BETTER THAN WOMEN
Top 10: Things Only Men Can Do
Why men
sleep better than women
Ten
Things Men Do Better Than Women
Men expect better things from sexting than women do
10 Reasons Why Men Are Better Than Women
Things
Men Do Better Than Women
Why a
Beer is Better Than a Woman
Top 10: Things Only Men Can Do
Charlie Anderson
Top 10 Correspondent
Andy Gray and Richad Keys
were confused. How could it be, they thought, that a member of the opposite sex
might be capable of waving a flag and running up and down the touchline of a
football field. How could a woman ever come to grips with the infinite
complexities of the offside rule?
Fortunately, football and the world have evolved since the days this pair first
arrived on our tellies back in the 90s, and women play a vital part in the
running of society as a whole. That said, there's no denying that there are
fundamental differences in what women and men are capable of doing well and as
the we're here to spell those out today from a man's perspective.
Sorry ladies, all your creams, moisturisers and youth-in-a-bottle remedies have nothing on us. Our male hormones give us thicker skin, which means we get fewer wrinkles and our skin stays younger longer. Helen Mirren aside, women have Joan Rivers to look forward to, we have Sean Connery. Keith Richards? Well, we’ll just count him as a genetic anomaly.
Call it mankind, humankind or peoplekind, we have fertilised history. Yes, our swimmers are under siege from early scientific studies that show women can create sperm from their own bone marrow. And of course, studies are also underway to grow babies out of the womb. Are these studies headed by lesbians? Anyway, until our offspring are named 1765A and 1766B, our tadpoles will continue to hit the target.
Why men sleep better than women
Do you wake up groggy while your male partner is full of energy? It's not your imagination—men really do tend to sleep better than women. Learn why this is, and five things you can do about it
By Jennifer Goldberg
If
you sleep beside a male partner, chances are good that you’ve marvelled at his
ability to konk out as soon as his head hits the pillow while you lie awake
watching the minutes blink by on your clock radio. You’re not alone in this
particular battle of the sexes—a recent Stats Can study of Canadians’ sleep
habits showed that
35 percent of women polled reported
difficulty falling and staying asleep,
compared to only 25 percent of men. Interestingly, the study also showed that
women tend to sleep about an average of 11 minutes longer
each night than their
male counterparts do.
Though these results may seem just as mind-boggling as your man’s ability to
drift off during horror flicks, Helen Driver, a Kingston, Ont.-based sleep
researcher and president of the Canadian Sleep Society, says the reason for
these findings is twofold. “Women
may need a little more sleep than men do,"
she explains, "and we also experience more sleep problems, such as insomnia.”
So
what's the problem? One explanation could be hormonal changes throughout our
reproductive cycles. “Women
are more prone to having poor sleep around menstruation,
and that’s related to pain and mood changes,” Driver says.
Pregnancy is another known time for sleep disturbance. An increase in the
hormone progesterone will have you waking up for endless trips to the washroom
in your first trimester and the size of your belly will cause you some
discomfort when trying to sleep in your third trimester.
Then in perimenopause, the time right before menopause when women cease to
menstruate, a drop in progesterone and estrogen hormone levels may cause
symptoms such as nighttime hot flashes and insomnia.
If
all these hormonal changes aren’t enough to make you jealous of your
easy-resting man, Driver says emotional sensitivity might be another reason why
some women have trouble sleeping.
“Some [experts] suggest that women are more in tune with how they’re feeling and
are more sensitive to problems with their sleep,” she explains. “A theory we
have is that women tend to ruminate about things a little bit more than men do.
Women worry and think about what’s
happened during the day,
and they’re not able to let things go.”
There are effective ways to manage your sleeplessness. The key, says Driver, is
to
take control of your sleep habits.
Rather than adding sleep troubles to your list of daily concerns, realize that
periods of disrupted sleep can be perfectly normal.
“The first thing you have to understand is that one night of lost sleep isn’t
going to be a catastrophe. What ends up happening is that [you start to think],
‘If I don’t get to sleep now, I won’t be able to function during the day.’ And
it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Here's what you can do to break the cycle of sleeplessness and reclaim your
rest.
