[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The feminization of western culture can be quite pervasive. For example, the Germans apparently are making it their business to get men to pee sitting down.

[Dixie Yooper]

When we lived in the DC metro area, we could see where my wife worked from our balcony which was about 1.5 miles away. Her nightly story about how bad and stupid the traffic was on the way home used to take longer than the actual trip.

[JamesP81]

Never thought of it this way: the psychobabblers do harp on communication a lot. OTOH, the Bible says that the wise person keeps his trap shut more than he opens it.

[roaddog727]

Data overload and my brain tunes out the incessant drivel.

[garyhope]

And further more,......about that toilet seat thing,....

What would the women rather do about it, put it down or clean it off? Even as a guy, I'd rather put it down when appropriate. And there are plenty of disgusting urinals out there too.

[rightsmart]

When I first got married, my wife insisted that I put the seat down in our bathroom. My response has been to always put the lid and seat down. It takes the same amount of effort, it prevents stuff from accidentally falling in it, and it keeps the pets out of the bowl. My three sons and I always put the lids down. I wonder why the females in the house don't put the lids down when they are finished doint their business?

[Redbob]

Worse than the incessant need to talk, is the unfathomable desire to find the "hidden" meaning in everything I say.

There is no hidden meaning!
If you didn't understand me, I'll try a different language!

[Old Professer]

"...who didn't know a bevy of garrulous girls in school?"

As an exercise in alliteration, I would have said:

"...a gaggle of garrulous girls..."

[The Blitherer]

Unfortunately, I see the toilet seat issue as just another attempt by the feminazis to destroy the "gentleman". Women are supposed to be "insulted" when men open doors for them. Now we are expected to "not care" when men leave the toilet seat up.

I'm not falling for it. As a true lady, I expect men to act like gentlemen. I hold them to higher standards then today's feminists. I expect them to open and hold the door for me, to leave the toilet seat down and to do those little things that show he is being considerate of me.

In return, I treat him with dignity and respect. I allow him to be the "man" of the relationship and I don't try to curtail his masculinity.

[conferencecaller]

"...women have about 20,000 "communication events" (I love these terms the psycho-babblers conjure up) a day, versus about 7,000 for men... ."

That's because women communicate in a verbal manner, and men communicate in a physical manner.

[cinives]

This guy obviously missed the study that said women talk more in social situations and men talk more in business situations.

A (male) friend of mine once said that toilets were for sitting, urinals were for standing.

I say to men - if you want to stand up at a toilet, then wipe up the floor when you're finished.

[muggs]

I'm not sure what this has to do with anything, but I thought of this picture when I started reading this thread.

http://www.pbase.com/cntrygrlfrevr/image/68230377

[ilovew]

Funny. I always get told I don't talk very much like it's a problem :P

[proud American in Canada]

This article is not what I thought it would be about. :)

That said, it's unfortunate the first image the author uses, after the words "female tongue," is a used toilet seat. Ick.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

A long time ago I read a short online piece about how women could get their men to put the toilet seat down. Inherent in it was the idea that this was an example of men's lack of consideration and that the task at hand was one of disciplining these bad boys. I don't know, my attitude is that if women can leave a toilet seat down, men can leave it up.

This is so obvious that it's probably been posted in dozens of replies in this post: when I want the seat up, I kick it up. When you want it down, put it down. Simple. Now stop bugging me about this and let me watch the game in peace.

[Republican Party Reptile]

I'll extoll it ... absolutely ...

[sgtbono2002]

I solved the toilet seat problem by not lifting it to begin with.

Just let 'er rip a few times and you will have the women begging you to lift it.

[fr_freak]

I have worked a number of years in IT, and I can guarantee that all of the talking that women do does not necessarily translate into better communication. I'll give you an example.

Let's say a user is trying to open a public Word document, and receives an error. Here is how two different calls might go:

Male caller: "I tried to open document XXXX from the shared drive and Word gave me the error 'document not found'".

Female caller: "The computer's not working."
Me: "What exactly is the problem?"
Female caller: "I'm trying to work in one of the documents and the computer won't let me."
Me: "Can you please describe what you're trying to do, and what error you're getting."
Female caller: "Well, this morning my boss called me and said he needed a TL report first thing, and I knew that I had to do my XY and WZ reports before noon, so I figured I better try to do the TL report first, so after I got my coffee, which I always have to have first thing in the morning ever since my operation....."

[Alberta's Child]

Ping!

[OldEagle]

ME? I put up a sign: The seat is either up or down. Please adjust it to your preference and quitcher bitchin'.

[MosesKnows]

Oh, and the toilet seat?

There is a simply and easy solution to the women's issue with toilet seats. I learned the premise of the solution as a child but it didn’t occur to me to implement it until I was much older.

The solution is simply; leave it the way you found it.