Girlfriend Patti and I found this when we were rummaging through some old books that a store was giving away for free. It’s an article from Reader’s Digest circa 1966, although it originally appeared in the women’s magazine McCall’s more than a decade earlier.
As a man with six sisters, 16 nieces, a mother and a full-time girlfriend, I was pretty darn excited to find this gem from the past.
Finally men have the answers to all the age-old questions that have plagued us from the dawn of time, and we have those answers straight from the horse’s mouth–from a woman.
by JUDITH CHURCHILL
Why are women so clumsy at pitching a ball and running? Lay it to bone structure. The reason most women can’t pitch an efficient overhand may be connected with the “carrying angle” of their arms. The average woman’s arms are more bent at the elbow than a man’s. This may help to cause the stiff downward motion in ball-throwing that men find so hilarious.
Most women also are knock-kneed; their legs are built in the same bent angle as their arms. Men’s legs are usually straighter, like their arms. That’s why men run straight and gracefully and women awkwardly, throwing their legs in an arc. It’s why, too, women have a harder time with balance and are more prone to tumbles-a fact for which insurance companies will vouch.
How can a woman get away with such flimsy clothes in cold weather?
First, she’s better upholstered. Nature has padded women with a layer of subcutaneous fat, which acts as first-rate insulation to hold heat in, keep cold out. Second, a woman’s metabolism is a lot more flexible than a man’s. It ups heat production in winter and slows it down in summer. In hot weather a woman gives off eight percent less heat per square inch of skin than a man does.
Why do women go on periodic frenzies of housecleaning and furniture-moving? The husband who comes home to find his favorite chair relocated can blame his wife’s thyroid gland. It’s larger and more active than his and gives her more pep and enthusiasm. She also has a regular monthly “nesting impulse” that sends her bustling about, making everything neat and orderly.
Why are women forever smelling something burning or hearing burglars? There is evidence that their senses may be keener than a man’s. A woman may be wrong in her conclusions, but she probably did hear something her husband didn’t. Her taste and touch senses are sharper, too.
Why are women such glib fibbers? Truth is, it’s the men who tell the whoppers. But most psychologists agree that women are more adept at “small fibs, deception, hoodwinking, exaggeration and evasion.” Like intuition, it’s an age-old weapon of the physically (not biologically) weaker sex. To compensate for their lesser strength women have always had to rely on strategy; they’ve taught themselves keener perception, observation and deduction. Women have learned that when they’re cornered it’s smarter for them to take to superior guerrilla tactics-word power and imagination.
Why are women always so suspicious of their husbands’ love of adventure? According to Richard Curle in Women, An Analytical Study, it’s this: The wife interprets it as an escape from obligations. Women think men are congenitally flighty and don’t take their jobs as husbands and fathers seriously enough. It frightens women to feel that they’ve handed over their lives to those who can’t be relied on.
Why do women go in for concerts and “culture” so much more than men? There’s a biological basis. Such things call for sitting still, and it’s hard for a man to sit still. Woman’s greatest avoirdupois is around her hips. This makes her more comfortable in chairs. A man is top-heavy, with his maximum weight around his chest and shoulders. He’s built for action, not sitting.
Why do women change their minds so much more often than men? They don’t. Women are more indecisive than men and take a long time to make up their minds. But once they have formed opinions they usually stick to them. Actually, it’s the men who are the mind-changers. Surveys by Dr. Karl F. Robinson, of Northwestern University, showed that men change their minds two or three times as often as women.
Well all these years I’ve managed to throw just fine. Alot of girls throw bad because they’re LAZY. I played softball for 9 years, and the ones who threw horribly were the ones who were stupid, whiney, and always got hurt. It’s bad genetics. There are plenty of boys who couldn’t throw a ball worth shit. And that sitting thing is stupid. I don’t ever go to any damn concerts. They’re damn boring as hell. Another thing, I always get cold. I’m never warm, and I’ve got D cups. My boobs don’t keep me warm, they just keep me annoyed. *rolls eyes*
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I just discovered today (23 Dec ‘06), why women have NO business as leaders of nations. My wife just reamed me out because I forgot to send out 3- count ‘em – 3 Christmas cards, and we spent 20 minutes arguing about it before I, the MAN, realized how stupid the whole thing was and left the room. Don’t you know she went ANOTHER 15 minutes harranging me about it, even though I’d gone downstairs? Do we really want people like this in charge of millions of other people’s lives? The really idiotic part of the whole scene was that she actually SAID several times that she simply wanted to make me “pay” for my mistake? Pay for WHAT – I forgot to send out 3 lousy Christmas cards; I din’t get discovered in a park nude with a 3 year old child? I didn’t get arrested for rape? I forgot to send out 3 Christmas cards! Major WOW, ladies!!! When was the last time you EVER heard of a man getting ANGRY at his wife for forgetting to send out 3 Christmas cards?
Why do girls change so radically when they turn into women; and usually not for the better? I know so many men that are basically the same people they were at 18, now, at 56-59, they haven’t changed hardly at all, yet their wives are totally different people! And when was the last time you saw 3 or 4 men scream, grab each other, and giggle when they see the same thing they like in a store? Has one man ever gotten all hissy if his friends forget his birthday? WE NEVER CHANGE! And do you know why husbands usually die before their wives? WE WANT TO!!!
IF Speaking we, as in women… Im not a woman but i would be more than happy to answer that question.Men have always been builders! We have always made the landscape of what is called life as we know it today.Every single day it is trial and error. No matter the situation, trial and error.Most of us men try until we get it right. We might not have the stamina on point, but we hold tight to the main focus and learn at any point when to execute! And so on… Developly gain the precise time, and the precise point and time to execute!Thatis what im tryingto say homey!!!
believe it or not alot of buddys really get upset for forgeting his or her b day. The b day person will usually not say anything until they are given away from somebody.then the embarrassment will begin, shortly later, the person who is left out!Honestly, men do not expect alot. We make it happen!…But women want to be strong these days so… What kind of position should i be in?Give you everything you want? Let you be greedy? “As in, i trust my queen.”Or should i keep my eyes open justlike any normal person would. I Love Ellen Drive!
And one other thing…..Women, get over the fact that most women’s sports are poor, third-rate versions of the men’s; that’s why they’re so sparsley attended. Of course, when 2/3 of the “fans”, the ones that AREN’T related to a player are let in free with a free coupon for food and drink, it sure makes those stadiums “LOOK” filled.
Unfortunetly men are stronger!!!
yeah, they kind of have to. its not a full potential sport. let me see it…
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For everyone that wonders why women are “scared” of things and hear things go bump in the night…coyotes…we were told from the the time we were two years old to be careful…don’t do that, honey, you’ll get hurt…here, let me get that for you. Should we discuss television? Women get molested,kidnapped,raped, drug around into the back of vans etc…usually, if they get saved, men save them or they end up dead. What does that plant in the psychy of girls and women? Men don’t fear getting raped. I grew up to be an adventurer and outdoors person. I think alot of women are not afraid of the night, critters, or being alone. But as a society we need to treat girls differntly if we want then not to be afraid.