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Due to lee's request..heres my essay on the
War of the sexes
The war of the sexes has been ongoing for a few centuries now. As we all know, the male and the female species have distinct similarities and differences between them which may or may not cause the occasional conflicts and misunderstandings. The fact still remains that man and woman are two completely different beings, and trying to decipher or analyze them is nothing but futile.
As I was deep in thought, pondering over the stereotypes of men and women, I asked myself if my laptop was either. If I had to choose the gender of my computer, what would it be?
Men as a computer; In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
It does not help that technology has become so advanced to the point where cable was invented. More and more sports channels, more and more football matches, less and less time spent with boyfriend or husband. This has become somewhat of a norm and yet, we women just do not get it. It is quite simple really. Men enjoy football and will and only turn their attention otherwise if we woman, assume the role of a computer. Switched off, and his eyes will be fixed on sweaty men chasing a ball. Turned on, and football will suddenly become thrash. Do men only focus on something or someone merely based on impulse? What men consider important at one point maybe redundant the next. Is it that difficult to get a man’s attention?
Women as a computer; we search and scan for details like a helpdesk.
On the contrary, we women need not have our engines ignited. We are constantly warmed up and ready to seek for answers to the endless questions we have. In our attempt to search for what we believe are answers, we subconsciously draw comparisons to suit our compatibility mode; to what we assume is right. When women focus on an act of impulse, women, unlike men, consider all the possibilities of ‘everything’ in a ‘something’. Because we are women, it is not in our nature to leave unresolved issues hanging in the air and therefore, it is easier to gain our attention when a topic concerning relationship is being discussed. When it comes down to details, we pay very close attention to the slightest.
Men as a computer; they are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem
Using the computer is supposedly said to be easier, in a sense that it speeds up the process of things. For example, paying your bills online should be of course, a much quicker process than actually physically making your way to the post office, queuing and then finally paying your, by then, overdue bill. There is also confirming your final schedule or sending your boss an important proposal. Like any other technology, there is bound to be a problem somewhere, somehow between the dates of purchase. From time to time, the computer might hang or there might be some problem with the computers connection and system. Not only does it slow your work down, it makes us do double the work causing the workload to increase, the problem to be bigger and thus more burden. Just like men, when we ask them to do something for us as simple as collecting a birthday gift or helping us to submit an important document within a deadline, they would always say “yes dear”, “of course I will help you dear” or “right away dear”. There is even the occasional promise. However, due to their “wonderful memory”, they simply forget or procrastinate. Ultimately, we women are left to throw out the rest of the garbage; sweep up the remains of the dirt.
Women as a computer; reboot application
On the flipside of the coin, when all methods are used and finally exhausted, the computer has to finally shut down and the only way to retrieve all lost data is to reboot the whole system. Not every file would be retrieved. However, there is a consolation that at least some data, despite its level of its importance, would be found and this is a unique quality that us, women posses. As much as want to give up when a relationship shuts down, we still reach down inside to find one last solution to make it work. It might not be the most attractive, but at least we lay it out on the table. Whether or not one attains the love lost in a relationship, the lost data retrieved would be communication
The relationship between men and woman is rich in diversity and presents a kaleidoscope of paradoxes. It consists of the male anatomy of thinking and actions at one end of the continuum and the female anatomy of cleaning up after the men, on the other, with a host of communication skills in the middle. Despite all the differences that both sexes experience together or separately, there is always an anti-virus programme to protect the hard disk where the heart lies.
My laptop is definitely a he.