleteBut your comment was "Women, as a gender, can be extremely hypocritical." It was a pretty blanket comment like all women would be the type to take a swill out of a stranger's drink. Not many would.
ReplyDeleteTrue. I should have been more specific. I would amend the post, but it would make the comments seem like nonsense. I'll just have to admit my own idiocy in making an unfair generalization and live with the shame. It's not like I'm building much of a case for possessing much of an intellect with this blog anyway.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog. Your mind has always intrigued me. I was just surprised that one experiment with a drunk chick turned into an "all women" comment. Ironic since you are probably one of the least judgmental people I've ever met.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the compliment, much appreciated. That comment (heck, even the title I gave the post) is certainly not me at my finest. I would blame the imbibing of wine that evening, but that's just excuse making. I wrote it, I take full responsibility for it. I try not to gloss over any of my character defects or warts when I write about my observations of the world or my relations with it, and unfortunately one of the less desirable aspects of my character is that I can and (obviously) have made hasty and poorly thought out judgements, and then actually posted them. I could edit them, but that would, in my opinion, be a level of cowardice I hope I don't ever sink to.
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