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Why Men Act the Way They Do

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By lindagoffigan


Should Women Hire Consulting Companies to Answer the Question Why Men Act the Way They Do

Should women hire consulting companies to figure out why men act the way they do.  That is what large companies do and that is to call in the experts when a question as puzzling as this has to be answered.  As this is mostly a personal question, an attempt will be made to answer this question on a personal level based upon the best testosterone booster, women.  No need to get long distance movers to haul in consulting companies, women are the best ones to answer the question Why Men Act the Way They Do.

Should we all agree that men act the way they do because they are as one of their own, Conan O’Brien the nighttime TV talk show host, joked once. He was joking of course and said that men were basically stupid. Should testosterone therapy be used to figure out Why Men Act the Way They Do.  As in product reviews,a consensus will have to be taken to see if men sometimes act like jerks because they just do not care.  They probably have other things on their minds instead of the behavior and actions they take relative to women and relationships.

This article would be very short if all agree with Mr. O’Brien. For the sake of a more extensive word count, you can relax in knowing that men act the way they do for several reasons. Based upon your relationships with one of these male species, you may take the broad view and say that men are controlling, loving, stimulating, jealous or just have no feelings at all. Your view would be subjective if you agree with any of the previous choices and not linked to theory, research, or unbiased experimental testing. You would be making your assessment totally upon your experiences. It is a choice, here, not to take the high road on this topic although men are not known for being sensitive.

After being married a number of years to one and having three sons, and three brothers, it is my opinion that men act the way they do because they are not allowed to hug, cry, or feel emotions while growing up. The female is viewed as the weaker sex and to differentiate between boys and girls, men at an early age was told not to cry but to take it like a man. (Whatever that is supposed to mean)

Women’s relationships with men also made them think of themselves as the stronger sex. “Open this jar, Honey. “ “Lift that barge,” “Climb that mountain.” “Shovel the snow.” These are some of the examples of the physical tasks men are given to do rather than emotional ones that usually breaks women down into miserable tears. Weeping and wailing is something women are presumptuously allowed to do. Remember the sobbing scenes when Lucille Ball wanted to sing at her Cuban husband’s night club? These sobbing moments on the television show was like her making an official request with the frequencies of these types of episodes. Women sometimes use tears to their advantage but this stress reliever as a resultant of disappointments is a no no for men. How many episodes did Lucille Ball sing at the nightclub?

Men rarely hug each other for comfort rooting in them the stamina to harbor all of their frustrations and emotional stresses inside and to be emotionless or to be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Hugs are known to be therapeutic but the “masculine male” has to be satisfied with a firm handshake and a retreat to his cave. The cave is his easy chair or to a building project in the garage that he has been working on for years. Some men may resort to the comfort of a wife or girlfriend when they need a hug but their other brain gets in the way. That business of course has to be taken care of right away and he forgets that all he probably needed was a hug.

Why do men act the way they do? They act the way they do because they have a whole host of things that they are not allowed to do in situations and circumstances simply; because of their gender. Any derivative from the norm may put him in a category that he loathe or just totally do not want to understand. The woman’s role is to let the man in her life know that it is okay to let go emotionally. She needs to let him know that she does not depend on him for everything because of his mere brute strength. Women need to let the man in her life know that it is okay to show a few tears now and them. Men act the way they do out of fear of being mislabeled or misjudged. Because of the Adam and Eve thing, they must work to support the family and himself. So women, “Are men stupid?” Men are not stupid and I must disagree with Mr. O’Brien. Men are rapidly reinventing themselves into caring human beings of the 21st century.

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john  says:
10 months ago

thanks

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Carrie Bradshaw  says:
10 months ago

Well, you stated, "Your view would be subjective if you agree with any of the previous choices and not linked to theory, research, or unbiased experimental testing. You would be making your assessment totally upon your experiences."; then in the following paragraph, you stated, "After being married a number of years to one and having three sons, and three brothers, it is my opinion that men act the way they do because..." Once again, your writing is indeed based upon observation and personal experience, in my opinion.

I agree with the fact that men and women are raised with gender roles, but the hub I wrote on understanding men has to do with motives in dating. One woman greatly offended me with her opinion years ago in that she, not being married or having children, made the statement in front of me and my boyfriend, that women lose their sanity and sensitivity to men after having children! I had four children. She believed she could "rescue" poor married men from these insane women by providing lap dances. If I could have kicked her ass right there, I would have.

I do believe when we get out of a poor relationship that drains us, taking a break is good advice. Analyzing what went wrong on both sides is a must, if one plans to continue dating. We must learn from the experience. I am very aware of who I am and what I want, yet dating is still extremely exhausting because the foundation of any relationship is TRUST (right motives) and INTEGRITY (truth).

Keep on writing; I enjoyed your hub. Thanks for reading mine. We're here to support each other.

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lindagoffigan  says:
10 months ago

Thank, Carrie and I shall continue to read your hubs. Did you say you have four kids. You sounded like a single lady. Take care and I am happy that you enjoyed reading my hub.

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vrbmft  says:
2 months ago

Wow! How come not more comments on this blog!! I liked it. Like the opportunity to be more than a genetic jerk!!My subjective analysis, which may be based on some research, whether we are a man or a woman, is that all of our life's relationships are built on our relationships with the two most important people in our lives, MOM and DAD, even if we did not know them. Of course, we knew MOM. We literally lived inside of her for x number of months, and we received all of her neuropeptides based upon her feelings about good ol dad. Those two folks tend to create templates for us, and until we become conscious of those templates, we will navigate and gravitate toward men and women just like them. Until we become conscious and can begin to make choices based upon something other than what we are familiar with.

What I wanted to say, before I started to "rant" a tad is, I liked your blog!!

Just another thought. I find that often people in general act the way they do because they can! And when either they become accountable, perhaps because they love someone, or the people who love us, hold us accountable, I have another option for behaving the way I do besides because I can.

Vern

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Lisa Hess  says:
3 weeks ago

I really believe men and women have a different set of guiding forces. Men are not stupid, men are not women, men are men. I appreciate that you see they have their own wet of challenges. When I hear other women dog on men because they don't act like women then I wonder when woen got to be as foolish as men. Men are supposed to be men and unlike us.

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lindagoffigan  says:
3 weeks ago

Lisa Hess, thank you for your comment.

What you said about men are just not supposed to be like women if right on but would have cut my article short. The article was addressing the human qualities of sensitivity that can be found in both men and women. An explanation was given that men are not allowed to vast in their sensitve nature as women and that is the basic reason why they act the way they do.

Books have been written about this subject but I like your logical view of "Why Men Act the Way They Do."

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