The key to maintaining good sleep hygiene is to
adhere to a schedule,
says Driver. “Try to make sure that your regular bedtime is 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
and stick to that schedule on the weekdays and on the weekends as well,” she
suggests.
And make sure to
save some
time to relax
and wind down before you turn in for the night. “You can’t be working on your
laptop then switch off the light and expect to go to sleep right away,” says
Driver. Try reading or journaling for a half hour before you go to sleep.
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Though catching a midday nap might seem like a good idea, Driver says irregular sleeping will do nothing to help you establish good sleeping habits. “If you’re awake during a solid period during the day with no naps, your sleepiness drive is quite strong. If you have a nap or an extended period of sleep in the morning, it's harder to get to sleep at night as your sleep drive has had less time to build up,” she says. Also, if you find that you’re not falling asleep right away, get up out of bed and do a quiet activity until you feel ready to turn in.
Setting the body’s circadian rhythm, the 24-hour clock that tells us when to sleep and wake up, is an important part of establishing good sleep hygiene. “Sunlight is the strongest time cue that we have, so getting out for an early-morning walk would be beneficial,” explains Driver. Try incorporating an outdoor activity, such as a brisk walk to work, into your daily routine and stick to it, even in the winter.
The Stats Can study also showed that the average Canadian’s sleep time decreases when children are in the home. No surprise there. But as women traditionally wake to care for kids during the night, their sleep may be more disturbed than their male partners. Though researchers have found that women’s bodies tend to bounce back more easily from sleeplessness in their childbearing years, this disrupted sleep can be especially problematic for those with a history of depression. “That’s where a partner might need to get more involved in getting up at night to allow [his female partner] to have sufficient time to sleep and then to cope better during the day,” says Driver.
If your sleeplessness is starting to affect how you function during the day, it’s time to seek professional help. There could be an underlying problem, such as depression or anxiety, that's keeping you from getting your beauty rest. To ensure that your doctor fully understands your symptoms, write down a description of what you’re experiencing and note if there are any patterns to your sleeplessness. “Family physicians often don’t have the time to go through the whole gamut of questions, so it’s important for women to fully describe what they’re feeling,” says Driver.
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Ten Things Men Do Better Than Women
What Can Men Do Better Than Women and Why?
Plane Williams,
Yahoo
Contributor Network
Oct 25, 2009 "Share your voice on Yahoo websites.
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Until six or seven weeks after conception all human embryos are technically speaking "female." What happens at that point? The embryos destined to be males are infused with the hormone testosterone (female's receive much smaller doses of the hormone).
It's testosterone that largely determines "maleness" and it actually directs the development of the male embryo toward a totally different path from that of the female embryo; and not just in physical appearance.
The very inner workings of a male's brain and nervous system are wired differently from that of a female. That's why there are thought process differences between men and women. That's why men are more aggressive than women and strive for power and dominance much more than do women. That's why men are better at some things than women and women are better than some things than men.
Listed below are ten things men do better than women. Remember, this isn't saying women can't do these things well, it's just they can't in general do them better than men.
1. Men are natural competitors. They want to beat the other guys. It's not about how the game is played it's about winning.
2. Men are able to maintain physical exertion to a higher level and longer than can women due to their larger muscle mass and greater lung capacities.
3. Men are typically better at the sciences than are women. Men's brains are highly specialized and enable them to reason better than women.
4. Men are explorers and take risks much more than do women.
5. In line with #5 is the fact that men are better visionaries than women. Men's minds perceive and think about the long term future which is even defined differently by men and women.
6. Because men arerisk takers they are also able to perceive and face dangers better than women. Husbands, ever notice how women are adept at setting "booby traps" in the home?
7. Men embrace change better than women
8. Men are able to handle colder temperatures better than women
9. Men are better leaders than women
10. Men are better with spatial recognition. Notice how women often misperceive distances while driving.
Again, the reader shouldn't take any of the above as "sexist" or an attempt to debase women.
