As a 6ft 3 guy, am I no longer allowed to put my arms around any girlfriend I have who is likely to be shorter than me?
Maybe equality now means surgically enhancing women to get over natural differences in height?
What's next, hand holding signifies 'ownership'? Buying a gift signifies ownership? Opening a door signifies ownership?
No wonder men are confused by this ever changing dictatorial thought. The stakes are always stacked in favour of the feminists as they get to decide what is right and wrong. Get it wrong and you're done for.
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Now, now, dear, calm down. You're sounding testerical. Is it that time of the month for you? I'm only 5' and I let male and female friends who are taller than me put their arms around me. Sometimes I even put my arms around them! You actually think difference in height are a big deal. Um, OK, I mean I like having a dude who is taller than me around so he can fetch things from the high shelved.
You sound confused. Is there a difficulty with your blood supply to the brain?
That phrase, "any girlfriend I have" suggests this to be entirely theoretical. But for future reference (if you should ever need it) a hug or an arm around her depends entirely upon you and the girl. This is a massive straw woman argument - well, not even an argument, just some idle complaints about a thing that has never happened to you and is unlikely to do so in the future. Be sure to contact us again if you ever get arrested for hugging a consenting female.
Looks like this guy's so tall that the blood had a hard time rushing up to his brain.
NO BODY CARES IF YOU'RE TALL OR SHORT, YOU DINGLEBERRYFACE!
This is in response to an article saying it's a bad habit for men to put their arms around women's shoulders. That is actually true as we tend to be quite a bit heavier than they are. As someone who is 6'1" himself and whose GFs have mostly been petite, I can say with authority that it's much better to put your arm around their waists and to 'carry' your own arm somewhat.
I've only rarely had a man's arm around my shoulder but the one time I remember it happening, it was after a night out with my boyfriend and his brother, and the brother had been having a pretty lonely time those past few months and he had a strong sense of cameraderie on the way back. It was a beautiful night and he put his arm over my shoulder (and possibly the other arm over his brothers? I don't remember any more), and kept saying, "This is just so pleasant!"
He's not a huge guy. A bit stocky but the weight wasn't uncomfortable, and frankly, it was a tonic to share that with him.
So personally I like it - or at least, that one experience. And it's just an isolated, anecdotal incidence so I'm not pretending to speak for any other women than me. I just want to say that that was a lovely experience that I'd happily repeat if we ever found ourselves drunkenly walking home on a beautiful summer moonlit night by the sea again.
He's responding to an article stating that men putting their arms around womens necks (or around their shoulders as I always saw it) is a sign of ownership and is offensive. It's a pretty freaking stupid article and I don't really have much issue with the 'fundie' here. As a 6'4 guy, I am a bit insulted by it too. I have put my arms over womens shoulders, both affectionately and platonically. I have no illusions of ownership in either case. I'm also careful to not put my full weight on her, so as to not cause discomfort.
There's a subtle but very alarmingly noticeable difference between holding someone as a gesture of comfort or camaraderie and holding them with an unspoken "don't wander away from me" that is especially disquieting when you do it to someone while having a conversation with others that the person you're metaphorically holding hostage isn't equally engaged in.
Funny how those subtle little distinctions disappear for a lot of men in certain situations.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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