I could say, “I do not.”
Your response might be, “You do too.”
I might repeat, “I do not.”
Before you know it, we would be characters in a Monty Python Argument Clinic.
Anyway….
I do not blame women — for anything. Women are not a Borg collective operating as a single entity. They do not carry collective responsibility. If an individual woman (or any other individual) transgresses, the transgressor is individually responsible for the transgression.
I do not consider “not standing up to that culture” to be a transgression. Therefore, there is no blame to assign.
Referring to my original comment, I was responding to SG Buckley. She referred to a study finding that men experience less distress than women over household disorder. SG advocated that the “distress gap” should be narrowed by men learning to experience greater distress.
As a man, I have no intention whatsoever of learning to experience greater distress. I surmise that a substantial number of men concur with my sentiment. So, I suggested that the “distress gap” could be narrowed by women learning to experience less distress.
If a woman chooses not to follow my suggestion, it is her prerogative to do so. No transgression will have been committed; there is no blame assigned.
I did not blame anyone for “not standing up to the culture.” I did suggest that there may be circumstances when it is in their interest to do so, as difficult as it might be. It is a suggestion; they can take it or leave it. What choice they make is of no consequence to me.