Men aren't better than women, they're just better than women at some things in life. Remember too that with every strength there is an associated weakness; men have plenty of those too.
See my article Ten Things Women Do Better Than Men
For more information on differences between men and women examine some of the sources listed below.
Sources:
James Dobson:
Bringing up Boys
Gregg Johnson:The
Biological Basis for Gender Specific Behavior
Stu Weber:Four
Pillars of a Man's Heart
John Gray:
Men are from Mars Women and from Venus
Men expect better things from sexting than women do
By Rachel Rettner, Published: September 9
Men tend to think positive things will happen if they send and receive sexually
explicit text messages, whereas women have more negative expectations about such
“sexting,” a new study suggests.
The study is one of the first to examine what people expect when they sext —
dubbed their “sextpectancies” by the researchers — and how such expectations may
influence sexting behavior.
The study surveyed 278 college students at a large public university in the
Midwest (average age 21, 53 percent female, 76 percent white and 91 percent
heterosexual) about their sexting behavior, as well as their views about the
outcomes of sexting. Sexting was defined in the study as sending sexually
explicit pictures or text messages by phone or through social networking sites.
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About 80 percent of participants reported receiving, and 67 percent reported
sending, sexts through text messages; about 46 percent reported sending and 64
percent reported receiving sexts with pictures. Most people said they did not
sext frequently (fewer than three times a month). Men reported sending and
receiving sexts more often than women.
People reported both positive and negative “sextpectancies.” Common positive
feelings were: “sexting makes one feel sexy,” “sexting makes one excited” and
“sexting makes it easier to flirt.” Common negative ones were: “Sexting makes
one embarrassed” and “sexting makes one feel uncomfortable.”
Men reported more positive expectations about receiving sexts, while women
reported more negative ones. Single people also reported more negative
expectations about receiving sexts than those who were dating, living together
or married.
Women may have more negative expectations in part because of the feeling that
it’s more acceptable for men than women to be promiscuous, said study researcher
Allyson Dir, a doctoral candidate in psychology at Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis. Previous studies have found that women also have more
negative views about hooking up, or casual sex, Dir said.
People who are single also may be taking more of a risk when sexting than are
people who are in relationships, Dir said. Singles may be sexting with people
they don’t know as well, meaning the receiver might share the sext without
permission, or a single person may be more likely to be rejected after a sext,
Dir said.
However, given that positive expectancies were also common, “sexting doesn’t
seem to be as risky as the media makes it out to be,” at least for college
students, Dir said. Few people in the study reported negative consequences as
result of sexting, Dir said.
The results may be different for adolescents and adults, and future studies are
needed to examine this.
The study was published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social
Networking.
— Live Science
10 Reasons Why Men Are Better Than Women
We've read a lot lately about how women are working more; and even though
they make less money than male colleagues at work, they often earn more than
their spouses; yet they still run the household and take care of the kids. Women
need a man as much as . . . what's the old saying, like a fish needs a bicycle?
A new PBS special
Makers: Women Who Make America
chronicles the women's movement starting in the 1960s, up through the Anita Hill
fiasco in the early 1990s. And a recent book The End of Men by Hanna
Rosin argues that women are no longer gaining on men, they have pulled
decisively ahead -- they do better in school, they get more graduate degrees,
they earn more money, they live longer than men. In short, women are taking over
the world.
Well, I've been around the block a few times and know something about gender.
And I'm here to say: Not so fast!
Men are still better than women in many important categories and endeavors
of life. Let me count the ways:
1) Men can reach the top shelf. And not just in the kitchen. They can reach
up there in the garage, the basement, even in your clothes closet.
2) Men can unscrew a new jar of jelly or olives or any other jar from the
grocery store that is screwed down so tight it takes a real -- shall I say it?
-- man to open the damn thing.
3) Men offer a lot of advice -- all for free.
4) Men know how to gamble. I'm not saying they know how to win, just that
they know how to gamble.
