Are men pigs?

[coloradodem2005]

One time my lady friend was dealing with a lot of baggage from the past involving men. But the contention is that men, if given the opportunity would dump their current girlfriend or wife for someone that in their eyes was sexier, and if he did stay with his significant other, it was simply because his brain told him that it would be wrong to leave her for the other woman and never because he loved his current girlfriend/wife so much that he would want to stay. I hope I didn't confuse anybody. What do you think?

[Kalish]

1. women cheat too

maybe not as much though.

[coloradodem2005]

7. Supposedly, women cheat only because they are neglected.

[Kalish]

9. don't believe it

[LincolnMcGrath]

35. WTF

[WI_DEM]

2. yes, we are.

[WCGreen]

30. They cheat becaue there horny.... Just like Men

[Missy M]

3. Sometimes yes, but then again so are some women.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. I think I understand

My answer is no, they are not. Some people are jerks but not all of them.

It sounds to me like she was suffering from a sever heartbreak and hadn't worked past her pain yet.

[SOteric]

5. That's a blanket statement about all men

based on her observation of a fairly restricted sampling.

I've had the dear pleasure of knowing some incredibly wonderful men in my life. So, while I can't attest to what runs through their minds, I can assure that not all men are anything close to pigs.

[ThomWV]

6. Speaking For Myself Only .... Yep!

No question about it.

[Dogmudgeon]

8. Yes. And women are spiders.

--p!
Radiant.

[Deja Q]

11. black widow spiders...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. Will you walk into my parlor?

"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly;
"'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy.
The way into my parlor is up a winding stair,
And I have many pretty things to show when you are there."
"O no, no," said the little fly, "To ask me is in vain,
For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again."

"I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high;
Will you rest upon my little bed?" said the spider to the fly.
"There are pretty curtains drawn around, the sheets are fine and thin,
And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in."
"O no, no," said the little fly, "for I've often heard it said,
They NEVER, NEVER WAKE again, who sleep upon YOUR bed."

Said the cunning spider to the fly, "Dear friend, what shall I do,
To prove the warm affection I've always felt for you?
I have within my pantry good store of all that's nice;
I'm sure you're very welcome; will you please to take a slice?
"O no, no," said the little fly, "kind sir, that cannot be;
I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see."

"Sweet creature!" said the spider, "you're witty and you're wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
I have a little looking-glass upon my parlor shelf,
If you'll step in one moment dear, you shall behold yourself."
I thank you, gentle sir," she said, "for what you're pleased to say,
And bidding you good-morning NOW, I'll call ANOTHER day."

The spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly fly would soon be back again:
So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly,
And set his table ready to dine upon the fly.
Then he came out to his door again, and merrily did sing,
"Come hither, hither, pretty fly, with the pearl and silver wing:
Your robes are green and purple; there's a crest upon your head;
Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead."

Alas, alas! how very soon this silly little fly,
Hearing his wily flattering words, came slowly flitting by.
With buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,
Thinking only of her crested head - POOR FOOLISH THING! At last,
Up jumped the cunning spider, and fiercely held her fast.
He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den,
Within his little parlor; but she ne'er came out again!

And now, dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly, flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed;
Unto an evil counselor close heart, and ear, and eye,
And take a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly.





That's one of my favorite fables.

[neuvocat]

10. Nah, just the ones she likes to date.

Or you could tell her that the one thing in common with all her failed relationships is her.

[Bunny]

12. No.

Some men are assholes, as are some women.

[JimmyJazz]

13. c'mon, Dude....

[Lone_Star_Dem]

15. As much as you have to use that image

Do you just keep it in your clip board at all times. :P

BTW, I love it! :hi:

[JimmyJazz]

17. Actually, I deleted all my favorite pics and smilies due to

spyware problems...but, I'm quick with the google images :hi:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. Spyware is the brain child of the devil

I hope you have it cleaned up now. Sometimes that stuff is almost impossible to remove.

[Allenberg]

16. Men aren't so much pigs

as they are biologically wired to "spread heir seed" and need sexual variety to satisfy their primal instincts of keeping civilization going.

[blondeatlast]

20. This is DU, where saying the sky is blue doesn't make it

necessarily so.

Can you back that up with a link, or at the very least, a bibliography?

[Allenberg]

28. Pretty good book

Why Men Don't Listen, and Why Women Can't Read Maps by Barbara and Allan Pease.

Pretty good book on biopsychology, and how brains are wired by certain characteristics. It supports the theory (which really isn't much of a theory, its the damn truth) that homosexuality is as natural as having red hair.

[Blue-Jay]

18. .

[Deja Q]

19. And that's 6 reasons why men should never wear tight pants...

Well, 3 reasons times two men...

:wow:

[Blue-Jay]

32. I'm all out of love. I'm so lost withOUT you...

[Old_Fart]

21. "Circe must have thought so"

[Blue-Jay]

26. Ha Ha!

Well played!

[Old_Fart]

41. "Thank you"

:evilgrin:

[blondeatlast]

23. No, but some people make really bad choices in their search for love.

It's just so conveeeeeeenient to blame it on the entire gender.

Virtually all of the men I know are really great people, and my hubby is as nearly a prince as I ever want to get.

[SmokingJacket]

24. Oh, come on!!

Only assholes are assholes.

I've known more married women who cheat than married men. It's unhealthy (as well as inaccurate) to think of an entire gender that way.

[Shoeempress]

25. I am married to the most wonderful man in the world and know for a fact

there are women out in the world who consider him a total pig, cuz of what he did to them. Conversely, I know there are some men who would say horrible things about what I did to them. However, we have been together for decades and I would never do anything to hurt him for a moment and believe he feels the same. Guess it is the person and the timing.

[skygazer]

27. I think that's a load of nonsense

And extremely unfair to guys. Guys look. They even fantasize. But I think most of them know the difference between fantasy and reality. I also think you do men a disservice by implying they don't really know what it means to love somebody.

[coloradodem2005]

29. I'm not saying it. My friend said it.

[skygazer]

33. But you're asking it

So you either think it may have merit or you just want to push our buttons. ;)

[Son of California]

31. Its easy for people who've been burned in the past

to waste hours on end demonizing the opposite sex, when if they got really real with themselves, would find out that they are just as obnoxious and selfish as anyone else -that they too have committed the very sins that they are ready to beat everyone else over the head for, and that everyone on some level is obnoxious and selfish regardless of sex, and that people who really like themselves and are grateful for Life with the big L, shrug their shoulders at the obnoxiousness and selfishness of the world and move on and find a lot more happiness than the people who want to make immature blanket designations like, "All men are pigs."
statements like this usually come from women who didn't like themselves that much long before they ever got burned by a man -and ironically enough, not liking yourself is the number 1 best way to go about getting burned.

moral: people who like themselves deal with disappoints and move on without castigating an entire sex for it.

[BikeWriter]

34. Some are, some are not!

[NMMNG]

36. Oh dear, this looks like a flamewar in the making

:popcorn:

[Hugin]

37. Please pass the popcorn...

:popcorn:

[sniffa]

38. they are

men suck.

[Ivan Sputnik]

39. Some are. Some aren't.

There are just as many different types of men as there are different types of women. Some people need to examine why they keep choosing the same type of boyfriend/girlfriend over and over and over.

[DS1]

40. Is this a poorly worded joke?

:shrug:

[Solon]

42. As a member of that half of the human species that is slandered...

I must protest this arrogant over-generalization of men. Not all men are pigs, just 99.9999999999% of us are. :)

[southlandshari]

43. Locking

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