Ok, I switched gender for race so you can see how it looks.
As a guy, I continue to be absolutely amazed what the siege mentality is of women who do everything they can to surround themselves with things identified as women only and exclude men. Then on the other hand, they sue to insiunate themselves into male bastions like women sports reporters suing for access to mens pro football locker rooms where the guys are naked. Then they sue for sexual harassment if a naked guy in the locker room makes a sexual comment. These women are called "civil rights pioneers". If male reporters sued to get into a female locker room, he would be called a pervert, creep and a lurker".
As an example, my wife buys shaving cream allegedly made just for women, which is a crock-shaving cream is shaving cream. She buys all kinds of nonsense that is identical to guy stuff. She admits intellectually she knows it is the same ingredients, but she gets suckered into it.
The things women do as a result of a lack of testosterone and a more abundant estrogen level does not make me not want to hang around them because of all the "emotional baggage" (an inverse play off of "macho").
I think it is neat that women do adventure activities, and I think it is cool when women voluntarily join their guys in activities that are mutually enjoyable and cement their relationships.
But you don't see guys rushing to join "men only gyms" (except in West Hollywood), we don't come out with Mens Entertainment TV channels, we don't get exasperated when women "hit on us", I didn't scream rape and file a lawsuit against a women on a dive boat that flashed me or on another boat, pressed her bare breast through her t-shirt against the back of my hand.....gosh, I felt so "violated"...right!
Maybe guys just enjoy women more in than women in the U.S. enjoy men....I say that because women in the U.S. seem to like to look at nude and near nude women an awful lot, evidence by Cosmo, Vogue, Ujena, etc., yet they ridicule men in Speedo's, whereas in Europe, the Mediteranean and South America, women love to see guys in small thin Speedo's.
When I proposed paraglider training for the day with my wife for something to different to do, I am glad she went along and gave it a try-she was unsafe, dangerous and didn't have the aptitude to do it safely, so rather than pushing her and ridiculing her, I told her I was glad she didn't proceed.
As to carrying heavy tanks, many women want it both ways, they claim they want equality and they can handle anything themselves, then they either complain men are helping too much, unless of course it is too heavy or the tire needs changing, then all of a suddent feminist equality is thrown right out the door when it is convenient, same goes for when the expensive dinner date bill comes around.
As far as being "hit upon", geez, count your blessings for christ's sake! I had many female friends at dance clubs who would have loved to have guys pay as much attention to them as their good looking girlfriends. When I clubbed, I made it a point that when there were 2 girls together, I would ask the more average looking one to dance. Watching a woman's spirit light up when I did that was really a beautiful thing. They usually had the more attractive personality anyway. So consider yourself privileged and lucky if guys find you attractive, many women would love to have your "problem".
I do understand wanting to be with people at your own skill lever and skill advancement pace though.
There, now that is my rant. In tomorrow's episode, I will tell all how I really feel!, lol