5) Men have incredible focus and an unbelievable attention span. I mean,
have you ever tried to watch a baseball game, or a golf match, all the way
through? They can play a violent video game for 6 or 8 hours, without stopping.
6) Men have an understated but always-appreciated social skill involving
-- as my friend Joe the golfer likes to say -- the ability to "grace you with
the gift of their absence," especially on a Saturday or Sunday during golf
season.
7) Men can fix things. Well, some men can fix things. Other men try to fix
things, then after they break them, they know how to call in the expert. Either
way, they care of the mechanical things in your life.
8) As politicians prove over and over again, men can yell louder than
women, they can interrupt more often, and they have the ability to completely
ignore what that the other person is saying.
9) Men do yard work . . . at least, as long as they can use some kind of
heavy machinery.
10) Men have a sense of humor. Seriously, in a study of 1,200 cases of
public speaking, neither males nor females laughed as much with female speakers
as they did with male speakers, explaining, said the study, the paucity of
female comedians. Another study of personal ads showed that men offered "sense
of humor" as a dating virtue, while women requested laughter more than twice as
often as they offered it. Women couldn't care less whether their ideal mate
laughs or not -- they want a male who makes them laugh.
And if you're not laughing by now, I guess that explains why I couldn't get
a date in high school!
Posted by Tom Sightings at 11:56 AM
Things Men Do Better Than Women by Chylo(m): 10:24pm On Nov 25, 2012 |
IN response to that wack thread that made frontpage
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HUMOUR
"The inherent downside in a life of pursuing women is the possibility of
inadvertently catching one." --Anonymous
Redneck Sexual IQ Test
A condom is a large apartment complex. True or False?
Spread Eagle is an extinct bird. True or False?
Vagina is a medical term used to describe a Heart Attack. True or False?
A menstrual cycle has three wheels. True or False?
A G-string is part of a fiddle. True or False?
Anus is a Latin term for yearly. True or False?
Testicles are found on an Octopus. True or False?
Asphalt describes rectal problems. True or False?
Masturbate is used to catch large fish. True or False?
Fetus is a character on Gun smoke. True or False?
An umbilical cord is part of a parachute. True or False?
A pubic hair is a wild rabbit. True or False?
An orgasm is a person who accompanies a church choir. True or False?
A diaphragm is a drawing in geometry. True or False?
An erection is when Japanese people vote. True or False?
Pornography is the business of making records. True or False?
Genitals are people of non-Jewish origin. True or False?
Why a Beer is Better Than a Woman
- You can enjoy a beer all month.
- Beer stains wash out.
- You don't have to wine and dine a beer.
- Your beer will always wait patiently for you in the car.
- When beer goes flat you toss it out.
- Beer is never late.
- HANGOVERS go away.
- A beer doesn't get jealous when you grab another beer.
- Beer labels come off without a fight.
- When you go to a bar, you know you can always pick up a beer.
- Beer never has a headache.
- After you have a beer, the bottle is still worth a dime.
- A beer won't get upset if you come home with beer on your breath.
- If you pour a beer right, you will always get good head.
- You can have more than one beer a night and not feel guilty.
- A beer ALWAYS goes down easy.
- You can share a beer with your friends.
- You always know that you are the first one to pop a beer.
- A beer is always wet.
- Beer doesn't demand equality.
- A beer doesn't care when you come.
- You can have a beer in public.
- A frigid beer is a good beer.
- You don't have to wash a beer before it tastes good.
- Beer always comes in multiples of six.
- Beer doesn't mind being in the "wet spot" that IT left.
- You can't catch anything but a "buzz" from a beer.
- After you have a beer, you're committed to nothing other than dumping the empty bottle.
- A beer never costs you more than five dollars and never leaves you thirsty.
- When your beer is gone, you just pop another.
- You rarely (if ever) find beer labels on the shower curtain rod.
- Beer looks the same in the morning.
- Beer doesn't look you up in a month.
- Beer doesn't worry about someone walking in.
- Beer doesn't worry about waking the kids.
- Beer doesn't get cramps.
- Beer doesn't have a mother.
- Beer doesn't have morals.
