So you’ve missed me? Well I’ve missed you too. Don’t worry, I’ve never been far away and I still find your articles amusing.
In this case, I find myself essentially in harmony with your main message. I agree that men ought not tell women how they should conduct themselves. However, expressing your objections, even as forcefully as you have, is futile. I have no doubt you realize that those who are telling women how they should conduct themselves will continue to do so in spite of your objections.
Personally, I seek to associate myself with women whose ways are already in harmony with my own, rather than expecting those who are not to change their ways.
I also object to women, particularly Feminists, who want to dictate how men should conduct themselves. I recognize no obligation to conform my conduct, my thoughts, or the content of my conversations to Feminists’ expectations.
The difference is that I do not find it in the least disturbing when Feminists seek to dictate how I should conduct myself to be a “better” man, in fact I find it amusing. I strive to be a better man on the basis of the standards that are the most important, the ones that I set for myself.
If someone refers to me as a “misogynist” or a “sexist” or by any other of the multitudinous terms that Feminists use to describe someone whose conduct does not conform to their expectations, it is of no consequence to me. I would neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of those terms being applied to me.
I am who I am:
I do have difficulty resisting the urge to respond with a smart aleck remark when the opportunity presents itself. My wife insists that my father should have named me Alex.
I enjoyed reading your article.