[ArrogantBustard]

In a healthy society, women keep their crudity in the 'sisterhood', men keep their crudity in the 'brotherhood', and everybody cleans up their act in mixed company. And marriage provides both sides a private little window into how the other half thinks.

American society is not healthy, and has not been for a very long time.

[rarestia]

I agree 100%. I am the consummate gentleman around the womenfolk in my family, and when it’s just the guys, we can get crass.

I don’t agree with the idea of a woman being “one of the boys,” but my wife fits that bill well enough. I don’t bother to try to understand the crudity of femininity.