- Beer doesn't go crazy once a month.
- Beer always listens and never argues.
- Beer labels don't go out of style every year.
- Beer doesn't whine, it bubbles.
- Beer doesn't have cold hands/feet.
- Beer doesn't demand legality.
- Beer is never overweight.
- If you change beers, you don't have to pay alimony.
- Beer won't run off with your credit cards.
- Beer doesn't have a lawyer.
- Beer doesn't need much closet space.
- Beer can't give your herpes or other nasty things.
- Beer doesn't complain about the way you drive.
- Beer doesn't mind if you fart or belch.
- Beer never changes its mind.
- Beer doesn't tease you or play hard to get.
- Beer never asks you to change the station.
- Beer doesn't make you go shopping.
- Beer doesn't tell you to mow the grass.
- Beer doesn't mind seeing Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson flicks.
- Beer is always easy to pick up.
- Big, fat beers are nice to have.
- Beer doesn't pout or play games.
- Beer NEVER says no.
- Beer is easy to get into.
- Beer never complains when you take it somewhere.
- Beer doesn't need to go to the 'powder room' with other beers.
- Beer doesn't wear a bra.
- Beer doesn't mind getting dirty.
- Beer doesn't complain about insensitivity.
- Beer doesn't use up your toilet paper.
- Beer doesn't live with its mother.
- Beer doesn't blow you off.
- Beer doesn't care if you have no culture or manners.
- Beer doesn't bitch, yell, or cry.
- Beer doesn't mind football season.
- A beer won't make you go to church.
- A beer is more likely to know how to spell "carburetor" than a woman.
- A beer doesn't think baseball is stupid simply because the guys spit.
- A beer doesn't think DOS is pronounced "dose".
- A beer doesn't give a fuck if you keep a bunch of other beers around.
- A beer will not insist that those odious Michelin commercials with the babies are "cute".
- If a beer leaks all over the room, it smells kinda good for a while.
- A beer will not call you a sexist pig if you say "doberman" instead of "doberperson".
- A beer won't get a job as a DJ and play 5 straight hours of lesbian folk music on your favorite radio station.
- A beer won't claim that the Three Stooges are shitheads.
- A beer won't raise a fuss about a little thing like leaving the toilet seat up.
- If you mention a "three-hundred-fifty cubic-inch V8" around a beer, it won't think you're talking about an enormous can of vegetable juice.
- A beer won't whine that seatbelts hurt.
- A beer won't smoke in your car.
- A beer won't argue that there's no difference between shooting down an unidentified aircraft in a war zone and blowing a Korean airliner out of the sky.
- A beer will never buy a car with automatic transmission.
- A beer will actually *support* belching and farting and share your enthusiasm for getting them included as demonstration sports in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
- A beer is always ready to leave on time.
- A beer never fishes for compliments.
- Some beers (e.g. St. Pauli Girl) have fabulous tits.
- Beer tastes *good*.
- If you take a beer outta the fridge just to look at it but then decide to drink it, the beer won't accuse you of "date rape".
- A beer won't raise any objections to an evening of watching "John Holmes' Greatest Hits" on your VCR.
- An ice-cold beer will nonetheless let you have your way with it.
- A beer won't make you pick up some tampons when you go to the grocery store.
- A beer won't accuse you of lying when you say you read Penthouse "just for the articles". (You *are* lying, but the beer won't accuse you of it.
- A beer won't worry that you'll go to jail if you videotape a Giants game without the expressed, written consent of the Nationa Football League.
- A beer won't fill up your car with cheesy 85-octane gas with the excuse: "But I saved a quarter!"
- A beer will *never* make you go to a Swedish movie.
- A beer will *never* make you turn off "Fists of Fury Theater" on channel 5 on Saturday afternoons.
- A beer won't accuse you of being a sexist pig if you say "Gene Hackman" instead of "Gene Hackperson".
- A beer won't make you eat some experimental vegetarian meal that tastes like STP Oil Treatment.
- When you're through with a beer, the thought of another beer doesn't make you ill.