Do you think men are insensitive?

@maikeeho (196)
Philippines
January 16, 2007 12:23am CST
It seems that men dont know how we feel or what we like.. they want us always to give them hint or clues before they can tell. Arethey really insensitive by nature? Or maybe it is just my men? But i heard a lot of stories from girls too about their mens so insensitive. Well maybe that makes them different from women then?
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126 responses
• India
16 Jan 07
Hi, basically men do feel superior than women. If they realise that some woman is superior to them, then they do not act like that. If they continue to act that way, it is definitely because of their inferiority complex. Men accept things if it is put accross in a diplomatic way and if it is imposed they tend to react adversely, especially if it is from a woman. That is the fact of life. Men are often sensitive and if they behave as if they are insensitive, it is thir MALE EGO which makes them behave in such a manner.
@soadnot (1606)
• Canada
16 Jan 07
dude, thats not true, don't speak for all of us... maybe if your over 40 you would think this
• China
17 Jan 07
men are insensitive. women are allergic.
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
allergic to what?
• India
25 Sep 08
Mans are sensitive but they dont show their feeling & cry too hard as like women
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@banta78 (4326)
• India
1 Jun 07
I feel its' wrong to generalise all men as insensitive. I am a sensitive guy by nature. So it depends. Moreover guys are not good when it comes to showing their emotions or may be are better in hiding their emotions compared to gals. I feel guy or gal should be understanding, caring, loving as we all humans should be.
@chaptermm (730)
• United States
16 Jan 07
i don't think so ,i think it will be very well
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@sadanand (191)
• India
31 May 07
Well, I do not think that men are insensitive. Men comparing to women are tough, which is a part of male ego. But that does not mean that they are insensitive. They are less emotional than women, but they are equally reactive to the situations. Sadanand
• Malaysia
15 May 07
hmm..i think in general women might agree with this. some men are insensitive, but not all. maybe it's because guys tend to forget things easily, and some things that girls regard as important, but to the guys it might mean nothing...and guys sometimes doesn't seem to realize the things that they've done wrong or keep doing things that make girls mad etc..sorry, no offence guys. not all of you are like that, some are and some aren't heheheh;)
@pumpkinjam (8526)
• United Kingdom
16 Jan 07
I think men are insensitive. Even the ones who you think are going to be different will still turn out the same. I think you're lucky if you get a man who only needs hints and clues as to how you feel, most of them need a full explanation with pictures and still don't understand!
@riyasam (16556)
• India
16 Jan 07
thank god you understood.
@budsr03 (2350)
• Canada
16 Jan 07
Sometimes all men, sometimes some men, sometimes no men, but not all men all the time. Take care Maikeeho!
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
10 Jan 09
I don't think that you can generalise that men are all insenstive because men can be as much insensitive as women are. I hate generalising when it comes to sexes. We are individuals and nobody is like anybody else. (c) ronaldinu 2009 - the more people I meet-the more I love my dog
• India
16 Jan 07
i do'nt think so...
• Singapore
16 Jan 07
for my case, my bf is really insensitive.. and everytime i tell him about it, he would just say ok and the next time, the same mistake appears again..
@opinder (420)
• India
16 Jan 07
men are from mars and women are from venus......remember? all men are not insensitive.....infact i feel every man has some amount of sensitivity. some of them simply do not show their sensitivity because that would make them appear weak and make them look like emotional fools.
• United Kingdom
16 Jan 07
Men are emotional fools! I have found that a lot of men do make themselves appear to be fools because of their lack of sensitivity, maybe most of them are too stupid to realise that what they are doing is actually having the opposite effect to what they actually meant!
• India
16 Jan 07
i dont think so . its just thinking .
• India
17 Jan 07
I agree with you.just seeing one or two people it cannot be judged.
@jean_rose (415)
• Philippines
18 Mar 07
Some men are insensitive but there are also those who are not. Basically, the attitude may have been because of the popular belief that men are superior compared with us, women. In early human civilizations, women were considered inferior ---they were not allowed a place in society. In fact, it was not until the start of the 21st century that women were given the right to vote. But little bu little, a woman's stature has changed. From the confines of the four corners of the home, we can now have jobs and pursue our interests. I just hope that with the empowerment of women, men will learn to pay us more attention ...more sensitive to our needs. But then, I have also read somewhere that a man's psychological make-up differs from that of women so, perhaps, that is another area which causes us, women to misunderstand men and vice versa.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I think that there is usually a strong difference between sexes when it comes to sensitivity or compassion. Men and women just view things in a different way sometimes. I think that the insensitivity that some many might feel could just be due to the fact that they don't understand us women like we wish they would. Communication is important between a man and woman. That is a good start with any relationship before trouble starts to brood.
@kerbausama (1335)
• Malaysia
2 Feb 07
yes.i am a man and i am sensitives. .
@CyborgMC (173)
• United States
4 Feb 07
The problem is, women feel that guys, and most especially, their significant other, should be able to intuitively know, at all times, what they are thinking and feeling. The problem is, men aren't wired that way. Men, (at lest most of them) are logic oriented, women are more empathic. If something is bothering most guys, they say, "I don't like this, I would prefer it be this way". Many women on the other hand will either pout, get an attitude, or engage in LESS communication with the guy until he can either figure it out by the process of ellimination, or the girl get's frustrated to the point where she just finally tells him what the problem is, which would have saved a lot of trouble to begin with. Now I know not all guys are this way, and neither is all women, but it is safe to say that this can be applied to most people in their respective genders. What that means is that a compromise will have to be made. Men will have to understand that a woman isn't always going to do what's seems immediately 'logical' when her emotions are involved, and make an effort to reach out to them. And women will have to realize that guys minds are in 'problem solver' mode, if you want something fixed, done, changed, addressed, or discussed, you have to give them raw data. Tell them what the problem is, how you feel about, any suggestions (if any) that you have on fixing it or making it better, and you'll find you'll get much more favorable results. We got to meet each other half way!
@wesker311 (508)
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
some men are insensitive but some is not! sometimes they pretend to be insensitive so that women would stop whining, nagging and men dont like to show their emotions very much! so i think we just have to get used to it! why dont we (WOMEN) try to be one who's insensitive let's see what will their reaction be!
@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
yeah, oftentimes men are insensitive. Im saying it from my experience.
• United States
2 Feb 07
I think some men are insensitive. But many other men have a sensitive side. They just don't want to show it.
@dadamuo (23)
• Philippines
18 Mar 07
It's always a case-to-case basis. Insensitivity is not gender-specific, but I guess some cultures which have been conditioned by the chauvinism in their patrirachal structures have breed monsters out of some men. But there are enlightened men who managed to transcend all that by dint of grace, maturity, and willingness to learn or grow.